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NEWS: I'm joining @RepTomEmmer & @SenatorLeahy to introduce a bipartisan bill that would restore the right of all American citizens to travel freely to #Cuba. More on my website here: mcgovern.house.gov/news/documents… 
@RepTomEmmer @SenatorLeahy Cuba is the only country for which the U.S. maintains a travel ban. Americans can travel to China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Russia, Iran & Syria – each with human rights records arguably as bad or worse than Cuba’s. Until recently, Americans could even travel to North Korea.
@RepTomEmmer @SenatorLeahy Foreign governments might choose to deny our citizens a visa. They might restrict where Americans can go when they arrive inside a foreign country. But the U.S. government and the U.S. Congress should not be in the business of imposing restrictions on our own citizens.
This is an anachronistic policy, left over from the Cold War & proven to be ineffective at leveraging change by the Cuban government. The only people it harms are American citizens & those in Cuba striving to create economic alternatives to state-controlled enterprises.
