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On the recordJuly 18, 2017
I have 100 percent confidence that if democracy is destroyed once and for all in Venezuela on the 30th, in terms of the Maduro regime, the President of the United States is prepared to act unilaterally in a significant and swift way.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez assures that the U.S. will respond decisively if democracy fails in Venezuela.

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