,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1 
#bjai,mr4 ,braun 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,cotton1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 and ,mr4 ,cruz7   
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,relations  ,,resolution       
,calling for greater religious and      
political freedoms in ,cuba1 and for    
other purposes4  ,whereas the ,castro   
regime has used arbitrary               
incarcerations1 harassment1 and         
intimidation to deny basic freedoms to  
thousands of ,cubans since the ,cuban   
,revolution2 ,whereas1 in ,april #bjai1 
a family was sent to prison by          
authorities in ,cuba for homeschooling  
their children2 ,whereas the children   
were enrolled in a ,christian distance  
school in ,honduras2 ,whereas the       
families involved1 which included a     
pastor1 cited religious reasons for     
homeschooling their children2 ,whereas  
the ,government of ,cuba has a history  

of arresting individuals who chose to   
homeschool their children and sentencing
 them to prison time and hard labor2    
,whereas the ,government of ,cuba's     
insistence on state-controlled education
 is a sign of authoritarianism1 enabling
 them to indoctrinate youth with a      
communist ideology2 ,whereas parents    
have the right to teach their children  
free from the state indoctrination of an
 autocratic regime2 ,whereas the ,united
 ,states ,commission on ,international  
,religious ,freedom formerly condemned  
,cuba for actions pertaining to the     
,april #bjai imprisonment of those who  
homeschool their children2 ,whereas the 
,united ,states has instituted an       
embargo on ,cuba in #aifj2 ,whereas the 
,cuban ,liberty and ,democratic         
,solidarity 7,libertad7 ,act of #aiif   
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fjba et seq47 does not  
permit these sanctions to be lifted     
until the ,castro regime has been       
deposed and ,cuba has legalized         
political activity and made a commitment

 to free and fair elections2 and        
,whereas1 despite the #bjad ,executive  
branch decision to normalize relations  
with ,cuba1 it is still in the power of 
,congress to lift an embargo3 ,now1     
therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate--    
7#a7 expresses solidarity with the      
people of ,cuba in their pursuit of     
religious freedom2  7#b7 calls on the   
,government of ,cuba to release all     
political prisoners1 including those who
 have been imprisoned for homeschooling 
their children2  7#c7 calls on the ,,oas
 ,inter-,american ,commission on ,human 
,rights to grant the ,precautionary     
,measures requested on ,april #be1      
#bjai2  7#d7 calls on the ,government of
 ,cuba to recognize the right of parents
 to teach their own children free from  
state communist indoctrination2  7#e7   
calls on the ,government of ,cuba to    
institute democratic reforms1 including 
reforms that guarantee freedom of       
religion2 and  7#f7 calls for the       
continued implementation of the ,cuban  

,liberty and ,democratic ,solidarity    
,act of #aiif4