I would assume that Chavez has full control over PDVSA.

I mean, we are going to continue to buy this oil from Chavez when we can get it from our friends in Canada.

Hugo Chavez kicked out our DEA.

Venezuela is supporting Iran and Iran's desire for a nuclear weapon.

So the designation of being sanctioned is important, but the actual sanctions that took place don't have any teeth, because these are things that we are currently not doing with Venezuela.

How can you not designate Chavez as a state sponsor of terror when we know about the narcotrafficking, the support of Hezbollah?

I think a lot of us are wondering--and this is, obviously, a bipartisan issue; everybody is talking about the same thing.

Venezuela has become the Wild West under thugocrat Hugo Chavez.

Hugo Chavez should be, and deserves, labeled a state sponsor of terror, and our Government... need to explain to us why he is not on the state sponsor of terrorism.

Just for the committee's knowledge, my recommendation to the full committee is that that budget be zeroed out moving forward.

On the question that you asked earlier, how much are we sending, it is approximately $117 million a day.