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On the recordMay 19, 2014
I think it is the right thing for the United States to sanction human rights violators that have killed so many in Venezuela.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen advocates for U.S. sanctions against human rights violators in Venezuela.

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