The deal is on the -- that is on the table makes the hole deeper. And so don't -- you shouldn't expect people, who believe that we should balance the budget, to vote for a deal that makes the hole deeper.

I think they know my views.

I would suggest that the State Department sign off on the Keystone XL pipeline, which will then be able to take over for any oil that we are getting from Venezuela.

So it sounds to me that we are in agreement that Chavez is sponsoring terrorism, whether through narcotrafficking, through his cooperation with Iran, through support of Hezbollah and the FARC and other terrorist organizations.

What we are not happy about is that the three sanctions that were placed on PDVSA... are already not happening.

Why aren't we putting these sanctions on PDVSA, especially when the State Department, the Secretary, with the signature of her pen, can allow the Keystone XL pipeline to move through?

But you gave us the definition of why Cuba was put on the state sponsor of terrorism list, which is exactly what Chavez is doing in Venezuela.

I believe that we are sending basically $117 million a day to Venezuela through PDVSA, so we are funding someone who we have sanctioned.

So I think what you are hearing from us is that we want to see some sanctions that affect the oil industry in Venezuela.

Right now all of that oil, we are funding his ability to continue to sponsor terror.

Under Hugo Chavez, Venezuela has become a hub in our region for money laundering and transshipment of illicit goods.