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On the recordJuly 18, 2017
We support sanctions to individuals that have committed crimes and are accused of corruption, and we need more economic pressure on a government that is investing the money it earns through the natural resources that belong to the people to fight and kill that very same people.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio advocates for sanctions against corrupt Venezuelan officials.

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