Congressman Urges Trump Administration to Deploy Navy Hospital Ship to Earthquake-Ravaged Venezuela

A U.S. congressman is urging the Trump administration to deploy one of the Navy’s two hospital ships to Venezuela following the devastating earthquakes that have killed more than 1,400 people and overwhelmed the country’s already fragile healthcare system.

Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calling for the deployment of either the hospital ship USNS Comfort or USNS Mercy to support the humanitarian response.

“The earthquakes have killed over a thousand people and injured thousands more, with thousands more people unaccounted for. The USNS Comfort and Mercy can