Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
United States Representative, Florida, Republican
Representative Ros-Lehtinen, of the Eighteenth Districtof Florida, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representativesin a special election held in August 1989. She served in the FloridaHouse of Representatives from 1982 to 1986, and in the FloridaSenate from 1986 to 1989. She is a member of the Government Reformand Oversight Committee and the International Relations Committee.The following is from May 7, 1998, testimony before the Subcommitteeon Trade of the House Ways and Means Committee during hearingson "U.S. Economic and Trade Policy Toward Cuba."There is no openness of any kind in Cuba. The Castro regimehas repeatedly stated that the Revolution…
