Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “Ortega is the sole individual responsible for the ongoing violence and the rising death toll in Nicaragua today.”

As a person who lost her native homeland, Cuba, to communism, where we don't have elections, I always say that it is wonderful to get interrupted by elections and by votes.

I would like to tighten the sanctions on those military leaders because I see that as the problem.

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

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