la congresista republicana ileana ros- lehtinen, quien se prepara para presentar un proyecto de ley quelanos, dijo que mientras la atencion del presidente obama sigue acaparada por la crisis en ucrania, a venezuela no le ha puesto cuidado. s/ cong. ileana ros-lehtinen, "el pueblo de ucrania merece democracia, libertad y respeto a los derechos humanos y por qué no los venezolanos ellos merecen la atención de la casa blanca, del secretario john kerry y también apoyo internacional". se especula que la casa blanca ya est considerando sanciones. algo con lo que estn en desacuerdo activistas como ernesto de len quien dice que en venezuela existe una democracia y que una intervencin sera ilegal. s/ ernesto de león, activista "recientemente hace unos días propuso una agenda de paz la cual tuvo como respuesta muy positiva de parte de los empresarios, los sectores independientes, los sectores del gobierno se han estado reuniendo y eso ha traído cosas muy positiva" mientras tanto los nicos que se han pronunciado al respecto son el gobierno de panam, que hizo un llamado a la organizacin de estados

i'd like to thank ileana ros-lehtinen for her democratic principles. i'd like to thank chairman royce and ranking member engel for bringing this bill to the floor. i strongly condemned the violence by the maduro regime. peaceful assembly should never be met with the use of deadly force. this government has resorted to political intimidation and free media censorship to squash the voices of the people. i join my colleagues today in support of the people of venezuela to determine their own political future. it is their democratic right to seek government policies that put their country on a path to democratic and economic prosperity for all venezuelans. by passing this resolution, congress will send a clear message to the people of venezuela and to all those struggling around the world to achieve true democracy and freedom that we stand with you. we support your most basic democratic rights of free expression and peaceful assembly. any true democracy must be accountable to its people. we call on the maduro government to work with the people, not against

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joining me to discuss this is a member of the foreign affairs committee in the house, ileana ros-lehtinen of florida. good to see you. >> thank you, jake. >> we heard from john kerry. he said he'd rather be in the position they're in today than where they were yesterday. are you seeing progress in some sort of resolution? i have to admit it's escaping me. >> well, it depends on what your definition of progress is because if we're going to just talk the talk and not walk the walk, that's not progress at all. we've got to dial back the rhetoric unless this administration is really going to follow through on its bluster. one of the things that i think we should do, we must do, is add names to the list. this is a bill we passed and became law last year named after one of the anti-corruption activists who was beaten to death in a russian jail for exposing corruption. and it names and shames those human rights violators in russia. it freezes their assets, and it will fine any companies that do business with human rights violators. we can adapt this to the situation that russia is taking in ukra

it was proposed by republican congresswoman of florida, ileana ros-lehtinen. >> the face of a determinedrat who disregards expectations of right conduct and who is willing to use violence to impose his will on free citizens well, mr. speaker, words are just not nearly enough. we must act, and we must act now. we must support those who are pleading for respect for democratic principles, for human rights in venezuela. now onost a debate right the situation in venezuela. joining us from caracas is margarita lopez maya, a venezuelan historian and political analyst. she is a professor with the center for development studies at the central university of venezuela. and in berkeley, roberto lovato is a writer with new american media who recently returned from reporting in caracas. his latest piece for al jazeera is, "venezuela's opposition is united against maduro, but internally divided." welcome both of you to democracy now! let's begin with roberto, just .oming back from venezuela >> i found a people's movement that is pretty much act -- absent. you do not hear voices, and you do not see the

i hereby appoint the honorable ileana ros-lehtinen to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority eaders for morning hour debate but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. gutierrez: thank you, madam speaker. the young lady in the white dress in this picture is a role model for all young people. her whole family are role models. they are the family you want living on your street. they always shovel and salt their driveways, their house is spotlessly clean. they make me proud to live in chicago. er and her three old siblings are u.s. citizens. when citizens say to me that it really do

just this week under the leadership of congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen, the house passed legislation designating israel as a major strategic partner of the united states. i commend congresswoman ros-lehtinen on her leadership in expanding u.s.-israel cooperation in defense, energy and science. as the iranian regime continues to advance its nuclear ambitions and current events continually demonstrate that we live in a dangerous world, it is important that congress reaffirm our support for and commitment to our close friend and ally israel. thank you very much, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. cicilline: i stand to congratulate an iconic rhode island restaurant which last week received the james beard foundation america's classic award. a prestigious national award. the america's classic award honors restaurants that have tim

we go now to ileana ros-lehtinen of florida. >>. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. welcome back, mr. secretary. it it is disappointing that in your submitted written statement for today's hearing, you failed to mention the ongoing over one-month long crisis in venezuela. the administration is condemning ma dura's -- but voicing concern is not enough. one of the opposition leaders lopez was unjustly arrested and has been imprisoned isolated in a mirt jail now for 24 days as maduro attempts to silent dissent in the venezuela. three more people died yesterday as a result of maduro's violent suppression, bringing the sad tally to two dozen dead since the protests began. the president issued an executive order that would impose sanctions against russian officials responsible for human rights abuses. and i've written to the president asking that he do the same for venezuela. maduro continues to get help from the castro yooem. they've been sending cuban troops to crack down on the venezuelan protesters. will the president hold these violators in venezuela responsiblen an s

i hereby appoint the honorable ileana ros-lehtinen to act as speaker pro tempore on this day.ed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip but in o five minutes no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. brooks, for five minutes. mr. brooks: in 1945 at the end of world war ii, america's federal debt to the gross domestic product ratio was 120%. washington responded with leadership. in 1946, the federal budget was slashed a massive 40%. in 1947, the federal budget was slashed by another 38%. the result, america rose to the challenge and america prospered. by 16980, even though per capita inflation adjusted, federal debt had tripled. it

women who come before us and i think we should also acknowledge our colleague, congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen of florida, the first hispanic woman elected to congress, someone who is a great friend of all of ours, we're all proud of her, she's so collegial, so warm, such a wonderful person and leader to work with. former congresswoman carrie meek and our current colleague, corrine brown, the first african-american women elected to congress from florida. these are tremendous sources of pride for us as women leaders and i want to congratulate the gentlelady from new york and the gentlelady from tennessee on their commitment to building the national women's history museum. we really need to build it so we can note the accomplishments and progress of women throughout american history because it's important to do that in so many ways. as a mother of two young daughters and each of the women here tonight have met my daughters on numerous occasions and are all about girls empowerment, we're all -- we're a girl power caucus as women members, but if we build this national women's history museum, we'll