[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2802]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
HOLDING CAMILA ORTEGA ACCOUNTABLE
(Ms. SALAZAR asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. SALAZAR. Madam Speaker, Latin America's dictators exploit their
children just like they exploit their own people.
The best example is Nicaragua's dictator, Daniel Ortega. Ortega leads
his corrupt, oppressive, dictatorial regime along with his wife and
Vice President, Rosario Murillo. Their daughter, Camila Ortega, has
defalcated millions and millions of dollars from the Nicaraguan people
while her mother and father continue oppressing anyone who opposes
them.
Madam Speaker, 10 days ago, the United States Government blacklisted
Camila Ortega for corruption. She is officially sanctioned. Her bank
accounts are frozen. No one can do business with her at this hour. She
will no longer lavishly spend the people's money in the streets of
Miami, my district, where I represent thousands and thousands of the
Nicaraguan exile community who fled her father's regime and his
oppression.
Madam Speaker, from the floor of the United States Congress, from
this floor, we ask the European Union and Canada to join America in
holding Camila Ortega accountable.
Ortega wants to steal the elections by jailing anyone who opposes
him. But make no mistake, he and his family will pay for these
atrocities.
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