WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Michael Bennet issued the following press release:
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, released the following statement after the Senate voted to advance S.J.Res.98, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-V.A.)'s War Powers Resolution that Bennet co-sponsored to block the use of the U.S. military to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela:
"Nicolas Maduro was an illegitimate, brutal dictator who lost, and then stole, Venezuela's 2024 elections. Yet even with Maduro now in U.S. custody, President Trump continues to say the United States should 'run' Venezuela to exploit the country's oil for our economic purposes.
"This is not a legitimate justification for keeping 15,000 U....