Whereas the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act passed by a wide margin in the House of Representatives on September 29, 1983, and passed with strong voice vote support in the Senate on September 12, 1983; Whereas upon signing the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act into law on October 4, 1983, President Ronald Reagan said that the law responds to an important foreign policy initiative of my administration: to break Fidel Castro’s monopoly on news and information within Cuba and further explained that the purpose of providing impartial news to the Cuban people was so that they will be in a better position to make Cuba’s leaders accountable for their conduct in foreign policy, economic management, and human rights ; Whereas radio service into Cuba was named Radio Marti after renowned 19th century Cuban patriot Jose Marti; Whereas, on May 20, 1985, the 83rd anniversary of Cuba’s Independence Day, Radio Marti began its first broadcast into Cuba; Whereas, in 1990, the Congress passed and President George H.W. Bush signed into law a bill expanding broadcasting to include television through the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and Television Marti broadcasting began later that year; Whereas President William Jefferson Clinton signed into law the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, which required the relocation of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting from Washington, DC, to south Florida; Whereas the Office of Cuba Broadcasting was relocated to Miami, Florida, in 1998, ahead of schedule and under budget; Whereas United States broadcasts to Cuba were initiated to pierce the Castro regime’s information blockade to provide timely and reliable information to the Cuban people; Whereas the Office of Cuba Broadcasting oversees Radio and Television Martí