Do you think that additional or tougher Russia sanctions should be looked at in a more serious way? Yes, I've been an advocate for strong sanctions on Russia for a long time and we were, frankly, Congress had not moved yet because we were allowing the administration the latitude they needed to have negotiations and try to end the war in Ukraine. But certainly if there's a newly, a new and provocative action like this that would probably that would probably be something that would, the Congress would be very interested in acting upon. (10:11–10:19)
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