Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “Sixteen of my colleagues sent a letter to the President asking for those similar powers under the International…”

I add my support for all the measures before us today.

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

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

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