mr. herrera says it's just the sflouth florida votes or whatever and what mr.ba if you're concerned about cuba, you should be concerned about middle east policy. >> my friend -- >> my point is that this is not a cuba specific issue. >> we all know that. >> no not -- >> we all know that. >> well, let me go back to what i want to say, because the cuba policy is not simply the votes and we're in a democracy or the contribution, but lies. mr. herrera says that the brothers to the rescue. i don't know if you know what happened here, but there were four young men, one who was born in new jersey, another one was serving in vietnam and they were looking for refugees on the florida straits and cuba mics came out and destroyed those planes with international airplanes. one spy had something to do with that. that man was sentenced to two life sentences. and that man who had something to do with theé@ death of americans was exchanged by the president. and the mother of -- of one of those who died told me it was just like seeing my son die one more time. how could it be? i

mr. herrera follow up on that point. >> just to respond to mr. calzon, the year castro shot down brothers to the election airplane was presidential election year. clinton was up for re-election. there was a bill making the rounds in congress. was not seen as having any shot getting passed. was so overreaching. troublesome, constitutionally suspicious suspect extraterritorial provisions. and it just didn't seem like it had much traction. the bill was helms-burton codifies all embargo sanctions puts them in the hands of congress, condition of lifting of all of them not tit-for-tat quid pro quo, lifting of all sanctions on series of conditions that the cuban government must meet and must meet all of them before we can even lift one of these right? bill wasn't expected to go anywhere but the cubans shot down brothers to the rescue planes. it was election year. clinton signed the bill. he recognized in his own biography signing that bill was good election year politics in florida but that it it tied his hands to be able to lift the embargo in the futu

mr. herrera: wism in helping our mayor -- her heroism for helping our mayor. thank you very much. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek reck fission? mr. paulsen: i ask to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for one minute. mr. paulsen: mr. speaker, last week the house passed 12 different bills combating the growing crime of sex trafficking by protecting victims and bringing traffickers to justice. in addition to the action that congress is taking, however, it takes people on the ground, in our communities stepping up to deal with this issue. i'd like to highlight some of the efforts that are being done by some students in minnesota. that are making efforts to put an end to this horrible problem. the high school student council, led by a senior, luke stanbrook, is helping fight sex trafficking by organizing assemblies to help fellow students know the signs of trafficking in their community

herrera and i believe i say saw 63 here (clapping.) and to a welcome to our special guest ms. doris fisher and bob and john and dale fisher (clapping.) i'd like to welcome mr. barber are a calendar who is here with us (clapping) so our administrator active office is named after john calendar that was a long time member and i'd like to welcome our capital campaign co-chairs that made this happen stephanie mellone and rocky freed and bob emry (clapping) okay. so a final welcome to our board members and staff and community members and partners thank you guys for coming out today, you'll hear from a number of speakers throughout the day we'll try to be tight so after the programs over is we'll continue coffee in the dining room hall during the club so again welcome now from our first speaker cal la (clapping.) >> handsome my name is cal la i'm in the fifth grade i live 8 blocks from the fischer clubhouse sometimes i get bored i joined did boys and girls club last year and started going by the way because my 0 best friend wanted me, too i enjoyed going on field trips i am spur excited to be one of the first members at the new dawn fisher clubhouse i remember ta