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Council Member Brewer discusses interns, remembers Congressman Rangel, and addresses Cuba trade embargo
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer makes remarks on various topics, including thanking an intern, expressing condolences for Congressman Rangel and reporter Tom Robbins, and discussing the history and current status of the Cuba trade embargo. She advocates for removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and lifting the trade embargo.
- Brewer mentions having numerous interns during the summer and thanks Olivia Stone from Washington University
- She provides a brief history of the Cuba trade embargo, referencing actions by Kennedy, Obama, Trump, and Biden
- Brewer argues that Cuba should not be on the state sponsor of terrorism list alongside countries like Syria, Iran, and North Korea
Gale A. Brewer
1:12:10
Thank you very much.
1:12:11
Olivia Stone is an intern in our office from Washington University.
1:12:14
We'll probably have another hundred interns during the summer, but I wanna thank Olivia for being here.
1:12:20
I too wanna say how much we're gonna miss congressman Rangel.
1:12:23
He was incredibly good to me for the last forty years.
1:12:26
And also, I wanna express condolences to the family of Tom Robbins, a reporter, an investigative reporter for many years, and he passed last night.
1:12:37
I wanna mention Reso number eight eight two.
1:12:40
It is a resolution that talks about Cuba.
1:12:43
You probably know in '62, Kennedy issued a proclamation on the trade embargo.
1:12:49
And then Obama opened up Cuba in '21, and of course Trump closed it.
1:12:55
The Biden administration kept it going after it was closed by Trump first time around.
1:13:01
Biden opened it up a week before he left office.
1:13:04
And of course, on January 20, Trump, reinstated the, trade embargo.
1:13:09
I mention all this because the only other countries that have this trade embargo are Syria, Iran, and North Korea.
1:13:16
And it seems to me that, the work that we are doing in this country would fit well with Cuba, and I would like to say that it should not be a state sponsor of terrorism.
1:13:27
And on that list were those other three countries that I mentioned.
1:13:31
Thank you very much.