{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://ros-lehtinen.house.gov/press-release/ros-lehtinen-applauds-senate-passage-venezuela-sanctions-bill", "Ros-Lehtinen Applauds Senate Passage of Venezuela Sanctions Bill", "2014-12-09", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Ileana Ros-Lehtinen", "R000435", "ros-lehtinen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Ros-Lehtinen Applauds Senate Passage of Venezuela Sanctions Bill\n\u201cI would like to applaud the Senate for passing commonsense legislation which will punish the Maduro regime and its cronies for the rampant human rights abuses they have committed in Venezuela.\u201d\n(Washington, DC) \u2013 U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, made the following statement regarding the passage of S. 2142 \u2013 the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014. Statement by Ros-Lehtinen:\n\n\t\u201cI would like to applaud the Senate for passing commonsense legislation which will punish the Maduro regime and its cronies for the rampant human rights abuses they have committed in Venezuela. From the protests in the streets of Caracas to the farcical judicial proceedings against Leopoldo Lopez and Maria Corina Machado by Maduro\u2019s own kangaroo courts, we have seen that the regime is only interested in self-preservation, trampling on democratic principles, and undermining the fundamental freedoms of the Venezuelan people. It is my hope that the House will take up and pass this legislation immediately so that with President Obama\u2019s signature, Venezuela\u2019s oppressors will be denied visas to enter the United States and their properties along with their assets will be frozen.\u201d\nNOTE: Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the author of H.R. 4587 \u2013 the Venezuelan Human Rights and Democracy Protection Act, which sanctions officials in the regime of Nicolas Maduro who are responsible for committing human rights violations. The bill passed the House of Representatives by unanimous consent on May 28, 2014. Senators Bob Menendez and Marco Rubio were the Senate authors of S. 2142, which passed today.\nTo view Rep. Ros-Lehtinen\u2019s remarks today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the situation in Venezuela and the sanctions legislation, click here.\n\u00a0\n#####", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://ros-lehtinen.house.gov/press-release/ros-lehtinen-applauds-senate-passage-venezuela-sanctions-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.279735006392002, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}