Drug Interdictions Are High Risk: Former Navy SEAL Sen. Tim Sheehy

Two Trump administration cabinet members brief lawmakers on the ongoing strikes against foreign terrorist organizations in the Caribbean and House Republican leadership prepares to tackle healthc care with a vote this week. Our Washington correspondent Luis Martinez has the details on these stories. >> It is the 22nd bipartisan briefing we've had on a highly successful mission to counter uh designated terrorist organizations, cartels. provide updates on this counterdrug mission which is focused on dismantling the infrastructure of these terrorist organizations that are operating in our hemisphere undermining the security of Americans. >> Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hexath briefed all 100 senators and then all Congressmen on the ongoing strikes against foreign terrorist organizations in the region. House and Senate Armed Services Committee members will receive an additional briefing on Wednesday conducted by Admiral Bradley of US Special Operations Command. Despite numerous briefings on the subject, Senate Democrats insist on more transparency from the White House. >> This seems to me clearly about regime change. But so what's their plan for dealing with the chaos that inevitably ensues when a dictator is overthrown? Republican Senator Tim Sheihi, a former Navy Seal, has backed the Trump administration's efforts and decisions. When we task our commandos to go out and attack a vessel underway, that's an incredibly high-risisk mission. So, when folks say, "Well, we should be interdicting." That's easy for you to say here in this building between two cups of cappuccinos. Venezuela is not just a drug cartel government. It's a transnational sponsor of crime. It's a transnational cooperator with Iran, with Russia, with China. And on the House side, House Republican leadership has rejected proposals to vote to extend the Obamacare COVID era healthcare subsidies that are set to expire by the end of the year. >> In 2023, 29,000 social security numbers were used by multiple persons. In 2024, 68,000 social security numbers used by multiple people to build the system, to defraud the system, and to take dollars uh to themselves. The GAO also found that more than 94 million last year alone was sent uh to insurers on behalf of people who were already deceased. >> Instead, House Republican leadership plans to put to a vote a proposal that seeks to decrease drug prices, lower health care premiums, and provide subsidies for lowincome families for out-ofpocket expenses. Reporting from Washington DC, Luis Eduardo Martinez, NTD News.