Political Quotes

“I am going to make a unanimous consent request in a moment, but I would like to preface it by saying what it is about so that as we explain it after the unanimous consent request is objected to, it will be clearer. In the nation of Venezuela, there exists today an incredible political situation. I have been there to see it. There is a dictator in charge, and life on the street is deadly--so deadly that millions of Venezuelans are fleeing the country as fast as possible. There is a limitation on food and medicine. There is so much suffering and starvation and deprivation that these people have given up everything, and they are just leaving. The United States knows that this is under the leader, Maduro. It reached a point where it is physically dangerous--so much so that we have a warning to American travelers not to go to Venezuela, to stay away because it is too dangerous. Yet thousands of Venezuelans now in the United States are facing the threat of being forced return to this deadly, dangerous situation. The same State Department that warns Americans not to travel to Venezuela is now trying to force those Venezuelans who are here as students and others to go back to this deadly situation. Senator Menendez and I and others think it just makes sense for us to give these people a shelter until it is safe for them to return to their home. That is what this request is about. Mr.…”