Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “We have an obligation to ensure that we are doing everything in our power on their behalf.”

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.

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.

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