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| https://www.flake.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=bbb7dbb3-7f14-4305-bc0f-67a29e310516 | Flake Statement on Bilateral Flight Services Agreement with Cuba | 2015-12-16 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Republican | House | AZ | Jeff Flake | F000444 | www.flake.senate.gov | legacy | Washington, DC U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) today released the following statement regarding the announcement of a bilateral air services agreement allowing for regularly scheduled, direct commercial flights between the United States and Cuba. This announcement was made on the eve of the one year anniversary of the renewed diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba. Unleashing the power of U.S. travelers and their frequent flier miles brings us a crucial step closer to eliminating restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba, said Flake. Background: In Jan., Flakeled a bipartisan coalitionincluding U.S. Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in introducingS. 299, the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act. The bipartisan bill would end restrictions in laws enacted in 1996 and 2000 on travel by American citizens and legal residents to Cuba restrictions that do not exist for travel by Americans to any other country in the world. The bill would also end restrictions on related transactions incident to such travel, such as banking transactions. U.S. Reps. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) introduced a companion bill in the House. Today, Flake and Leahy sent a letter to President Barack Obama marking the one year anniversary of the renewed diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba and encouraging the administration to advance actions in 2016 to further expand engagement between the two countries. Goals cited by the senators include the completing a bilateral air services agreement, streamlining people-to-people travel, advancing exports of U.S. goods and services, facilitating financial transactions, settling certified claims, and designating senior officials to coordinate regulation reform. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |