Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the ineffective, inhumane, and irresponsible actions of the Maduro government. For years, Venezuela's United Socialist Party has pushed a once- prosperous nation towards desperate poverty and open tyranny. Today in Venezuela, Maduro celebrates while his people eat garbage. For too long, the authoritarian regime has acted without accountability. Water sanitation is nonexistent, and hospitals stand without power or medicine, the results, Mr. Speaker, of 20 years of irresponsible socialism under the Chavez and Maduro regimes--all this while 200 tons of U.S. food and medical assistance sit unused at the Venezuela-Colombia border, blocked by Maduro from entering the country. I stand with the Organization of American States and over 50 countries with interim President Juan Guaido and call on Maduro to step down so that humanitarian aid can flow to the Venezuelan people, who are sick, starving, and scared. All Americans stand with Venezuelans, who want their republic back; they want their rights back; they want their freedom back. ____________________”