House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Chairman
You are respectfully requested to attend the following OPEN
hearing
of the
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight,
to be held in
Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building
.
Date:
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Time:
10:00 AM
Subject:
Families Torn Apart: Human Rights and U.S. Restrictions on Cuban-American Travel
witnesses:
Panel I:
The Honorable Jo Ann Emerson
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Ray LaHood
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Thaddeus G. McCotter
U.S. House of Representatives
Panel II:
Ms. Marlene Arzola
Cuban-American with Family in Cuba
Ms. Luisa Montero-Diaz
Cuban-American with Family in Cuba
Mr. Hector Palacios
Cuban Pro-Democracy Activist and Former Political Prisoner
Via video and phone conference
Ms. Blanca González
Mother of Political Prisoner
Cuban Human Rights Activist
Panel III:
Mr. Philip Peters
Vice President
Lexington Institute
Francisco J. Hernandez, Ph.D.
President
Cuban American National Foundation
Mr. Ignacio Sosa
Executive Board Member
Cuba Study Group
Ms. Ninoska Pérez Castellón
Board Member
Cuban Liberty Council
***Ms. Sylvia Iriondo
President
Mothers Against Repression (M.A.R. Por Cuba)
The Honorable Jo Ann Emerson
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Ray LaHood
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Thaddeus G. McCotter
U.S. House of Representatives
Panel II:
Ms. Marlene Arzola
Cuban-American with Family in Cuba
Ms. Luisa Montero-Diaz
Cuban-American with Family in Cuba
Mr. Hector Palacios
Cuban Pro-Democracy Activist and Former Political Prisoner
Via video and phone conference
Ms. Blanca González
Mother of Political Prisoner
Cuban Human Rights Activist
Panel III:
Mr. Philip Peters
Vice President
Lexington Institute
Francisco J. Hernandez, Ph.D.
President
Cuban American National Foundation
Mr. Ignacio Sosa
Executive Board Member
Cuba Study Group
Ms. Ninoska Pérez Castellón
Board Member
Cuban Liberty Council
***Ms. Sylvia Iriondo
President
Mothers Against Repression (M.A.R. Por Cuba)
***NOTE: Witness has been moved to Panel III.
By Direction of the Chairman
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