NEWS RELEASE: Senator Moody Seeks to Sanction Communist Cuban Regime for Human Rights Abuses

Nov 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Ashley Moody is cosponsoring theDenying Earnings to the Military Oligarchy in Cuba and Restricting Activities of the Cuban Intelligence Apparatus (DEMOCRACIA) Actto hold the illegitimate communist Cuban regime accountable through severe sanctions and unprecedented financial pressure.
Senator Ashley Moodysaid, “The Communist Cuban regime continues to profit from the oppression of their people. In Florida, we know firsthand the cost of that tyranny through our Cuban-American community that carries the stories of families who fled persecution and continue pushing forward for liberty. The DEMOCRACIA Act cuts off these corrupt revenue streams and holds the dictatorship accountable. Through cosponsoring this bill, we are standing with these freedom fighters to ensure not a single U.S. dollar helps prop up this oppressive regime.”
Senator Rick Scottsaid, “Cuba is the root of instability in Latin America and a constant threat to the national security of the United States, only emboldened by the past four years of Biden-Harris appeasement policies. The illegitimate, communist Castro/Díaz-Canel regime harbors terrorist groups, denies freedom and democracy to the Cuban people while providing a secret police force to Maduro to oppress the Venezuelan people, and hosts a Chinese Communist Party spy station 90 miles from Florida. The Cuban regime props up ruthless dictators and allows a foothold in Latin America for Russia, Iran and Communist China to spread their influence. President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have already taken action to hold the Cuban regime accountable, including reversing Biden’s dangerous decision to remove them from the State Sponsor of Terrorism List, but we must keep the pressure going. MyDEMOCRACIA Actwill build on their efforts by implementing severe sanctions against Communist Cuba and closes existing sanctions gaps. It will also authorize the president to provide unrestricted internet service to the people of Cuba that is not censored by the Cuban regime. The United States continues to stand with the Cuban people, and this bill will send a powerful message as we work to bring a new day of freedom and democracy to Cuba and the entire western hemisphere.”
Senator Tommy Tubervillesaid, “Thanks to President Trump, we have strength in the White House again. The United States will not stand by while the Cuban communist regime commits heinous human rights abuses and takes political prisoners. If Cuba wants to continue committing these crimes, they should be sanctioned. I am proud to join my colleagues in standing up against this evil regime.”
TheDenying Earnings to the Military Oligarchy in Cuba and Restricting Activities of the Cuban Intelligence Apparatus Act (DEMOCRACIA Act):
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