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On the recordJune 21, 2016
I was joined by 19 of my colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Secretary Kerry and Secretary Lu urging the administration to enforce a bill that I passed along with all of our colleagues and Senator Marco Rubio, the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen discusses bipartisan efforts to enforce human rights legislation for Venezuela.

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