Jack Reed: “You could have made all of the appropriated funding available for PTC, if you wanted to.”

President Trump has been explicit about his desire to extract Venezuela's oil," Reed said in a statement.

While the President and his family accumulate billions of dollars through dubious deals, normal hardworking Americans are struggling just to get by.

Six months later, not a single objective has been achieved. Indeed, he has weakened our position in the Middle East and the world significantly.

President Trump’s effort to turn the U.S. military into an investor in Venezuelan oil is a blatant abuse of power and taxpayer dollars.