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On the recordMarch 1, 2017
I hope we can work together to hold human rights violators and drug traffickers, send a clear message, if you are going to violate the rights of others inside of Venezuela, know that you are next.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin calls for accountability for human rights violators in Venezuela.

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