>> HEARTBREAKING IMAGES, ALEX,
THANKS VERY MUCH.
SANDRA.
>> Sandra: BRING IN SENATOR JOHN
KENNEDY, WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
AS WE WATCH THOSE HORRIFIC
IMAGES PLAY OUT BEFORE OUR VERY
EYES, A SITUATION ONLY GETTING
WORSE THERE.
NOW WE ARE LEARNING OF A NEW
RUSSIAN STRATEGY.
ARE WE DOING ENOUGH TO RESPOND
TO THE ATROCITIES HAPPENING OVER
THERE?
>> NO.
IN UKRAINE, AMERICA NEEDS TO DO
WHAT IS LEGAL, WE NEED TO DO
WHAT IS JUSTIFIED, AND WE NEED
TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
I DON’T WANT AMERICA TO BE THE
WORLD’S POLICEMEN, BUT I DON’T
WANT RUSSIA AND CHINA TO BE
EITHER.
AND I JUST DON’T GET THE FEELING
THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
TRULY COMMITTED TO UKRAINE
WINNING THIS WAR AND TO THE
DEFEAT OF RUSSIA.
THIS IS NOT A PRINCETON-YALE
FENCING CLUB MATCH.
THIS IS A PRISON YARD BRAWL.
P UTIN AND XI, AND YES, XI IS
INVOLVED, THESE ARE HARD MEN,
AND YET THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS
TO TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC
CONCEPTUAL WINS AND STRATEGIC
CONCEPTUAL DEFEATS AND HEARTS
AND MINDS.
TO PUTIN, HEARTS AND MINDS ARE
THE TWO BEST PLACES TO SHOOT
SOMEONE.
NOW, WE NEED TO DO MORE.
THE SANCTIONS ARE TOUGH.
BUT THE PRESIDENT KNOWS THEY CAN
BE A LOT TOUGHER.
WE NEED TO MAKE THEM TOUGHER.
NUMBER TWO, WE NEED TO GIVE
ZELENSKYY THE WEAPONS THAT HE
NEEDS.
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN
TANKS OR PLANES OR TROOPS, BUT
I’M TALKING ABOUT THE
ANTI-AIRCRAFT, THE ANTI-SHIP,
THE SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES, THE
TANKS, THE PLANES THAT OUR
EUROPEAN ALLIES HAVE OFFERED TO
PROVIDE BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS
SAID NO.
AND NUMBER THREE, CUT OFF
PUTIN’S CASH FLOW.
I HOPE I’M WRONG, SANDRA, BUT I
GET THE IMPRESSION THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS RINGING ITS
HANDS AND IF THEY COULD THEY
WOULD PASS THE PROBLEM OFF TO A
SUMMIT OR SOMETHING LED BY
EXPERTS LIKE, AND CONSULTANTS
AND LEONARDO DICAPRIO.
THIS IS A WAR AND WE HAVE TO
HELP WIN IT.
>> Sandra: TO YOUR POINT ABOUT
CUTTING OFF PUTIN’S CASH FLOW,
HE SEEMS TO ONLY BE BUILDING HIS
WAR AND FUNDED BY ENERGY
PAYMENTS.
WE KNOW THE ENERGY IS STILL
FLOWING FROM RUSSIA TO MANY
PARTS OF EUROPE.
$20 BILLION PAID BY THE E.U.
SINCE THE START OF THIS WAR, ON
DAY 41 NOW, SENATOR, WE CAN PUT
THE FIGURES UP ON THE SCREEN.
$320 BILLION IS THE PROJECTED
EARNINGS THIS YEAR FOR VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
SO WE ONLY CONTINUE TO LINE HIS
POCKET, AS YOU SEE THIS CHART
HERE THIS IS RUSSIA’S ENERGY
EARNINGS YEAR BY YEAR.
LOOK AT 2022, TAPPING 300
BILLION IS EXPECTED THIS YEAR.
SO I’LL ASK YOU WHAT WE CAN DO
AS IT IS BEING REPORTED OVER THE
WIRES LITERALLY RIGHT NOW THAT
IT IS EXPECTED, THE U.S. IS
GOING TO ANNOUNCE MORE SANCTIONS
TOMORROW.
WHAT DO WE DO, HOW SPECIFICALLY
DO WE CUT OFF THAT CASH FLOW TO
PUTIN?
>> WELL, I HEAR YOU ABOUT THE
SANCTIONS.
MY QUESTION IS, WHY THEY DIDN’T,
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DIDN’T
DO THEM BEFORE.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO WIN THIS WAR
UNLESS WE CUT OFF PUTIN’S CASH
FLOW.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT -- CUT
OFF HIS CASH FLOW UNLESS WE CAN
GET EUROPE TO STOP BUYING HIS
OIL AND GAS.
EUROPE CAN’T STOP BUYING ITS OIL
AND GAS UNTIL WE CAN HELP EUROPE
FILL THE GAP IN TERMS OF ITS OIL
AND GAS.
>> Sandra: CAN WE, CAN WE?
>> SURE WE CAN.
THE PRESIDENT HAS TO TAKE HIS
BOOT OFF THE THROAT OF THE OIL
AND GAS INDUSTRY.
HE HASN’T.
THE OTHER DAY HE SAID WELL, WE
ARE GOING TO START SELLING MORE
L.N.G. TO OUR FRIENDS IN EUROPE.
YEAH, BUT READ THE FINE PRINT.
HE SAID BUT I ONLY WANT TO SELL
L.N.G. THAT IS PRODUCED THROUGH
CLEAN ENERGY.
I DON’T KNOW AN L.N.G. PLANT
THAT RUNS OFF WIND OR SOLAR AND
HE SAID AND BY THE WAY I AM NOT
GOING TO CHANGE THE REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT THROUGH WHICH I AM
TRYING TO PUT THE OIL AND GAS
OUT OF BUSINESS.
>> Sandra: SENATOR, AT THE SAME
TIME YOU ARE SAYING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AS TO TAKE THE
BOOT OFF THE THROAT OF THE OIL
AND GAS INDUSTRY, THEY ARE DOING
THE OPPOSITE.
DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE
BRINGING IN TOP OIL AND GAS
EXECUTIVES ON TO CAPITOL HILL
TOMORROW, THEY ARE SITTING THEM
DOWN FOR THIS HEARING, THE
ENERGY AND SUBCOMMITTEE, ENERGY
AND COMMERCE SUBCOMMITTEE AND
ACCUSE THEM OF PRICE GOUGING.
THIS IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT
COMMITTEE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
BIT OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR
FROM THESE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> WELL, THE PROBLEM IS THAT
THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE
GOUGING, IN MY OPINION,
ARTIFICIALLY KEEPING PRICES HIGH
SO THEY CAN MAKE MORE PROFITS,
AND THEY JUST KEEP TALKING TO
THEIR SHAREHOLDERS ABOUT THE
PROFITS THEY ARE MAKING AND
MEANWHILE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ARE SUFFERING AND THEY ARE
BLAMING UKRAINE, BASICALLY USING
IT AS AN EXCUSE.
>> Sandra: I MEAN, IT’S ALMOST
HARD TO BELIEVE.
WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO THE
PANEL COMING UP.
A.O.C. SAYS THEY NEED TO DO
THEIR FAIR PART, THE OIL AND GAS
INDUSTRY.
AT THE SAME TIME YOU ARE SAYING
THEY NEED TO LET UP, IT SEEMS
THEY ARE DOUBLING DOWN.
>> THEY ARE.
TOO MANY OF MY DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES, LED BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, ARE DETERMINED
TO WIN THE UBER WOKE SOCIALIST
SWEEPSTAKES.
AND PART OF WINNING MEANS
DESTROYING THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY.
AND WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN KEEPS
SAYING TO THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY IS LOOK, I’M GOING TO
PUT YOU OUT OF BUSINESS BUT IN
THE MEANTIME HELP ME OUT HERE, I
NEED YOU TO PRODUCE MORE.
YOU KNOW, IT’S -- IT’S JUST
RIDICULOUS.
>> Sandra: I CAN’T EVEN MAKE
THIS UP, A BLOOMBERG REPORTER
TWEETED OUT I HAVE NO WORDS,
ATTACHMENT TO A NEW WALL STREET
JOURNAL ARTICLE, U.S. WANTS MORE
OIL FROM CANADA BUT NOT A NEW
PIPELINE TO BRING IT.
THE WHITE HOUSE OPPOSES KEYSTONE
BUT OTHER OPTIONS, SHIPPING MORE
OIL BY RAIL.
OR PIPELINE CAPACITY ALONG
EXISTING ROUTES.
>> THIS IS ALL A SPECIAL KIND OF
STUPID, THAT’S ALL IT IS.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION KNOWS
WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO AND IT SAYS
WELL, WE WILL DO ANYTHING EXCEPT
WHAT WORKS.
IT’S A SPECIAL KINDS OF STUPID.
>> Sandra: THE SAME TIME THEY
ARE ACCUSING THE GAS STATIONS OF
GOUGING, 95% ARE THE LITTLE
GUYS.
THEY ARE BRINGING IN THE BIG OIL
COMPANIES TO ACCUSE THEM.
SO IT’S REALLY SOMETHING.
WE HAVE THE BIGGEST
REPRESENTATION OF THE OIL AND
GAS INDUSTRY IN THIS COUNTRY,
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE IS
GOING TO JOIN US NEXT HOUR.