Senators respond to US forces seizing oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

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(11 Dec 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++BEGINS AND ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington – 11 December 2025 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Tim Kaine, (D) Virginia: “I think it's an escalation. you could look at just that and say, well, what about the rationale for that? But it's all part of a pattern. You know, the boat strikes, the threats, land invasion could be next, seizing the oil tanker. So, it is an escalation and it you know, continues to demonstrate Congress needs to take this up.