is verified. that we are als securing our forces on the ground, that we are making sur our allies are reassured. most importantly, that we are not causing any sort of damage t our efforts in ukraine particularly the ukrainian people. i think that s the key thing that we are all focuse on right now, making sure an that effort continues to b supported and is successful. > congressman, i want to ask you about lgbtq rights and issue that continue to be front an center in the united states, you have a group that is tryin to take those rights away to move us backwards. he recently introduced legislation tha would direct the state department to respond to anti-lgbtq incidents abroad. tell us about that. why now? how are we hoping that legislation helps? not only th lgbtq community abroad but als here at home. thank you we ve got a fight on fight o two fronts. one is global we see what s happening across the world with the rolling bac of rights for lgbt plus people that s why we introduc