I am optimistic that we should be able to use that framework to move forward with legislation that cannot only pass this Committee but can pass the U.S. Senate and House, to be signed by President Obama.
Cardin expresses hope for bipartisan legislation to pass Congress and be signed into law.
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I think it is absolutely essential that we be very clear that Maduro was not elected as president of Venezuela.
Nowhere has this been more on display than what has occurred in Hong Kong in recent years as the passage of the National Security Law and entry into force of Article 23 destroyed what remains of Hong Kong's democracy.
I want to thank Senator Risch for working with me on this year's State Department authorization bill.
We think the United States has to work with our partners in South America to make it clear that that was not an election where Maduro won.
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