mr. martinez nucete. for one thing, at the outset mr. martinez nucete is a man of the left, a man of the hard left. the senator from virginia suggested that he may have sent an ill-advised tweet now and then, and that's true, but that's not the basis of my opposition. he has been a hard partisan his entire life. and even further than that, and this is quite remarkable, mr. martinez nucete was actually a socialist congressman in venezuela. under hugo chavez, he was a member, or his party was a member of socialist international, is and he was a man of the hard left, the anti-american hard left. hugo chavez was an unshakeable enemy of america. nicholas maduro continues to be a brutal dictator, illegitimate leader, and an enemy of america. and i believe president biden nominating a fellow traveler, a socialist congressman from venezuela, for a major role dealing with latin america is astonishingly ill-advised. secondly, mr. martinez nucete has expressed an unusual and odd hostility to and antipathy for people of faith. this is not something w