WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman John Tanner (D-TN) issued the following statement on today’s subcommittee hearing on U.S. - Cuba Policy:
"Our current ban on travel and trade with Cuba makes absolutely no sense - restrictions on agricultural trade in particular. Lifting these travel and trade restrictions is about doing what is best for the United States: It is in the best interest of Americans who want to travel to Cuba. It is in the best interest of American farmers with export opportunities in Cuba. It is in the best interest of the American workers who will fill the jobs created by these expanded Cuba travel and trade opportunities. And it is in the best interest of the Cuban people who need the hard currency that increased tourism will generate to get by."
