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- RD
If the actions taken in Venezuela is the type of foreign policy that Trump supports, where does that leave Taiwan?
- AK
In Duluth, I joined Adam and Ryan with Wild State Cider to discuss the federal hemp ban, which will hurt small businesses, farmers, and workers despite our state’s strong safety standards. I am working across the aisle to protect our state's thriving hemp industry.
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- CB
The Constitution is clear: Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp to the President. On these counts, Congress has failed.
- CS
We must focus on lowering costs for the American people, not starting new wars on a whim with no tangible strategy.
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- AK
Costs are rising, and millions of Americans are seeing their health insurance premiums skyrocket after Republicans in Congress let key tax credits expire. Instead of working to lower costs for the American people, Trump decided to go “run” another country.
- RD
The Trump Admin MUST provide briefings for all Members of Congress as soon as possible this week.
- RD
However, I disagree with President Trump’s use of U.S. military forces without Congressional approval & worry deeply about this Admin’s follow through on foreign policy interventions.
- RD
Nicolás Maduro repeatedly denied the will of the Venezuelan people, including when two thirds of them voted for an end to decades of political & economic ruin and criminality.
- RD
My statement on the Trump Administration's actions in Venezuela. A THREAD.
- ES
Our veterans need an electronic health system that works with and for them—not against them. That’s why I am leading this effort with members of the Senate Veterans Committee to ensure they have the best health care experience possible. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
link:https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/19/veterans-affairs-va-hospital-electronic-health-record-system-in-michigan-elissa-slotkin-tom-barrett/87847960007/
- CS
As the affordability crisis spirals out of control and people’s health care costs skyrocket, this administration’s actions in Venezuela make one thing clear: Donald Trump is the least ‘America First’ POTUS in our country’s history.
- TS
He’s putting people’s lives at risk, even as we are still mourning Melissa and Mark.
- TS
Disgusted by him and everyone who keeps on looking the other way when he does things like this. He has found a new, crazy irresponsible and dangerous low point.
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- TS
Disgusted by him and everyone who keeps on looking the other way when he does things like this. He has found a new, crazy irresponsible and dangerous low point.
- AK
The President is literally endorsing the crazy conspiracy reasoning of a multiple murderer. An assassin. Is running Venezuela putting him over the edge? Think of how Melissa’s and Mark’s family feel when they see this. But that’s the point, the President doesn’t care.
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- ES
Despite all the talking points to the media — and by Cabinet members directly to senators last month — this was never about stopping the drug cartels. If it were, President Trump wouldn’t have pardoned drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández.
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- AS
— How will the Trump Administration respond if China or Russia seize on this precedent to justify their own military action against foreign leaders? And the most important one of all: how does this end and what is our exit strategy?
- AS
— What happens next if Venezuela’s remaining government leadership refuses to defer to and cooperate with Trump? — How does the Trump Administration plan to control Venezuela’s oil? Will Trump deploy military assets to do so?
- AS
A few questions among many that Donald Trump avoided today, and the American people deserve an answer to: — What is the Trump Administration’s actual plan to “run” Venezuela? — Will President Trump deploy American troops to Venezuela? If so, how many and at what cost?
- RG
La libertad de Venezuela tiene que venir de los venezolanos, no de los Estados Unidos.
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- RW
No more forever wars. No more regime change. Enough is enough.
- CH
At a time when he’s caused healthcare & other costs to skyrocket here at home, Trump bailed out Argentina & wants to "run" Venezuela, including if necessary, w/ US boots on the ground. All he cares abt is enriching himself, big bankers, oil CEOs & the rest of his billionaire pals.
- RW
The sheer audacity to claim this is about drugs just weeks after pardoning one of the largest narcotics traffickers in the world. Does this President think the American people will fall for this?
- RW
This President promised Georgians no more forever wars. This is a slap in the face to the hardworking people who voted for him on the promise of peace. It’s a betrayal and I won’t stand for it.
- MC
President Trump’s actions today with Venezuela raise more questions than answers. Is America going to be involved in running and stabilizing Venezuela? Today's actions raise many questions about the stability of the region and our policy towards South America.
- MK
With Maduro in custody the big questions are what now and what are the consequences? Trump made it clear this is about oil and that the U.S. will “run” Venezuela. I worry he has no idea the implications of this operation and that puts Americans and our national security at risk.
- MH
Today, the American people and the world are left with more questions than answers. My statement on U.S. military action in Venezuela:
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- AK
It’s the same playbook time and time again: Trump and his buddies benefit at the expense of the American people. Corrupt mob boss politics.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/climate/lithium-mine-interior-karen-budd-falen-water-contract.html
- MB
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- MB
Read my full statement on President Trump's military action in Venezuela here: www.bennet.senate.gov/2026/01/03/b...
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- ES
The bottom line is that President Trump wants to look tough by attacking countries abroad to distract from his failure to attack the core issue of the cost of living at home.
- ES
Maduro is a bad man, and the people of Venezuela deserve better. But we know that regime change isn’t as simple as removing one leader. While there are comparisons to the arrest of Manuel Noriega in Panama in 1989, let’s not forget that the U.S. sent in over 27,000 troops and lost 23 servicemembers.
- ES
The President laid out his plan of regime change. He says he now wants to “run” Venezuela and, particularly, Venezuela's vast oil reserves.
- ES
Despite all the talking points to the media — and by Cabinet members directly to senators — this was never about stopping the drug cartels. If it were, President Trump wouldn’t have pardoned drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández, and he’d be going after Mexican cartels that move the fentanyl.
- ES
So instead of action on health care costs or housing or energy bills, Americans get military action in Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, the Caribbean, the Pacific, and now a long-term engagement in Venezuela.
- ES
President Trump's decision to bomb targets in Venezuela, depose Nicolas Maduro, and "run" Venezuela continues the signature trend of his presidency: relentless focus on foreign entanglements and looking tough abroad, to distract from what’s happening to Americans' pocketbooks.
- RW
This is an illegal intervention in a country that poses no threat to the United States. Trump is trying to distract from the fact that he tanked our economy and kicked millions off their health care. Congressional Republicans need to rein Trump in before he gets American troops killed.
link:https://www.npr.org/2026/01/03/g-s1-104346/trump-venezuela-maduro-press-conference
- GP
My statement on the U.S. military raid in Venezuela:
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- AS
Donald Trump is clear: he launched this war to remove a foreign leader and now he claims the U.S. will “run the country.” In other words, Donald Trump wants the U.S. to be an occupying power and control the oil.
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- RW
Americans are sick and tired of endless war, regime change, and failed attempts to “run” foreign nations. I am demanding answers & accountability.
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- TS
This is why we shouldn’t be at war without a vote of Congress.
- TS
No tears shed for Maduro, an illegitimate authoritarian ruler. But what comes next? Trump unilaterally sent American servicemembers to remove a foreign ruler and his plan is that the U.S. will run Venezuela? There are serious concerns about the risk this poses to American lives + national security.
- RB
Trump cavalierly risks our owning chaos & conflict, American troops in harm’s way, spiraling internal instability, another endless war. It seems to be all about the oil & personal vanity. All without Congressional approval.
- RB
In Venezuela as in Iraq, “if you break it you own it,” as Colin Powell famously said. Running another country can be a hugely costly quagmire, especially when there’s no end game or national security strategy.
- JR
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- EM
Trump can't manage the American economy and now he says he’ll run Venezuela and its oil infrastructure? We’ve seen what happens when we destabilize countries on behalf of American fossil fuel CEOs—they profit, service members die, and regions collapse. We cannot let this stand.
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- LR
For months now, the Trump administration has conducted military operations in Venezuela with no warning, no legal authority, and no explanation provided to Congress. Now, we know why.
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- RW
They took food away from hungry people in order to give more money to billionaires. Robinhood in reverse.
- CS
My full statement on the Trump Administration’s military actions in Venezuela:
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- PM
I will similarly oppose any war in Venezuela. I refuse to put the lives of servicemembers at further risk, and I refuse to saddle our children with yet another costly war for no good reason. My full statement ⬇️
link:https://www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murray-responds-to-trumps-illegal-military-operation-address-to-the-nation/