CORTEZ MASTO DEMANDSSTATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN VENEZUELA

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:

Washington, D.C.-U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto joined Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding the U.S. Department of Stateshare an assessmentdetailing Venezuela's human rights violations under Acting President DelcyRodríguez. The letter also calls for the State Department to commit to preventing additional human rights abuses in Venezuela.

"The Trump administration's increased support of the same officials who contributed to the Venezuelan government's lengthy and well-documented record of human rights abuses and violations is alarming, and we urge the State Department to re-commit to its long-st...