Mike Johnson: “I hear Congressman Jimenez over my shoulder, who's the…”

“Does the president have the authority to unilaterally seize oil from Venezuela and use. The money from the sale of that. Oil as he sees fit, as he. Said he's going to do? I hear Congressman Jimenez over my shoulder, who's the world's expert on all this, saying that is sanctioned oil. Okay. And I'm not going to get up here and tell you the details of all these developments, because it's still being developed. There are a lot of ideas.” (52:18–52:25)

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