Stephen Lynch: “We were expressly told by the administration before we left…”

“I think he'll find that out pretty soon. I'm just hoping that we get enough Republican members to support our position to actually assert Congress's authority in a situation like this. We were expressly told by the administration before we left for Christmas break that there would be no military action against Venezuela or Maduro. when we were. Before we left for Christmas break. So this came as a surprise to us early this morning.” (00:22–00:33)

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