in the pocketbook and the american people are wondering we do so much for saudi arabia, we are responsible for almost 70% of their imports in defense, how are they doing this to us during an energy crisis and they re strengthening putin because the reality is putin doesn t have much margins on the barrel of oil, the saudis do, they are doing this in part to help putin, in part to make money. it s wrong. what do you say to americans, congressman, who look at this and look at what s happening with opec and look at their gas prices that are going to go up once again and they blame democrats for consistently opposing more drilling of oil and more permitting in this country. poppy, i would just share the facts. oil production is up under president biden, almost 12 million barrels a day, it s not quite at 2019 levels where it was 12.3 million, but it s higher than 2020 or 2021. it s projected to be at record pace in 2023, even more than the 2019 highs.