Menendez Opening Remarks at Committee Hearing on Venezuela
(WorldNews China)

WASHINGTON - Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at today`s committee hearing entitled `Venezuela in Maduro`s Grasp: Assessing the Deteriorating Security and Humanitarian Situation.` Testifying at the hearing were Elliott Abrams, Special Representative for Venezuela, U.S. Department of State, and Joshua Hodges, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development. `Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for working with me on this hearing. I appreciate it. Mr. Abrams, you come before the committee at an urgent moment for Venezuela - one with...