And Now The United States Congress Will Have Ten Members Focusing Upon Cuba Issues

On 3 November 2020, New York State Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (64th District) defeated Representative Max Rose (D- 11th, New York). The following exchange using Twitter confirmed her connectivity with issues relating to the Republic of Cuba.

Gabriella Hoffman
@Gabby_Hoffman
Nov 4
There are two new GOP members who grew up under socialism. Cuban-born @CarlosGimenezFL and Ukrainian-born @Victoria_Spartz . And two children of Cuban immigrants — @NMalliotakis and @MaElviraSalazar. Us descendants of folks who fled socialism have much to rejoice. Love it

Nicole Malliotakis
@NMalliotakis
Nov 12
US House candidate, NY-11
An anti-socialist squad is forming...

From The New York State Assembly Biography: Nicole Malliotakis was first elected to the New York State Assembly on November 2, 2010, defeating a two-term incumbent. She is the daughter of immigrants, her father from Greece and her mother a Cuban exile of the Castro dictatorship. Nicole currently represents a district spanning the boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island. She was the first Hispanic-American elected from Richmond County. She was re-elected to her third term in November 2014 with an overwhelming 73 percent of the vote.

From the office of the Representative-elect: “Her mother is Cuban and fled the country in 1959..her father emigrated from Greece in the early 60's ..the Congresswoman-elect refers to herself as an American of Greek & Cuban parents....” and the Representative-elect “has spoken about a being a member of [the]” Congressional Cuba Democracy Caucus.

Representative-elect Malliotakis is expected to seek membership in the Congressional Cuba Democracy Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Conference, and Congressional Hispanic Caucus among others.

Ten (10) Cuban-American members of the United States Congress, three (3) in the United States Senate and seven (7) in the United States House of Representatives, consisting of two (2) members of the Democratic Party and eight (8) members of the Republican Party, will likely oppose most efforts by the Biden Administration to alter Trump Administration policies impacting the Republic of Cuba and Venezuela.

United States Senate
The Honorable Ted Cruz (R- Texas)
The Honorable Marco Rubio (R- Florida)
The Honorable Robert Menendez (D- New Jersey)

United States House of Representatives
The Honorable Albio Sires (New Jersey; D- 8th)
The Honorable Alex Mooney (West Virginia; R- 2nd)
The Honorable Anthony E. González (Ohio; R- 16th)
The Honorable Mario Díaz-Balart (Florida; R-25th)
The Honorable Carlos Gimenez (Florida; R- 26th)
The Honorable Maria Elvira Salazar (Florida; R- 27th)
The Honorable Nicole Malliotakis (New York; R- 11th)

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