digital currency platform, mainly visa's. in other countries like haiti, cuba, visa is in discussions with government entities on establishing similar infrastructure to the one in pakistan. we are eager and committed to replicate our success in pakistan so financially underserved people can access their resources quickly, continually, and securely. while i am hardly modest about our own ambitions, the fact is that the digital currency space rapidly becoming more competitive with new entrants are around the world developing smart new tools to transfer value. that competition is a bible and healthy part of the digital currency you pollution. -- evolution. it brings me to the issue what role government can and should play in the future of electronic payments. protecting their market-based competition is clearly an important role that government should play. enforcing laws on the books and injuring an environment in which small upstarts and established players can compete on a level playing field ultimately benefits all stakeholders. a corollary to that principle is that government must r

against the basketball team from cuba and bobby knight went into a rage because all of the fans in the stadium, in puerto rico, all american citizens, were clapping and cheering for the cuban team. and not the american team. and so he said, what's wrong with these people? and threw a chair, as he likes to do, and got arrested. there's an arrest warrant, mr. pierluisi can tell us if the arrest warrant is still value rid, it u.s. -- valid. it just tells you they're a nation and they affirm who they are in every instance. the chair: the gentleman from indiana. does the gentleman reserve the balance of his time. mr. burton: one minute. the chair: the gentleman yields one minute. mr. peer louie esse: this is -- mr. pierluisi: this is a good amendment. this shows that whatever rules will apply in the united states will apply in puerto rico. it expresses the sense of congress that we should enhance the teaching of english in puerto rico. 90% of the parents in puerto rico want to improve the teaching of english in puerto rico to their children. i have two bills pending before this congress see

cuba. having suffered in the not-too-distant past under the crushing yolk of the -- yoke of the soviet regume, many in poland know all too well the struggles the cuban people face each and every day under the cuban dictatorship. poland's support for human rights and democracy in cuba illustrates it has not forgotten its past sufferings more the strength that it received from the solidarity of others. and how proud we are today that poland has become an important member of both the north atlantic alliance and the european union and that it has become a strong voice for those countries in the eastern europe that are working to ensure that they never again fall victim to the domination by a more powerful neighboring states. president kaczynski was in fact an important leader in an effort to ensure that the hard-won liberty and democracy today enjoyed by poland and other nations of eastern europe is not bartered away. he recognized the temptation faced by other european states which eagerly expand their commercial and military exports to russia while increasing their reliance on ene

from miguel in washington d.c. tell us your story. caller: i am here from cuba. i have been here almost 10 years. i feel that we've have been here first -- that we have been here first. caucasians were last on the planet. host: you have been here 10 years illegally? cubans have a special policy in this country. in my caller: case, i did not go through the challenge -- caller: in my case, i did not go through the channels. i just came and stayed. and as far as i'm concerned, we were here first. host: did you get here by boat? caller: yes. host: what did that cost you and who did you pay? caller: i tried to go as an illegal stowaway, but i paid an american in cuba to stowe me away. i paid $3,000. host: how long did it take you to pay -- to save the $3,000? caller: probably a year. host: down in cuba. caller: right. host: and when you landed here, did you speak english? caller: yes, i learned and down in cuba. host: where did you go when you landed? caller: key west and then later on to d.c. host: when you see a lot like arizona passed, what do think? caller: i think is pressuring the mino

determined by the board of governors, board made up of 35 states including china and cuba. given the fact compliance is not that hard and fast rule. to be fair, there is a caveat, and someone needs to be filling their responsibility. it is unclear what they are. this is not a criticism of the administration, but to raise the issue to senate will be concerned with and the house of representatives will be concerned with. the second -- the third issue, some people think numbers do not matter. as a jungle road in december or january, -- as a general approwrote, numbers do matter. "while the arsenals need not be equal, we still believe parity is a proper with respect to deploy it strategy systems to make sure there are not misunderstandings on either side. very important issue. critical. i am glad jim raised that issue. the question in my mind is, does arms control have a strong connection to non- proliferation,, the proliferation, or the absence of proliferation? i just finished a series on iran, parts 8, 9, and 10 have yet to be published. i have eight single-page paper on the connection bet

imprisoned in cuba because of their political beliefs or for crimes that are only crimes in a country brutally oppressed by a totalitarian regime of gangsters, by gangsters, and for gangsters, because that's what the castro brothers are, gangsters. fidel castro has been a gangster since he was a juvenile delinquent he became a communist to give ideological clothing to his gangsterism. raul castro came to gangsterism via marches in leninism after his brother sent him then-check slow vocka where he -- then-czechoslovakia. they are both experienced and ruthless practitioners in the most brutal forms of gangsterism. the ladies in white experience their tactics every single day. the castros' state security apparatus pays and trains thugs to strike heart in the -- fear in the hearts of the people of cuba. they harass, intimidate, insult, spit upon, and engage in violence against unarmed dissidents and other independent civil society members in cuba. those spectacles are known as acts of' re-pudeuation. the international press calls these thugs civilian government supporters, but that doesn'

the right direction that ought to tell us something. -- from cuba, fidel castro, who contacted the press of the united states and said it was a giant step in the right direction and that ought to tell us something. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for mr. inslee of washington for today and mr. ruppersberger of maryland for today and the balance the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia rise? north carolina. sorry. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, reth rhett their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. poe, today and april 14, 15, 16, and 1020 for five minutes each. mr. burton, today and april 14, 15, and 16 for five minutes each. mr. jones today and april 14, 15, 16, and 20 for five minutes each. mr. moran, tod

cop killer jo an chesimar, a fugitive who fled to cuba after being convicted of murdering a state troop for the may 1973. he helped create the bipartisan northeast-midwest congressional coalition to maximize both regions' political clout in congress and played the leading role in promoting fair electrical power in new jersey. as my colleague, leonard lance, noted a moment ago he ran for the united states senate he lost. he ran for governor and lost that too. you would never know that from talking to bob. he was always upbeat and very positive. after leaving the hill, bob served as president of the health care initiative of new jersey a trade association for the research-based pharmaceutical and medical technology industry in the state of new jersey. mr. speaker, at the sacred heart in new jersey, governor chris isaak tee was joined in moving re-- chris isaak tee was joined -- chris christie was joined by other people, including the three godfathers to bob and fran's kids. govern chrisie spoke eloquently -- christie spoke eloquently and told them bob franks' life was grand and glor

cuba, but the cuban government as a matter of policy has insured that infant mortality in cuba is lower than that in the united states, making clear that much of our american consumption does not contribute to any reasonable definition of standard of living, such as whether a child lives or dies. the other big new thing under the sun for us is that we have to realize that installation of the elite political from -- it is a recipe for disaster. contrast hurricane katrina with the netherlands in 1953. the dutch learned that if there is a flaw -- americans in new orleans allowed the disaster of katrina to happen. we live in a gated communities within our country. literally, rich people live a walled off from the outside world. we are living as if the rest of the world were a gated community, but the gates and no longer keep out immigrants are terrorists. we need a wall, but the wall we need is all within ourselves, are drawing up a fence to figure out what traditional american values are and which ones have to change. thank you. [applause] >> in addition to a provocative and i openin

about seven times higher than in cuba. the cuban government, as a matter policy, has insured that infant mortality in cuba is lower than that of the united states, making clear that much of our american consumption does not contribute to any reasonable definition of standard of living, such as whether your child lives or dies. the other big -- the other thing new under the sun for americans is that we have to realize that insulation of the elite, political or economic from the consequences of their actions in the past has been the cause of the collapse of decided. it is the recipe of desire if the league do not suffer from the consequences of their decision. contrast hurricane katrina with the north sea plots. floods. americans in new orleans allowed the disaster of katrina to happen. we and the united states live in a gated communities within our country. we have gated communities and we are rich people will fall from the outside world. we americans are living as of the rest of the world was a gated community separated by oceans from the rest of the world but the gates no longer keep up