[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 804 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 804

    Recognizing Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the President-elect of 
                               Venezuela.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2024

 Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Kaine, 
Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Bennet) submitted the following resolution; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Recognizing Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the President-elect of 
                               Venezuela.

Whereas, on July 28, 2024, Venezuela held Presidential elections, the first in 
        the country since the widely discredited Presidential election in 2018;
Whereas the elections were neither free nor fair, and the process lacked respect 
        for fundamental freedoms, with the Carter Center stating, ``Venezuela's 
        2024 presidential election did not meet international standards of 
        electoral integrity and cannot be considered democratic.'';
Whereas President Joe Biden has publicly stated the need for an immediate 
        release of full, transparent, and detailed voting data by Venezuelan 
        authorities;
Whereas the data released by the vast majority of polling centers showed that 
        the leader of the opposition, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, won with an 
        overwhelming number of votes;
Whereas the Venezuelan people have demonstrated their desire to live in peace 
        and political freedom, represented by a democratically elected President 
        of their choosing;
Whereas many international organizations and heads of state have voiced concern 
        with the lack of transparency throughout the electoral process; and
Whereas numerous countries have either called for transparency in the tally of 
        election results or have rejected the results outright based on clear 
        evidence of fraud, including Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican 
        Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, 
        Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, and Uruguay: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes the victory of Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia in 
        the Presidential election in Venezuela held on July 28, 2024;
            (2) notes that such recognition is widely shared around the 
        world;
            (3) asserts that the victory of Edmundo Gonzalez marks the 
        return of a democratically elected leader at the national level 
        in Venezuela; and
            (4) stands in solidarity with the Venezuelan people in 
        their democratic aspirations to live freely without repression.
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