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On the recordMarch 5, 2019
I urge the committee to include report language that funding be of a humanitarian nature and explicitly not intended for the use of military or state police efforts.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Advocating for humanitarian aid to Venezuela without military involvement.

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