Introduced
August 4, 2026
Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Schiff, and Ms. Rosen) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
RESOLUTION
Reaffirming the policy of the United States to support a peaceful democratic transition in Venezuela through free and fair elections.
- (1) reaffirms the policy of the United States to support a peaceful democratic transition in Venezuela through free and fair elections;
- (2) urges that the interim authorities of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela take immediate steps to restore democratic governance through free, fair, and transparent presidential elections;
- (3) calls for the unconditional and immediate release of all political prisoners in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, including those detained in relation to the July 2024 election; and
- (4) declares that any arbitrary detention, sentence, assault, enforced disappearance, death, or other serious harm suffered by any individual seeking public office, including María Corina Machado, would—
- (A) gravely undermine the freedom or fairness of future elections;
- (B) be presumed as having been done with the knowledge, acquiescence, or approval of senior officials of the interim authorities of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; and