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This concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from Venezuela unless a declaration of war or authorization to use military force for such purpose has been enacted.
House floor actionsConsideration initiated pursuant to a previous order.
Library of CongressFailed of passage/not agreed to in House On agreeing to the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 215 (Roll no. 48).
Floor Vote
Failed in the House
House floor actionsORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Mast asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to consider H. Con. Res. 68 in the House if called up by the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or his designee; that the concurrent resolution be considered as read; and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the concurrent resolution to adoption without intervening motion except for one hour of debate equally divided among and controlled by Representative Mast of Florida, Representative Meeks of New York, and Representative McGovern of Massachusetts, or their respective designees. Agreed to without objection.
Library of CongressSubmitted in House
House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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What Congress Said
Members who spoke about this bill on the floor, in their own words from the Congressional Record.
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Pursuant to the order of the House of January 21, 2026, I call up the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 68) to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
Nicolas Maduro is a murderer, an autocrat, a narcoterrorist, and a thug who has oppressed his own people, stolen elections, and turned a once prosperous and free country into a desperate nation that millions have fled.
My friend, the chairman, referred to stupidity in debating this resolution. I would like to talk about hypocrisy and illiteracy. Ten days before Joe Biden left office, he raised the bounty on Nicolas Maduro to $25 million.
I rise in opposition to this resolution because it is nothing more than a weak and pointless attempt to attack our President and undermine our national security.
The last time I brought up this resolution, I was told it was premature because there had been no strikes in Venezuela. Let me quote what my Republicans friends said in their own words.
He propped up Maduro's regime, praised Maduro's Vice President as a terrific person, and sidelined the democratic opposition, forcing Maria Corina Machado through the back door of the White House.
The President executed this transition when the most popular opposition leader, Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, was out of the country. If he wanted to, the President could help her return to Venezuela. It is telling that he is not.
Not much surprises me anymore, but to sit here and to listen to the storied House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by somebody who calls the opposition stupid, to hear our motivations as we stand up for a fundamental constitutional prerogative mocked through ad hominem attacks, shame, sir. Shame.
The last thing, Mr. Speaker, the American people want is another regime change war, a forever war for oil. I urge my colleagues to support this resolution and to not repeat history.
The military intervention in Venezuela left us with uncertainty, instability, and insecurity. As a veteran, I commend the military operation to remove Maduro on January 3, but as an American, it left uncertainty for the day after.
To respond to the notion of hypocrisy, that we should rely on the Secretary of State's notification when required, we were not notified--the Congress did not receive notification--or asked for authorization before Americans were sent to fight and to bleed in Venezuela.
Oil over democracy. Trump has made clear his priorities, accepting ruthless suppression by Maduro's comrades so long as the oil profits flow to him as the self-described acting President of Venezuela.
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