WESTERN HEMISPHERE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRWOMAN SALAZAR DELIVERS OPENING REMARKS AT HEARING ON CONFRONTING THE TOTALITARIAN ORTEGA-MURILLO REGIME

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Salazar delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled "Confronting the Totalitarian Ortega-Murillo Regime". With the arrival of President Trump to the Oval Office, there has been a major change in attitude on the part of the United States government towards Latin America. And there is no more compelling proof than what happened in Venezuela on January the 3rd of this year. The other example is Cuba, with the indictment against Raul Castro for murder, and the fact that President Trump has mentioned repeatedly the need for a regime change in C...