could be like in a democracy. ukrainian people are prepared to fight for their country. they're obviously outgunned by the russian military, but the european allies, the united states are helping them with lethal support, ammunition, armaments, training, a sharing of intelligence. we're going to do everything we can to provide assistance to them to fight and defend their country. look, as one woman said, we've tasted freedom, we're not going back. these are people that are prepared to be in this fight and to defend their country against the aggression of vladimir putin. and hopefully he understands the entire international community will impose devastating, crippling sanctions that will ruin his economy, bother the oligarchs that surround him and the hope is to prevent him from actually engaging this military excursion because he understands what the impact will be of those sanctions. >> congressman, given what you've just said and the amassing of troops along the