WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Brian Schatz issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor against President Trump's illegal incursion into Venezuela.
"The parallels to Iraq are alarmingly obvious," said Senator Schatz. "The Justice Department can dress this up in charges of narcoterrorism. Secretary Rubio can talk about the promise of a better life for Venezuelans as a secondary effect. But Trump is being very explicit about the main goal. It's the oil."
Senator Schatz continued, "It turns out, Trump is basically George W. Bush, but with t...