[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3151-3152]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


  EXPRESSING PROFOUND CONCERN ABOUT THE ONGOING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, 
              SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of 
and the Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 35.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 35) expressing profound concern about 
     the ongoing political, economic, social and humanitarian 
     crisis in Venezuela, urging the release of political 
     prisoners, and calling for respect of constitutional and 
     democratic processes, including free and fair elections.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 35) was agreed to.

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  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in the Record of 
February 1, 2017, under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')




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