This bill would also lift the embargo on the export of goods or services intended for the exclusive use of children. No embargo should include children as its victims, and this provision would allow us to send diapers, formula, toys and the like to children in Cuba. This bill would also lift restrictions on travel to Cuba. Cuba does not pose a threat to individual Americans, so it is time to permit our citizens to exercise their Constitutional right to travel to Cuba. This would allow for a free exchange of ideas between Americans and Cuban people.
Contact is the best way to build bridges between the American and Cuban peoples.
Another provision in this new legislation would allow us to reach out to Cuban students. Scholarships would be provided for Cubans who would like to pursue graduate study in the United States in the areas of public health, public policy, economics, law, or other fields of social science. Cuban-Americans have always had the ability to send money to their families in Cuba, but our government imposes restrictions on the total amount of money that can be sent. This legislation would lift these limitations so that Americans would be free to provide whatever assistance they wish to their loved ones. It would be an expansion of the President s ability to improve relations with Cuba, if he desired to exercise this authority.