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Chris Van Hollen: “The administration should designate as wrongfully detained…”

Featuring: Chris Van Hollen, Democratic | U.S. Senate Maryland

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Marco Rubio, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and more | "Face the Nation" Full Broadcast - Jan. 4, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 38:07

Did, because they could designate Venezuela as a state sponsor of hostage taking. Now, is that where you're going with that? No, my view is that The administration should designate as wrongfully detained any Americans that the Venezuelan government has seized wrongfully. And then there are ways to continue to put pressure on. Now, normally that pressure would be through sanctions. Here. The administration obviously has taken military action. (38:07–38:17)

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