Honorable Bill Delahunt
United States Representative, Massachusetts, Democrat
Representative Delahunt, of the Tenth District of Massachusetts, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He chairs the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The following is from the September 18, 2008, hearing “Families Torn Apart: Human Rights and U.S. Restrictions on Cuban–American Travel. Last year [Rep. Ray] LaHood [IL-R], [Rep. JoAnn] Emerson [MO-R], our full committee chair, [Rep.] Howard Berman [CA-D], [Rep.Jeff] Flake [AZ-R], [Rep.] Gregory] Meeks [NY-D], and [Rep.] Ron Paul [TX-R]joined me in introducing the Cuban–American Family Rights Restoration Act,H.R. 757. Thisbill would…
