IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 998 
Commending President Trump, his administration, and the brave men and 
women of the Armed Forces, Intelligence Community, and Justice De-
partment for the remarkable success of ‘‘Operation Absolute Resolve’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2026 
Mr. GIMENEZ (for himself, Mr. PFLUGER, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. FINE, Mr. CAR-
TER of Georgia, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. RULLI, Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, 
Mr. CRAWFORD, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. WEBSTER 
of Florida, Mr. ROSE, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 
RUTHERFORD, Mr. MCGUIRE, Mr. ONDER, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. STAUBER, 
Mr. CRANK, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. BOST, Mr. PALMER, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. 
HUNT, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. OWENS, Mr. ALFORD, and 
Mr. MOORE of North Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committees on Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and the 
Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Commending President Trump, his administration, and the 
brave men and women of the Armed Forces, Intelligence 
Community, and Justice Department for the remarkable 
success of ‘‘Operation Absolute Resolve’’. 
Whereas, on January 3, 2026, President Donald J. Trump 
demonstrated extraordinary political courage by author-
izing ‘‘Operation Absolute Resolve’’ to apprehend the dic-
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tator Nicola´s Maduro and dismantle the command struc-
ture of the Ca´rtel de los Soles; 
Whereas Nicola´s Maduro is a fugitive from justice, charged 
by the Department of Justice with— 
(1) narcoterrorism conspiracy (21 U.S.C. 960a); 
(2) conspiracy to import cocaine (21 U.S.C. 963); 
(3) possession of machine guns and destructive de-
vices (18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(B)(ii)); and 
(4) conspiracy to possess machine guns and destruc-
tive devices (18 U.S.C. 924(o)); 
Whereas his co-conspirator and wife, Cilia Flores, was also 
extradited to the United States and is charged with— 
(1) narcoterrorism conspiracy (21 U.S.C. 960a); 
(2) conspiracy to import cocaine (21 U.S.C. 963); 
and 
(3) conspiracy to possess machine guns (18 U.S.C. 
924(o)); 
Whereas the Maduro regime systematically dismantled Ven-
ezuela’s democratic institutions, beginning with the usur-
pation of the National Assembly in 2015, the creation of 
an illegitimate Constituent Assembly in 2017, and the 
staging of a fraudulent reelection in 2018 that was de-
clared illegitimate by over 50 nations; 
Whereas, in 2024, the regime finalized its transition to full 
authoritarianism when its controlled Supreme Court rati-
fied a 15-year ban on the leading opposition candidate, 
Marı´a Corina Machado; 
Whereas to maintain his grip on power, the Maduro regime 
carried out thousands of extrajudicial killings, tortured 
political opponents, and terrorized the Venezuelan people, 
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fueling the largest displacement crisis in the history of 
the Western Hemisphere; 
Whereas Venezuela, under Maduro’s direction, provided safe 
harbor 
to 
foreign 
terrorist 
organizations 
and 
transnational 
criminal 
groups, 
allowing 
them 
to 
weaponize migration and flood the United States with 
tons of lethal narcotics; and 
Whereas these state-sponsored drug trafficking operations 
have directly fueled the drug overdose epidemic, contrib-
uting to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans an-
nually: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) applauds the courageous decision by com-
mander in chief President Donald J. Trump, for his 
bold determination to confront the Maduro dictator-
ship directly, ending years of malaise and re-
asserting America in the Western Hemisphere; 
(2) salutes the extraordinary bravery, profes-
sionalism, and operational effectiveness of the 
United States Armed Forces, the Intelligence Com-
munity, and law enforcement whose personnel suc-
cessfully executed the mission to apprehend Nicola´s 
Maduro and dismantle the command structure of the 
Ca´rtel de los Soles; 
(3) expresses its profound gratitude to the fam-
ilies of the servicemembers involved, acknowledging 
the sacrifices made to ensure the safety of the Amer-
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ican homeland from the threat of state-sponsored 
narcoterrorism; 
(4) reaffirms the Monroe Doctrine and its mod-
ern version, the Trump Corollary, as the base of 
Western Hemispheric security declaring the United 
States will not tolerate the foreign military bases, in-
telligence assets, or proxy forces by our adversaries 
in the Americas; 
(5) recognizes that dismantling the Maduro re-
gime is a critical national security imperative to stop 
the state-sponsored flow of drugs that have flooded 
American communities and directly contributed to 
the drug overdose epidemic that claims tens of thou-
sands of American lives annually; and 
(6) stands in solidarity with the people of Ven-
ezuela and supports a rapid, constitutional transition 
to free and fair elections to restore the democratic 
institutions dismantled by the Maduro dictatorship. 
Æ 
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