WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump's unauthorized military attack on Venezuela:

"After months of carrying out illegal strikes in the Caribbean, President Trump's unauthorized military attack on Venezuela to arrest Maduro and take control of a sovereign nation puts American troops in harm's way with no transparency, justification, or clear path forward.

"I'm committed to stopping the flow of illegal drugs and standing up to illegitimate dictators like Maduro, but President Trump has made a unilateral decision to initiate regime change, deploy American troops on the ground, and seemingly take ...