Senate Bill
S. 218
A bill to designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street, Northwest and Fuller Street, Northwest and 16th Street, Northwest and Euclid Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Oswaldo Paya Way".
Primary Sponsor
Ted Cruz
Senator
Cosponsors
3
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This bill designates the street area in front of the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. as Oswaldo Paya Way. The designation honors Oswaldo Paya, a Cuban pro-democracy activist who led the Varela Project advocating for democratic reforms in Cuba. He died in a 2012 car crash that supporters believe was caused by Cuban state security forces.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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A bill to designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street, Northwest and Fuller Street, Northwest and 16th Street, Northwest and Euclid Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Oswaldo Paya Way".
This bill designates the street area in front of the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. as Oswaldo Paya Way. The designation honors Oswaldo Paya, a Cuban pro-democracy activist who led the Varela Project advocating for democratic reforms in Cuba. He died in a 2
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This bill designates the street area in front of the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. as Oswaldo Paya Way. The designation honors Oswaldo Paya, a Cuban pro-democracy activist who led the Varela Project advocating for democratic reforms in Cuba. He died in a 2012 car crash that supporters believe was caused by Cuban state security forces.
- Bill Number
- 218
- Sponsor
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Introduced
- 1/23/2025
- Status
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Policy Area
- Government Operations and Politics
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- Title
- A bill to designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street, Northwest and Fuller Street, Northwest and 16th Street, Northwest and Euclid Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Oswaldo Paya Way".
- Bill Number
- 218
- Sponsor
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Status
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Introduced
- 1/23/2025
- Summary
- This bill designates the street area in front of the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. as Oswaldo Paya Way. The designation honors Oswaldo Paya, a Cuban pro-democracy activist who led the Varela Project advocating for democratic reforms in Cuba. He died in a 2012 car crash that supporters believe wa
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