JRH 8: 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U.S. custody; that all U.S. military forces recently deployed in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean be withdrawn immediately; that Venezuelans be allowed to exercise their right to political self-determination on their own accord; and that the United States abandon any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

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JRH 8 is a joint resolution introduced in the Vermont House on February 4, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: 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U.S. custody; that all U.S. military forces recently deployed in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean be withdrawn immediately; that Venezuelans be allowed to exercise their right to political self-determination on their own accord; and that the United States abandon any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. Primary sponsor: Esme Cole (Democratic), Kate Logan (Democratic), Chloe Tomlinson (Democratic/Progressive), Angela Arsenault (Democratic), Michelle Bos-Lun (Democratic), Conor Casey (Democratic), Ela Chapin (Democratic), Brian Cina (Democratic/Progressive), Leonora Dodge (Democratic), Anne Donahue (Republican), Abbey Duke (Democratic), Zon Eastes (Democratic), Leslie Goldman (Democratic), Troy Headrick (Independent), Rebecca Holcombe (Democratic), Jim Masland (Democratic), Kate McCann (Democratic), Jubilee McGill (Democratic), Phil Pouech (Democratic), Larry Satcowitz (Democratic), Kirk White (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2026): Read first time, treated as a bill, and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs.

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