it wasn t in the strategic interest of the west. the immediate effect would be to raise prices at the pump for americans and also to pad russian profits with rising prices. democrat senator joe manchin proposed legislation to ban imports. the white house remains opposed to an import ban, shannon? now with the latest coming out of ukraine and the global impact of this russian invasion, tennessee congressman mark greene joins us, a former army flight surgeon and a member of the house foreign affairs committee. welcome back. thank, shannon. i want to start with this. so much of this conversation we were reporting on has to do with u.s. energy policy. the wall street journal editorial board saying this mr. biden hasn t had an on shore sale and is the only president in two decades not to have done so in a given year.