and international oil markets. i wonder, in your view, does putin judge that as weakness from the u.s.? well, putin judged anything short of capitulation as weakness. and at some point we have to keep a european allies, so we have to compromise on energy sector issues. i m a big proponent of making sure we stop nord stream 2 from happening. a unified european alliance and atlantic european alliance will be very important. but you re right, there could be more being done. i understand there is some worries about escalation. i disagree with the biden administration on that. i think the russians will come up with any excuses to create drama and i think we should be fully, you know, fully weaponizing ukraine so they can defend itself and i think that s the best way to stop russia. congressman ruben gallego, thank you for joining us this morning. thank you. and still ahead, a possible gold mine for the doj when it