WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott introduced a resolution recognizing María Corina Machado as Venezuela’s official Presidential Opposition candidate for the upcoming presidential elections and spoke in support of its unanimous passage on the Senate floor. Senator Scott is calling on the United States to stand with María Corina Machado and the brave people of Venezuela who have united her to rid Venezuela of the brutal oppression brought onto them by Nicolás Maduro, and finally bring freedom and democracy to their country. Senate Democrats blocked its passage.

This resolution is cosponsored by Senator Marco Rubio and introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart.

Watch the Senator’s speech HERE or below.

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