Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

I was disappointed to see the President's budget zero out our assistance to Nicaragua.

Thank you for providing this humanitarian aid that you just announced yesterday--$2.5 million for Venezuelans and Colombian communities that are hosting them.

What is universally true for all of our sanctions law is that for sanctions to be truly effective, they have got to be fully implemented, vigorously enforced.

And this is an important and timely hearing because this an issue that Ranking Member Engel, Chairman Royce, I, and so many of our colleagues on this committee have been working on for quite some time, sanctions.

Well, thank you for putting it on your radar.

I believe that we have a moral obligation to the victims of the terror the FARC.

I have long been critical of aspects of the peace agreement with the terror group, FARC.

There is a severe food and medicine shortage in Venezuela as a result of Maduro's failed and oppressive policies.

Even if elections are held, we know that it will be a fraudulent process--they all have been--just as the municipal elections were last year.

The system in Cuba is a farce. The President is selected by the National Assembly, and the National Assembly... is selected by the regime in what can only be described as a vicious circle of corruption.

What can we do to protect the--you know, to help OAS?

I could not be prouder of the people of Venezuela who are standing up and demanding that their voices are heard.

I think that it is absolutely important to continue the support for the democratically elected national assembly.

There are no elections taking place in Cuba. This is a completely different process.

The JCPOA was flawed. We all know that. It was weak and it was dangerous. Let's ask our constituents, our taxpayers, if they want their dollars to fund the purchase of planes for the number one state sponsor of terror. I think that the…

This dynamic duo continues to set the standard for bipartisan cooperation in the Congress.

We must stand strong in our commitment to the people of Tibet, and that is why, last month, I was proud to introduce House Concurrent Resolution 89.

I would recommend that everyone on this subcommittee and on the full committee cosponsor both of them, the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2017, and Expressing the Sense of Congress with Respect to United States Policy Toward Tibet.

The fact that the Palestinian leadership rewards terrorists and their families is sickening.

The Palestinian Authority, the PLO, Abu Mazen, and Hamas, they should all be held accountable for their acts of terror.

Last but not least, we continue to lean on Congress' support for robust funding levels for democracy programs.

We ask the U.S. Congress to continue its support to democracy programming.

U.S. support for fundamental rights and democratic norms must be unequivocal.

We have an obligation to support democracy and governance programs.

For the sake of U.S. interests, we have an obligation to support democracy and governance programs.