Philip Peters
Lexington Institute
Philip Peters is Vice President of the Lexington Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization. He has been conducting research in Cuba and in publishing studies on Cuba’s economy since 1996. He is also an advisor to the Cuba Working Group of the House of Representatives on U.S. policy toward Cuba. The following is from the September 18, 2008, hearing “Families Torn Apart: Human Rights and U.S. Restrictions on Cuban–American Travel. I oppose all restrictions on Americantravel to Cuba, and I strongly oppose the extra restrictions placed in 2004 onCuban-Americans who want to visit their loved ones or…
