WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator and combat Veteran Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) railed against Secretary of State Marco Rubio for speaking out of both sides of his mouth on whether the United States is at war with Venezuela. During today's U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) hearing, Duckworth pressed Secretary Rubio on how he can support Donald Trump invoking wartime authorities-like the Alien Enemies Act-while insisting that we are not at war. After Secretary Rubio refused to commit to encouraging Trump to stop using wartime authorities while simultaneously proclaiming our nation isn't at war, the Senator pressed him on Trump's dangerous threats to deploy American t...