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On the recordJuly 10, 2015
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to visit the graphic display that is exhibited right now at the Rayburn foyer called the Venezuela of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. This exhibit carries the hopes and dreams of Venezuelans and Venezuelan Americans who worked hard to restore democracy, freedom, and prosperity to their homeland. The Maduro regime has destroyed the economy of a once wealthy nation, causing widespread shortages and long lines for consumer goods. Innocent men and women who demand the protection of democratic principles are arrested with false charges and tried by kangaroo courts, where their fate is already sealed. Madam Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to join the Educational Foundation for Democracy and IVAC for a tour of this impressive collection of photos that documents the prosperous democratic past, the oppressive present, and the bright future that awaits Venezuela, for which they are fighting now. ____________________

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