In a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing held this Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio articulated the administration's stance on the economic embargo against Cuba and the potential for regime change on the island. He highlighted the Helms-Burton Act of 1996, which codified the economic embargo and stipulates that sanctions can only be lifted following a regime change in Cuba. "The lifting of the embargo will only occur once there is a regime change," he reiterated, aligning this stance with federal law. Economic Crisis and Historical Regression: "Unrecognizable Even to Soviets"Rubio also used the hearing to hold the Cuban regime accountable for the nation's severe economic crisis. In summary, Marco Rubio reaffirmed what various exile figures and Republican political sectors have long advocated: lifting the embargo is non-negotiable without regime change.