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Kamlager-Dove Asks Trump Official If Venezuela Could Use US-Held Oil Revenues To Pay Cartels

April 16, 2026

During a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) asked Michael Kozak, Senior Bureau Official at the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, if Venezuelan oil revenues held by the U.S. treasury could be used by Venezuela to pay cartels.