,,iv #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #hfh ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,february #bg1 #bjbj,mr4 ,diaz-,balart 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,cheney1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,waltz1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,scalise1 ,miss ,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico1 ,ms4 ,shalala1 and ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs ,,resolution ,condemning the comments of ,senator and ,democratic ,socialist ,presidential candidate1 ,bernie ,sanders 7,i-,,vt71 disregarding the history of systemic human rights abuses1 forced indoctrination1 and authoritarian actions of the literacy and education policies of the ,communist ,castro dictatorship in ,cuba4 ,whereas1 on ,february #bc1 #bjbj1 during a #fj ,minutes interview aired on ,,cbs1 ,senator ,bernie ,sanders refused to condemn the ,communist dictatorship of ,fidel ,castro in ,cuba outright and expressed support for the literacy and education policies of the dictatorship2 ,whereas1 on ,february #bd1 #bjbj1 during a televised town hall in ,charleston1 ,south ,carolina1 ,senator ,bernie ,sanders defended his remarks praising the literacy and education policies of the ,castro dictatorship in ,cuba2 ,whereas1 on ,february #be1 #bjbj1 during the ,democratic ,presidential debate in ,charleston1 ,south ,carolina1 ,senator ,bernie ,sanders further stated3 ,cuba made progress on education and when dictatorships1 whether it is the ,chinese or the ,cubans do something good1 you acknowledge that2 ,whereas the literacy and education policy of the tyrannical ,castro dictatorship served to indoctrinate the ,cuban people with ,marxist-,communist ideology and anti-,united ,states sentiment2 ,whereas the objective of the ,castro regime's literacy and education policies was to promote loyalty and reverence for ,fidel ,castro above all else2 ,whereas ,fidel ,castro and the ,communist ,party of ,cuba blocked access to independent sources of information and imposed outright censorship of books1 libraries1 and educational sources2 ,whereas ,cubans who resisted ,communist indoctrination by ,fidel ,castro and his regime risked human rights abuses including violence1 imprisonment1 and execution2 ,whereas most ,cubans indoctrinated by the regime's education system were forced to work for the state2 ,whereas the revolution led by ,fidel ,castro in ,cuba in #aiei started #fj years of an ongoing dictatorship1 systemic human rights abuses1 and a lack of basic freedoms of press1 religion1 assembly1 and association that continue to this day under the ,communist oppression of ,raul ,castro and his puppet1 ,miguel ,diaz-,canel2 ,whereas by the early #aifj's ,fidel ,castro held as many as #fj1jjj political prisoners2 ,whereas killings ordered by ,fidel ,castro are estimated to be as high as #ag1jjj2 ,whereas over #a1jjj1jjj ,cubans were forced to flee their homeland and risked their lives to escape the ,castro dictatorship2 ,whereas prior to the ,castro regime1 from #aiec to #aieh1 according to professor emeritus at the ,university of ,pittsburgh ,carmelo ,mesa-,lago1 ,cuba's infant mortality rate was the lowest in the region2 ,whereas a ,state ,department report1 ,zenith and ,eclipse3 ,a ,comparative ,look at ,socio-,economic ,conditions in ,pre-,castro and ,present ,day ,cuba1 indicated that in #aieg ,cuba had an infant mortality rate of #cb per #a1jjj births1 the lowest in ,latin ,america and the #acth lowest in the world2 ,whereas prior to ,castro's ,communists seizing power1 ,cuba led virtually all countries in ,latin ,america in the category of life expectancy in #aiei2 ,whereas prior to the ,castro regime1 in #aieg1 ,cuba had lower infant mortality than ,france1 ,belgium1 ,west ,germany1 ,israel1 ,japan1 ,austria1 ,italy1 ,spain1 and ,portugal2 ,whereas the ,cuban dictatorship today under ,raul ,castro and his puppet1 ,miguel ,diaz-,canel1 continues to stifle dissent through violence and harassment and violate the basic human rights of the ,cuban people2 ,whereas the ,communist regime in ,cuba continues to export its ,communist1 anti-,american1 and authoritarian ideology throughout the ,western ,hemisphere and bolsters authoritarian regimes in ,venezuela and ,nicaragua2 and ,whereas ,communism has claimed at least #ajj1jjj1jjj victims1 and has led to financial ruin and brutal oppression in ,asia1 ,europe1 and the ,western ,hemisphere3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7 condemns the comments of ,senator and ,democratic ,socialist ,presidential candidate1 ,bernie ,sanders 7,i-,,vt71 disregarding the history of systemic human rights abuses1 forced indoctrination1 and authoritarian actions of the literacy and education policies of the ,communist ,castro dictatorship in ,cuba2 7#b7 condemns the use of firing squads1 imprisonment1 torture1 and acts of repudiation to suppress dissent in totalitarian ,cuba1 as well as the forced ,communist indoctrination policies carried out by the ,castro dictatorship in ,cuba2 7#c7 rejects the false claims that healthcare1 literacy1 and education have improved under the ,castro regime2 7#d7 calls for democratic government1 liberation of all political prisoners1 freedom of belief and expression1 and the respect of all basic human rights for the ,cuban people2 and 7#e7 stands in solidarity with the ,cuban people in their struggle to achieve essential freedoms and liberties4