(WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senator Max Baucus, the ranking member of the Senate FinanceCommittee, praised the Senate panel on Treasury Appropriations for including a measure toblock a Treasury Department rule restricting agricultural sales to Cuba. Baucus, who hasintroduced bipartisan legislation to reverse the rule, made the following statement:
“The Senate Treasury Appropriations panel’s unanimous adoption of an amendment that wouldblock enforcement of the new rule restricting agricultural sales to Cuba sends a strong messageto any regulatory agency that tries to rewrite the law. This new Treasury rule violates both thespirit and the letter of the law, and I applaud my colleagues in the Senate for joining the House ofRepresentatives in standing with American farmers and ranchers. "
