04/23/2013
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"I, as well as the chairman of this committee, stands forthrightly behind the people of Venezuela who are being oppressed by the Maduro government, a thuggish socialist dictatorship."
"the embargo was instituted in response to all the property seizures that the regime had done."
"when you are changing a policy, are you making it easier for the Cuban people to leverage a democratic transition?"
"We must have a policy that supports the aspirations of the Cuban people, not the needs of the Castro regime."