[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H3459-H3460]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF NICARAGUA

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to condemn the actions 
of Daniel Ortega against the people of Nicaragua who peacefully 
protested the regime.
  Ortega has taken a page out of the Castro and Maduro playbook and has 
unleashed his national police to kill more than 30 young Nicaraguans 
and injure many others over the weekend. He is presenting a false 
narrative that the political protests are political maneuverings by the 
opposition, giving him the excuse to censure all independent media, 
while his people beat, jail, and kill students who are fighting

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for their basic rights. He has changed presidential term limits, 
dismantled democratic institutions, and committed electoral fraud.
  Madam Speaker, this is a country that has endured two dictatorships 
and a civil war. We must demonstrate our solidarity with the people of 
Nicaragua. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to pass my NICA Act to 
cut funding to Ortega, and I urge the administration to sanction more 
Ortega officials who are committing human rights abuses. We must not 
allow Ortega's actions to go unpunished.

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