Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “We must stay strong in sanctions, yet at the first sign of this fairy tale progress, we balked.”

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

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

We had Joe Crowley and Steve Chabot, who's a wonderful member of our committee, pass an important bill condemning the ethnic cleansing going on.

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