with the honorable kevin sullivan, the deputy assistant secretary for brazil, southern cone, and the ntnairs for western hemisphere, affairs in the state department. the united states department of state, and mr. dk freud, a deputy assistant secretary for democracy and human rights, and labor at the u.s. department of state, as well. and mr. greg powell, a senior deputy assistant administrator for the bureau of latin american caribbean at the u.s. agency for international development. thank you, all, for being here. your full statements will be made part of the record and i will ask you to keep your spoken remarks to five minutes. i now recognize ambassador sullivan for his opening statement, and welcome. >> in morning. chairwoman salazar, ranking member castro, the steepest members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity. >> could use the mic, please? >> thank you for this opportunity to testify today at this critical moment in venezuela's history. the u.s. government has remained steadfast in our commitment to support the people of venezuela in their democratic aspirations.

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