[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRUMP LEADERSHIP CAPTURES DICTATOR MADURO

  (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. Madam Speaker, Americans are grateful 
that last week, under the courageous leadership of President Donald 
Trump, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, General Dan Caine, Pam Bondi, and 
John Ratcliffe, that our professional military completed an inspiring, 
legal operation to arrest Venezuela dictator Maduro and his wife.
  Dictator Maduro rigged elections and also operated a murderous, drug-
dealing regime. Drug cartels, which killed hundreds of thousands of 
young Americans, have now been damaged.
  The murderous axis of evil of war criminal Putin, Iranian and Cuban 
regimes, and the Chinese Communist Party are unraveling, exposing 
dictators with rule of gun which invade democracies with rule of law.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism 
continues. Trump is reinstituting peace through strength, revealing war 
criminal Putin lies, insulting Trump, mocking Trump, with ghost Russian 
tankers financing the Maduro murderous dictatorship.
  Our prayers for a speedy recovery for Dr.  Jim Baird and his wife, 
Danise.

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