by Emily Chow
on June 22, 2011
Contact your member of Congress and tell them NOT to restrict travel to Cuba!
112th Congress House Committee on Appropriations
- Aderholt, Robert B (R-AL-4)
- Alexander, Rodney (R-LA-5)
- Austria, Steve (R-OH-7)
- Bishop, Jr., Sanford D (D-GA-2)
- Bonner, Jo (R-AL-1)
- Calvert, Ken (R-CA-44)
- Carter, John R. (R-TX-31)
- Cole, Tom (R-OK-4)
- Crenshaw, Ander (R-FL-4)
- Culberson, John Abney (R-TX-7)
- DeLauro, Rosa L. (D-CT-3)
- Dent, Charles W. (R-PA-15)
- Diaz-Balart, Mario (R-FL-21)
- Dicks, Norman D. (D-WA-6) (Ranking Member)
- Emerson, Jo Ann (R-MO-8)
- Farr, Sam (D-CA-17)
- Fattah, Chaka (D-PA-2)
- Flake, Jeff (R-AZ-6)
- Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. (R-NJ-11)
- Granger, Kay (R-TX-12)
- Graves, Tom (R-GA-9
- Hinchey, Maurice D. (D-NY-22)
- Honda, Michael M. (D-CA-15)
- Jackson, Jr., Jesse L. (D-IL-2)
- Kaptur, Marcy (D-OH-9)
- Kingston, Jack (R-GA-1)
- LaTourette, Steven C. (R-OH-14)
- Latham, Tom (R-IA-4)
- Lee, Barbara (D-CA-9)
- Lewis, Jerry (R-CA-41)
- Lowey, Nita M. (D-NY-18)
- Lummis, Cynthia M. (R-WY-At Large)
- McCollum, Betty (D-MN-4)
- Moran, James P. (D-VA-8)
- Nunnelee, Alan (R-MS-1)
- Olver, John W. (D-MA-1)
- Pastor, Ed (D-AZ-4)
- Price, David E. (D-NC-4)
- Rehberg, Denny (R-MT-At Large)
- Rogers, Harold (R-KY-5) (Chairman)
- Rothman, Steven R. (D-NJ-9)
- Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D-CA-34)
- Schiff, Adam B. (D-CA-29)
- Serrano, José E. (D-NY-16)
- Simpson, Michael K. (R-ID-2)
- Visclosky, Peter J. (D-IN-1)
- Yoder, Kevin (R-KS-3)
- Young, C.W. Bill (R-FL-10)
- Wolf, Frank R. (R-VA-10)
- Womack, Steve (R-AR-3)
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by Paulo Gusmao
on January 14, 2011
Thank you, Mr. President. After this summer’s buzzing rumors regarding some kind of White House action, the Obama Administration has today announced new regulations governing U.S. citizen travel to Cuba. It is a large step forward, and comes in the wake of a disappointing missed opportunity by the Congress to change the law. We congratulate the White House on their forward-looking decision. And we congratulate all of you for the hard and dedicated work you contributed to this achievement. Thank you, Cuba Advocates!
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by Mavis Anderson
on December 21, 2010
For many months—almost two years actually—we’ve focused on congressional action that would definitively end the ban on travel to Cuba; we felt that we had a real opportunity in the 111th Congress to radically alter the stale debate that had developed in Washington DC during the Bush Administration. We succeeded in changing the debate, but so far the policy has not changed.
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by Paulo Gusmao
on August 25, 2010
Three members of Congress have sent a letter to President Obama supporting his intentions to ease travel restrictions on U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba. The speculated changes can only liberalize already existing categories of travel. Ending the travel ban entirely can only occur by an act of Congress.
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by Travis Wheeler
on July 01, 2010
 Here is a list of how members on the House Committee on Agriculture voted on H.R. 4645, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act, landmark legislation championed by Ag Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) that restores U.S. citizens' right to travel to Cuba, helps U.S. farmers sell their products to Cuba, and puts food on the tables of ordinary Cubans. The bill was passed out of the Ag Committee 25 to 20 with a favorable recommendation to the House on Wednesday, June 30.
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