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Chris Wright: “The oil sales, all of that money is returning to Venezuela.”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Full Interview: Energy Sec. Wright says cooperation with Venezuela 'off to a tremendous start'

Published | Video Starts at 03:57

So he's talking more broadly about, as you reopen Venezuela for business, you're going to see huge American investment in here, huge growth in corporate profits that will pay more taxes in the US that will go to those companies. But The oil sales, all of that money is returning to Venezuela. So just to be very clear, can you guarantee that the oil revenue sent back to Venezuela will be used in a way that benefits the people here and not the regime? (03:57–04:02)

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Asserts that all money from oil sales is returning to Venezuela.

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