Cuba
Sen. Patrick Leahy led efforts over the years for fundamental changes in U.S. policy toward Cuba, including pushing for an end to the law that prevents most Americans from visiting Cuba.
In December, the President wisely charted a course that will promote reconciliation between the people of our two countries, advance our national interests in the hemisphere, and provide hope for democratic change in Cuba.
The response to the President’s announcement here and abroad has been overwhelmingly positive, from the U.S. business and agriculture communities to our allies around the world, and on the streets of Havana. Common sense dictates that it is beneath the United States to continue treating a tiny neighbor that poses no threat and whose people have much in common with us as an enemy.
Leahy also long sought the release of Alan Gross, a U.S. Government contractor held in Cuban prison, and visited him twice in the prison where he was held for five years. In December 2014, Leahy went to Cuba with Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Judy Gross, and others, to bring Alan Gross home.
You can read an editorial by Leahy, "Is 53 Years Long Enough To Conclude That Our Cuba Policy Has Failed," here.
People can sign up to receive email updates regarding how President Obama’s declaration normalizing relations with Cuba might impact the ability to travel to or trade with Cuba. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control are expecting to issue new regulations in a couple of weeks.
You can sign up here.
Here are the new regulations regarding travel, travel services, trade, remittances and banking with Cuba: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/31cfr515_new.pdf
And here is a link to the Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/cuba_faqs_new.pdf
Latest
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07.29.19
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019 Congressional Record
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02.15.19
Statement of Senator Leahy On The Freedom To Export To Cuba Act
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12.19.18
Comment Of Senator Leahy On The Agreement Between Major League Baseball And The Cuban Baseball Federation
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11.08.17
BREAKING: Leahy REAX To New Treasury Dept. Regs. Restricting Travel & Transactions By American Citizens In Cuba
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10.31.17
10 Senators Led By Leahy Ask President To Abstain In Tomorrow’s UN General Assembly Vote On The Failed 55-Year U.S. Embargo Of Cuba
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10.03.17
Reaction To State Department's Announcement That It Will Expel Cuban Diplomats
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06.26.17
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On President Trump's Cuba Policy
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06.16.17
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy To President Trump’s Decision To Tighten Restrictions On Americans’ Travel To And Trade With Cuba
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05.25.17
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2017
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05.25.17
Flake, Leahy Reintroduce Bill Restoring Freedom to Travel to Cuba
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12.09.16
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On U.S. Policy On Cuba
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12.07.16
Senator Patrick Leahy Remarks News Conference With Cuban Entrepreneurs Russell Senate Office Building
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03.15.16
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt., Ranking Member, State Department And Foreign Operations Subcommittee) On Further Rules Changes To Facilitate Americans’ Travel To Cuba
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02.18.16
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy To The White House Announcement That President Obama Will Travel To Cuba In Late March
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02.05.16
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On Recent Regulatory Changes Related To Cuba
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12.17.15
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On The One Year Anniversary of the Release of Alan Gross
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08.14.15
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On The Opening Of The U.S. Embassy In Cuba
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04.21.15
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Hearing on Opportunities and Challenges for Agriculture Trade with Cuba Remarks Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
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04.14.15
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) To The President’s Decision – Acting On The State Department’s Recommendation -- To Remove Cuba From 'State Sponsors Of Terrorism' List
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04.09.15
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) To The State Department’s Recommendation To Remove Cuba From 'State Sponsors Of Terrorism' List
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02.12.15
Leahy Joins In Introducing Bipartisan Bill To Lift Cuba Trade Embargo
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01.22.15
Photos From Senator Patrick Leahy’s Recent Meetings In Cuba
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01.16.15
Advisory About Senator Leahy’s Congressional Delegation Mission To Cuba
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01.08.15
Leahy Joins In Offering Bipart. Senate Res. Thanking Pope Francis For Role In Rls. Of Alan Gross, Impr. Relations With Cuba --
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12.17.14
Full News Conference: Leahy Leads Group To Bring Back Alan Gross