together in the tradition of the churchill bust, recognizing the wartime leader. i want to work to have a bust of president zelenskyy, a war time leader who is representing democracy and his country around the world. gas prices have never been higher. there is concern that they are going to continue to go up. congressman boyle, what would you say to americans who are watching or listening on siriusx siriusxm radio? i pumped gas not long ago and that hurts. there are a few things that we can do to make sure that we stand up to the brutal russian
a, quote, humanitarian obligation for the whole world. that is what ukrainian president zelenskyy is calling the crisis in his country this morning as he urges the west for more financial and military aid for his people. a bipartisan deal was just struck to spend some $13.6 billion in aid. the house is said to vote on that bill today. i m joined by brendan boil and congress joe wilson. they are the co-chairs of the congressional european union caucus. and, congressman boyle, we ll start with you. the major funding del, part of a 1.5 trillion omnibus bill of which $13.6 billion will go
dictator and no longer basically give him blood money, yet at the same time make sure we help people at the pump. one of which is releasing 60 million barrels of oil from our strategic reserve. the other is looking at how we can increase domestic production here at home. people have missed it. over the last 15, 20 years, the u.s. has far more domestic production today of energy than we did 15, 20 years ago and that s through democratic presidencies and republican presidencies. so if we can make this a moment, i think joe manchin has actually spoken about this, if we can make this a moment in which we marry our short-term needs with our long-term goals as well of basically weaning ourselves to something that s more sustainable and clean for the environment, this could be a win on all of the above, our foreign policy concerns, our economic concerns and our environmental concerns. congressman boyle and congressman wilson, it s good to