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On the recordJune 21, 2016
I think that this is a big mistake by our State Department because it will look as if we are legitimizing an illegitimate regime.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen criticizes the State Department's potential actions regarding Venezuela.

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