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Marco Rubio: “Venezuela has a lot of oil.”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Testifies on Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 56:29

Then they need to be able to go down there and meet with people and see what's happening and make that determination. Here's what I would say. Venezuela has a lot of oil. They do, but there's a lot of oil in other places too. Companies are only going to invest somewhere if they know we're going to invest. (56:29–56:31)

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Asserts that Venezuela possesses significant oil reserves.

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