WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday appeared on CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash to respond to the Trump administration's military action in Venezuela to extract and arrest Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Murphy denounced the Trump administration's illegal, large-scale military operation that risks dragging the United States into a costly, protracted war while families struggle to access basic needs at home. Murphy emphasized Americans do not support another foreign intervention and President Trump's real goal in Venezuela is to make his friends in the oil industry richer.
Murphy slammed Trump for launching an act of war against Venezuela whi...