WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following news release:
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., today pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the Trump administration's role in overseeing Venezuelan oil transactions.
Since January, the administration has controlled billions of dollars in deposits derived from Venezuelan natural resource sales with no transparency about what, if any, safeguards are in place to prevent misuse and public corruption. According to recent reporting, at least $13 billion ...