[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17114]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          MARIA CORINA MACHADO

  (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. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of Maria Corina 
Machado who is being unjustly accused, intimidated, and dragged into 
court under bogus charges by the regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. 
She has been stripped of her seat in Congress, been barred from leaving 
her country, and is being denied due process.
  In May, the House passed my legislation aimed at denying visas, 
blocking property, freezing assets, and prohibiting any financial 
transactions to members of the Venezuelan regime who are responsible 
for human rights abuses against the peaceful citizens of Venezuela.
  The U.S. must no longer stand still as these abuses are repeated in 
our own hemisphere. There are 72 students, 2 elected officials, 12 
military officers, and democracy activist Leopoldo Lopez still in 
prison under politically motivated charges. Maria Corina must not join 
them, and all political prisoners in Venezuela must be freed 
immediately.

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