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Back<\/span><\/p>\n transcript<\/p>\n \u201cA short-term mechanism. This is not going to be the permanent mechanism, but this is a short-term mechanism in which the needs of the Venezuelan people can be met through a process that we\u2019ve created, where they will submit every month a budget of \u2018this is what we need\u2019 funded. We will provide for them at the front end what that money cannot be used for. The president never rules out his options as commander in chief to protect the national interest of the United States. I can tell you right now with full certainty, we are not postured to, nor do we intend or expect to have to take any military action in Venezuela at any time. The only military presence you will see in Venezuela is our Marine guards at an embassy. One thing is for me to pick up the phone and talk to Delcy Rodr\u00edguez three times a week. Another thing is to have someone on the ground on a daily basis that\u2019s following these events, is talking to civil society, but also engaging with interim authorities.\u201d \u201cI am worried that the very foundations of trust are being shaken. Our democracy depends on consultation with Congress that is truthful and timely, and the confidence of our allies depends on them knowing where we\u2019re going next.\u201d \u201cAnd I\u2019m often struggling to get briefings, clear information or meaningful cooperation from the administration and the State Department.\u201d<\/p>\n During a hearing on Venezuela on Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio shared the Trump administration\u2019s plan to control Venezuela\u2019s spending. Lawmakers shared concerns with Mr. Rubio that Congress was not consulted on the military operation before it happened.<\/span><\/p>\n By Jorge Mitssunaga<\/p>\n January 28, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" new video loaded: Marco Rubio Asserts Control Over Venezuela\u2019s Budget transcript Back transcript Marco Rubio Asserts Control Over Venezuela\u2019s Budget During a hearing on Venezuela on Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio shared the Trump administration\u2019s plan to control Venezuela\u2019s spending. Lawmakers shared concerns with Mr. Rubio that Congress was not consulted on the military<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[22572,113,97,16369,20533,9956],"class_list":{"0":"post-43021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-asserts","9":"tag-budget","10":"tag-control","11":"tag-marco","12":"tag-rubio","13":"tag-venezuelas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Marco Rubio Asserts Control Over Venezuela\u2019s Budget<\/h2>\n
During a hearing on Venezuela on Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio shared the Trump administration\u2019s plan to control Venezuela\u2019s spending. Lawmakers shared concerns with Mr. Rubio that Congress was not consulted on the military operation before it happened.<\/h4>\n