Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “This is a country that is not far away. It is in our backyard.”

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

I am proud to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway), the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and the author of this measure.

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

It's important to note Ranking Member Engel's BURMA Act, which still needs to be passed and that aims to impose additional sanctions.