We have hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian assets that are in European banks, most of them. We have some in American banks. And I have a bill that would essentially use those Russian assets to pay for American arms bought by the Europeans. and then transferred to Ukrainians. The Europeans have stepped up in a way that is very inspiring. You know, I've met with Zelenskyy, I don't know, 20 plus times, all over, all over the world. (53:38–53:49)
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