Brian Mast: “Mr. Speaker, neither of my colleagues bothered to say anything about what their bill they are bringing forward actually…”

“Mr. Speaker, neither of my colleagues bothered to say anything about what their bill they are bringing forward actually does. They didn't say a word about it. Let's quote their own bill for them, since they clearly don't want to talk about it. They want to ``remove U.S. Forces from hostilities in Venezuela.'' That is what the bill says. Anybody can go and read it, black ink, white paper. Let's get straight to the point. The U.S. is not at war with Venezuela. I know they all predicted there was going to be some forever protracted war, but we were never at war with Venezuela. There are no boots on the ground. Democrats are asking us to vote on a resolution about a situation that literally does not exist. We do not have anybody there in Venezuela fighting. There are no tanks on the ground in Caracas. There are no snipers in the tree line. It doesn't exist. Again, we are not at war. Maybe they are conferring about that right now. Let me confer with my colleagues a minute. Are we at war? I confirmed with my staff we are not at war. Are there any troops on the ground? I confirmed with my staff also there are no troops on the ground. Mr. Speaker, they should confer with their staff. I see them doing that. Their Senate Democrat colleagues tried to bring this exact same resolution to the floor of the Senate, but even the Senate was smart enough to pull it because they didn't want to be embarrassed.”