Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 2699 offered by the Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen”

I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe), chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.

This important bill would extend this longstanding bipartisan lifesaving program for another 5 years.

This important resolution condemns the Maduro regime for its role in the deterioration of Venezuela's democratic institutions.

As a person who lost her native homeland, Cuba, to communism, where we don't have elections, I always say that it is wonderful to get interrupted by elections and by votes.