WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Ted Budd issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) joined Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and several of his Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a resolution commending the U.S. military's execution of Operation Absolute Resolve, in Venezuela, to arrest indicted narco-terrorist dictator Nicolas Maduro. The resolution praises the Trump administration's leadership in the fight for a freer and more secure Western Hemisphere, paving the way for a democratic Venezuela.

"Operation Absolute Resolve was a successful use of U.S. military strength to hold Maduro accountable for years of rampant narco-terrorism, violent oppression of the Venezuelan people, and threats to America's security in...