Elliott Abrams: “He keeps doing it because he never pays a price for doing it.”

The President may not take unilateral military action and must consult with and receive authorization from Congress.

All these funds, all Venezuelan government funds are, in our view, rightly available to the legitimate Interim President, Mr. Guaido, and the National Assembly.

The only reason we are here considering this bill today is because the administration took it upon itself to threaten a war it does not have an authorization to start.

This horrendous humanitarian situation in Venezuela that we have all been talking about existed 2 weeks ago, before there were sanctions on PDVSA.