John Cornyn: “The economy of Venezuela depends on oil sales.”

“What are your, what are you learning about that? What can you share? Well, somebody's got to pay the bills. And right now The economy of Venezuela depends on oil sales. But of course, under Maduro, the proceeds of that were diverted to these criminal enterprises and to the people who were corrupt.” (02:05–02:10)

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