Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “I am optimistic that day is around the corner, and with the help of all the countries joining together, we will make…”

We had Joe Crowley and Steve Chabot, who's a wonderful member of our committee, pass an important bill condemning the ethnic cleansing going on.

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.

In 2014, we supported a resolution that this committee passed--Jim McGovern's House Resolution 418, which called for an end to persecution.

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