Rep. Hill Stands with Interim Venezuelan President Juan Guaidó, Calls on Maduro to Step Down

Washington, March 6, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) spoke from the House floor in support of interim Venezuelan President Juan Guaidó and called on Nicolás Maduro to step down.

Click on the picture below to watch his full remarks from the House floor. 

Rep. Hill's remarks, as prepared, are copied below:

"I rise today to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela: and the ineffective, inhumane, and irresponsible actions of the Maduro Government. For years, Venezuela’s United Socialist Party has pushed a once prosperous country towards desperate poverty, and open tyranny. 

"Today in Venezuela, Maduro celebrates while his people eat garbage, and for too long, the government has acted without accountability. Water sanitation is nonexistent, and hospitals stand without power or medicine; all while tons of U.S. food and medical aid sit unused at the Venezuela/Colombia border. 

"I stand with interim president Juan Guaidó and call on Maduro to step down so that humanitarian aid can flow to the Venezuelan people who are sick, starving, and scared.

"All Americans stand with Venezuelans who want their Republic back. They want their rights back. They want their freedom back."

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