Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, they are even using this humanitarian crisis that they have created to defraud organizations that are looking to bring much- needed food into the country. This resolution in front of us, Mr. Speaker, is bipartisan and strong. It calls on the administration to support the people of Venezuela, to continue to impose targeted sanctions on those responsible for the destruction of democratic institutions in Venezuela. This resolution also urges important bodies, like the Organization of American States--and we will have soon a new U.S. Ambassador to that esteemed institution--to support the principles of the Inter-American Democratic Charter. It demands a noncorrupt electoral council, as well as calling for the release of all political prisoners. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. DeSantis for authoring this resolution. I urge my colleagues to offer their strong support and to join us in sending a unified message to Maduro that his actions will not be allowed to continue without a strong U.S. response. What is that response, Mr. Speaker? I call on the administration to use more targeted sanctions. We have sent to the administration a very long list of names. So have Senators Rubio and Menendez. Mr. Sires, Mr. Royce, and Mr. Engel have joined me. There are many more people, thugs and cronies of Maduro, who are enriching themselves with the suffering of the Venezuelan people. They want to come to the U.S.…”