[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 5, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DEMOCRACY FOR VENEZUELA

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, the people of Venezuela 
have taken to the streets to demand an end to 20 years of dictatorship 
and repression. I am grateful that President Donald Trump is supporting 
the democratic aspirations of the Venezuelan people.
  The people of Venezuela deserve to prosper. They are fortunate to 
hold the world's largest supply of crude oil, but decades of socialist 
corruption and mismanagement, first under Hugo Chavez and then Nicolas 
Maduro, have impoverished Venezuela.
  Then came the sham 2018 Presidential elections. That is why the 
National Assembly President Juan Guaido implemented their constitution 
by declaring himself interim President and called for new elections.
  We must continue to support hope in Venezuela. Free and fair 
elections must be held. The people of Venezuela deserve freedom and 
democracy.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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