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Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL): What is next for US-Venezuela policy? | LIVE STREAM

Published | Video Starts at 04:48

Now more than 200,000 Venezuelans live in Florida and their concerns are clearly our concerns. Make no mistake, this is absolutely a crisis. It's a humanitarian crisis that threatens the lives of the people of Venezuela and has created unbelievable flood of refugees numbering in the millions. But it's also a crisis that threatens the safety and security of our allies in Latin America and eventually of the United States of America. (04:48–04:57)

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Asserts that the Venezuelan crisis has resulted in millions of refugees.

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