; Whereas, on June 20, 2018, the Pan-American Health Organization issued a report finding increases in new cases of malaria, measles, diphtheria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis in Venezuela; Whereas, on June 22, 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report stating that human rights violations committed during demonstrations form part of a wider pattern of repression against political dissidents and anyone perceived as posing a threat to the government of Nicolás Maduro and referred the report to the International Criminal Court; Whereas according to the Venezuelan human rights group Foro Penal, there are at least 254 political prisoners being held in Venezuela as of July 2018; Whereas according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the deterioration of conditions in Venezuela has led to the emigration of at least 2,000,000 Venezuelans to neighboring countries, including Brazil, Chile, Caribbean island countries, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru; Whereas the United States has provided at least $56,000,000 since fiscal year 2017 to countries in the Western Hemisphere, in response to the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis; Whereas the United States has imposed sanctions on— (1) 59 Venezuelan officials, for human rights violations and corruption; and (2) 22 individuals with connections to Venezuela and 27 Venezuelan entities, for drug trafficking; Whereas Canada has sanctioned at least 70 Venezuelan officials for corruption or human rights abuses; Whereas the European Union has sanctioned at least 18 Venezuelan officials for human rights violations and undermining democracy, including Vice President Delcy Rodríguez; Whereas Switzerland has placed economic sanctions on at least 7 senior Venezuelan officials and multiple Venezuelan entities, for violations of individual freedoms and for severely undermining the separation of powers