Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “Job well done. Thank you so much.”

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

I am proud to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway), the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and the author of this measure.

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

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