Joint resolution condemning the January 3, 2026, U.S. military incursion in Venezuela and imploring that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, be released from U.S. custody; that all U.S. military forces recently deployed in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean be withdrawn immediately; that Venezuelans be allowed to exercise their right to political self-determination on their own accord; and that the United States abandon any intentions or plans to repeat a similar intervention to disrupt or destroy the right to self-determination and political sovereignty of any other nationa similar intervention to disrupt or destroy the right to self-determination and political sovereignty of any other nation
Vermont's House of Representatives passed JRH 8, a non-binding joint resolution condemning a U.S. military operation in Venezuela on January 3, 2026. The resolution demands the immediate release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores from U.S. custody, the withdrawal of all U.S. military forces from the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, and respect for Venezuela's right to political self-determination. It urges the U.S. government to abandon plans for similar interventions that disrupt other nations' sovereignty. As a symbolic resolution, it directs Vermont's Secretary of State to send a copy to President Trump, Secretary of State Rubio, and Defense Secretary Hegseth.
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Introduced Feb 4, 2026
Last action Feb 4, 2026
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Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Abbey Duke
DDemocratic
P
Angela Arsenault
DDemocratic
P
Anne Donahue
RRepublican
P
Brian Cina
DDemocratic/Progressive
P
Chloe Tomlinson
DDemocratic/Progressive
P
Conor Casey
DDemocratic
P
Ela Chapin
DDemocratic
P
Esme Cole
DDemocratic
P
Jim Masland
DDemocratic
P
Jubilee McGill
DDemocratic
P
Kate Logan
DDemocratic
P
Kate McCann
DDemocratic
P
Kirk White
DDemocratic
P
Larry Satcowitz
DDemocratic
P
Leonora Dodge
DDemocratic
P
Leslie Goldman
DDemocratic
P
Michelle Bos-Lun
DDemocratic
P
Phil Pouech
DDemocratic
P
Rebecca Holcombe
DDemocratic
P
Troy Headrick
IIndependent
P
Zon Eastes
DDemocratic
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