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Cory Booker: There is near-universal consensus in the Senate that Venezuela is a failed state run by a criminal government that has…

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
There is near-universal consensus in the Senate that Venezuela is a failed state run by a criminal government that has stolen elections and used access to food as a political weapon.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Describing Venezuela's government as corrupt and a humanitarian crisis.

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