Statement by Senator Ted Cruz on the Obama Administration's Decision to Remove Cuba from Terror List

HOUSTON, Texas — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement regarding President Obama's decision to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism:

"When it comes to making any deals with world dictators, the President of the United States should use two words: Prove it. Cuba must prove it is willing to change its behavior before the United States takes a single action to remove it from the list of state sponsors of terror. Fidel and Raul Castro have a decades-long track record of violent hostility towards our nation. It is dangerous and reckless to use a terrorist designation as a negotiating tool, as their regime continues to support and harbor terrorists who have murdered Americans. We need better than a promise of future change; Cuba needs to prove it. And, until Cuba does, any discussion about changing its terrorist designation should be off the table."