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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Governor George Ryan called for an end to the
3 United States embargo against Cuba after ambassadors and
4 opponents of the Communist government told him that trade
5 sanctions were blocking democratic change on the island;
6 critics of the sanctions have said that President Fidel
7 Castro uses the embargo as a scapegoat to deflect blame for
8 Cuba's economic ills; and
9 WHEREAS, In 1992, Congress extended the United States
10 embargo to include food and medicine; Cuban health care is in
11 jeopardy because life-saving medicines are denied to Cuban
12 families; and
13 WHEREAS, If commerce and travel were allowed to flourish
14 more freely between the United States and Cuba, a more
15 democratic exchange of ideas would follow; and
16 WHEREAS, Our government has lifted economic sanctions in
17 the cases of China and Vietnam; and major commerce is now
18 alive and well between our country and these two countries;
19 therefore, be it
20 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
22 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we encourage the President of
23 the United States and the United States Congress to lift the
24 trade embargo with Cuba; and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
26 forwarded to President William Jefferson Clinton, the
27 President pro tem of the United States Senate, the Minority
28 Leader of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United
29 States House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the
30 House of Representatives, and each member of the Illinois
31 congressional delegation.