The defining issue of current-day Venezuela is the wholesale, state-sanctioned, and amply documented violation of human rights of those who oppose the government.
We can aggressively hold individual political and military figures responsible for promoting violence, condoning or committing human rights ...
Economic sanctions could well collapse an already staggering, imploding economy and cause great suffering to the Venezuelan people.
I hope that this type of hearing will encourage the administration to do more for democracy, for human rights, for the promotion of fundamen...
After 15 years in power the government owns this crisis. They made it and it is theirs.
I think a strong case has been made for us to at least consider sanctions.
the scale of human rights violations in Venezuela, a report documenting human rights abuses far worse than I had anticipated.
I strongly oppose and urge against any United States oil embargo of Venezuela.
I have introduced legislation, along with Senator Rubio and Senator Nelson, which calls for targeted sanctions on individuals responsible fo...
I do not know how long I am personally willing to wait for those set of circumstances to continue without pursuing a more vigorous action su...
we have to condemn those arrests in the strongest possible terms. Those were peaceful protests.