Washington, April 5 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal issued the following press release:
U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Jonathan Jackson (IL-01) released the following statement upon the conclusion of their five-day Congressional delegation to Cuba:
"The illegal U.S. blockade of fuel to Cuba-90 miles south of the United States-adds to the longest embargo in world history and is causing untold suffering to the Cuban people. The United States prevented a single drop of oil from entering Cuba for over three months. This is cruel collective punishment-effectively an economic bombing of the infrastructure of the country-that has produced permanent damage. It must stop immediately.
"We witnessed firsthand premature babies in incubator...