my story is like that of so many other American families I'm the son of an immigrant father who fled oppression in Cuba and

as as as a teenager and he was tortured in Cuba and any fled Cuba and came to America in nineteen fifty seven he

jobs more opportunity more opportunity for people like my dad who fifty eight years ago fled Cuba with nothing

an immigrant who was tortured and imprisoned in Cuba who fled here as a teenager with nothing with

together we will preserve liberty we will preserve our free market economy and we will preserve our this

of America you know fifty eight years ago my father fled Cuba he had been in prison he had been tortured as a teenager in Cuba he

and and one of the real blessings I had coming in was a strong foundation coming from a family that had fled oppression and

me I think about the story of my dad fifty seven years ago my father fled Cuba my dad had been in prison he'd been tortured as a teenager in Cuba and

promise of america you know fifty eight years ago my father fled cuba he had been in prison he had been tortured as a teenager in cuba they

an immigrant who was tortured and imprisoned in Cuba who fled here as a teenager with nothing with

is a deep passion look like well when it comes to religious liberty religious liberty has been a a

liberty has been a a foundational passion of mine for decades and and I have a long record of standing in the spending religious liberty and winning successful a

a powerful voice for voice for voice for religious liberty three are under and nnj but

I think that's exactly right that when you have people that fled oppression and came here seeking freedom you

as a teenager he was thrown in prison and torture my grandfather bride to prison guards to get him out he fled Cuba and came to the U. S. to

imagine a teenage boy not much younger than many of you here today growing up in Cuba jet