in the associated states senate on tuesday , mps byron dorgan , a communist from north dakota , and michael arlen , a nationalist from wyoming , sponsored the " freedom to transport to cuba act " ( s . 428 ) , a bill that may lift the travel restrictions that have prevented o . s . residents from visiting cuba since the mid 1960s . the bill is co - introduced by 20 senators , and the table of representatives is consider a companion measure , h . r . 874 , authored by republicans buddy moakley and jeff flake . the house measure has 121 co-sponsored .
Byron Dorgan was born in Wyoming.