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JRH008Introduced in the House

Joint resolution condemning the January 3, 2026, U.S. military incursion in Venezuela and imploring that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, be released from U.S. custody; that all U.S. military forces recently deployed in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean be withdrawn immediately; that Venezuelans be allowed to exercise their right to political self-determination on their own accord; and that the United States abandon any intentions or plans to repeat a similar intervention to disrupt or destroy the right to self-determination and political sovereignty of any other nation

IntroducedHouse Government Operations and Military Affairs

Introduced by Esme Cole, District WIN6

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Joint resolution condemning the January 3, 2026, U.S. military incursion in Venezuela and imploring that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, be released from U.S. custody; that all U.S. military forces recently deployed in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean be withdrawn immediately; that Venezuelans be allowed to exercise their right to political self-determination on their own accord; and that the United States abandon any intentions or plans to repeat a similar intervention to disrupt or destroy the right to self-determination and political sovereignty of any other nation

Where it stands

Read first time, treated as a bill, and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

February 4, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Read first time, treated as a bill, and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

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