The U.S. government seized a tanker on Wednesday in the Caribbean Sea that was carrying oil from Venezuela.

Senators weigh in on the United States' seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.

The Skipper left Venezuela’s main oil port of Jose between December 4 and 5 after loading some 1.8 million barrels of Venezuela’s Merey heavy crude.