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Congressional Dish

CD332: Controlling Venezuela

Congressional Dish

Jennifer Briney

News, Government, Politics

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before the Senate to defend the U.S. seizure of Venezuela's president—and his answers raised more questions than they settled. This episode features highlights from the testimony, discussion of possible further military action, and an examination of the Trump administration's efforts to reshape and control Venezuela's oil sector and contracts. View the show notes on our website at https://congressionaldish.com/cd332-controlling-venezuela Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Contact Your Members of Congress: (202) 224-3121

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0:00.0

What controls are you putting to audit those flows? Because as you know, the Venezuelan government still has a lot of shady people. How are you controlling the dispersion of those flows so that then we'll go back to some of the shady characters that the president is concerned about in Venezuela? What is the audit process? Again, we will be bringing in outside auditors for this, and the Venezuelan government will be producing. Do you have an agreement in place right now for those auditors?

0:22.6

Sorry?

0:23.1

Do you have an agreement for that audit in place right now?

0:25.5

Not at present.

0:27.5

Okay, because Secretary Rubio, when he was asked that question before the Senate,

0:32.5

he said that the Treasury had handled the agreement that he would be providing to the Senate

0:37.3

committee. Are you saying that Secretary Rubio was incorrect or that you're not aware handled the agreement that he would be providing to the Senate committee.

0:38.4

Are you saying that Secretary Rubio was incorrect or that you're not aware of the agreement that Treasury directed according to?

0:44.1

I'm saying I'm not aware of the agreement.

0:47.5

So Secretary of State Rubio says Treasury is in charge of the account and the audit.

0:52.8

And Treasury says,

0:55.1

What?

0:59.2

Oh, boy.

1:05.0

I am so damn tired of being lied to.

1:12.6

I don't think I can't deny it anymore. You can't stick to your story if you think it flies, but I'm not going to buy it anymore.

1:30.3

Hello, friend, and thank you for listening to the 332nd episode of Congressional Dish.

1:35.5

I'm your host, Jennifer Briney.

1:37.6

And today you're going to hear the Trump administration's plans for Venezuela.

1:41.8

Because as you probably heard on January 2nd, Happy New Year,

1:46.9

Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and his wife were captured during a middle of the night

1:52.0

attack by our military inside of Venezuela. Approximately 75 people were killed by our military,

1:59.0

and President Maduro and his wife were flown to New York

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