Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “I hope that we can move on stronger sanctions.”

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.

The United States must continue to lead the global response to HIV/AIDS.