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On the recordMarch 5, 2014
Sixteen of my colleagues sent a letter to the President asking for those similar powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen mentions a letter sent to the President regarding emergency powers for Venezuela.

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