Honorable Albio Sires
United States Representative, New Jersey, Democrat
Representative Sires, of the Eighth District of New Jersey, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012. He served as Mayor of West New York, New Jersey, from 1995 to 2006 and as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 2000 to 2006, where he was Speaker from 2002 to 2006. He sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The following is from a January 12, 2015, floor statement on “Opposing Rapprochement With Cuba.” I rise today to express my disappointment and deep concerns regarding the Administration’s plan for loosening…