Senators Vow to Block Obama’s Cuba Ambassador Pick

Source: Washington Free Beacon | September 29, 2016 | Adam Kredo

Demand greater oversight of human rights violations by communist regime

Leading senators are vowing to block President Obama’s recent nomination of an ambassador to Cuba, citing the administration’s failure to address ongoing human rights violations by the communist regime, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

Sens. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) will hold up Obama’s nomination of Jeffrey DeLaurentis to be the first U.S. ambassador to Cuba in decades until the administration takes firm action to combat the communist country’s human rights violations.

As a sign of protest, the lawmakers, along with Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.), filed a measure late Wednesday stating that the Cuban regime has “unyieldingly violated basic human rights” and dubbing the reestablishment of ties with the country a failure, according to a copy of the resolution exclusively obtained by the Free Beacon.

The measure also expresses U.S. solidarity with Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas, who recently endured a lengthy hunger strike in peaceful protest against the Castros’ totalitarian regime.

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