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This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, requesting they direct the U.S. National Central Bureau, the...

The Florida delegation reacted this week after the Biden administration began to lower sanctions on the Maduro regime as the U.S. started talks with Venezuela on importing more oil from that nation. Florida’s U.S. senators...

At the end of last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to publicly reaffirm the United States’ existing policy toward Venezuela and invite the interim...

Last week, U.S. Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., and Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., teamed up on the “Iranian Nuclear and Venezuelan Energy, Sanctions, and Terrorism Government Accountability Report (INVESTIGAR) Act.” Salazar introduced the bill last week...

“The exiles told the attorney general that court packing was a key component of the totalitarian takeover of Venezuela and has led to the imprisonment and torture of those speaking out against political corruption. President Biden’s Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, which will explore adding justices to SCOTUS, is scheduled to hold an inaugural meeting online Wednesday,” Moody’s office noted.

Scott also highlighted the need to fairly distribute vaccines around the world, including to the people of the Bahamas.

Maduro named the new members of the CNE this week in a move to help establish a better relationship with the Biden administration. 

Thanks to the dictators Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s economy has all but collapsed. Venezuela’s future will depend on foreign investment to rebuild its economy and create jobs and opportunities once again.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., weighed in on Monday as the UN Human Rights Council gets ready to kick off its regular session in Geneva.

In his letter, Scott stressed the importance of the Department of State’s role in protecting and expanding freedom and democracy across the globe and holding dictators in Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and Communist China accountable for their oppression and human rights abuses.

Rubio, who sits on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and leads Republicans on the U.S. Senate Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, introduced the resolution on Monday. Scott and U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ, the chairman of the committee, are backing the resolution as cosponsors. Other supporters include U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Mary., Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., showcased his agenda for the 117th Congress as he moves into the middle of his first term.