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Welch, Colleagues Urge Big Oil Executives to Proceed With "Extreme Caution" as Trump Plots Seizure of Venezuelan Oil
January 09, 2026
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release:

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Welch, Colleagues Urge Big Oil Executives to Proceed With "Extreme Caution" as Trump Plots Seizure of Venezuelan Oil

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Letter Advises Chevron, ExxonMobil, and ConocoPhillips to "be on notice" that Trump has no authority to compensate them for investments.

Big Oil execs met with President Trump at the White House this aft . . .

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