YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Senator Rob Portman, R-Ohio, says because the invasion of Ukraine drags on, america must do extra to assist the Ukrainian individuals and do it rapidly.
Amongst different issues, Portman stated Thursday that the switch of previous fighter jets from Poland to Ukraine ought to be executed.
Portman stated whereas the Biden Administration has been slower to behave than different allies, lives are being misplaced.
“Each couple of days there’s something the place the Administration says, ‘no.’ We push exhausting right here in Congress. A few of us are very enthusiastic about conserving Vladimir Putin from destroying that nation and killing extra individuals, harmless civilians,” Portman stated.
Portman says the U.S. ought to fear much less about what may upset Russia’s president than about serving to the Ukrainian individuals.
The Biden Administration lately stopped Russian oil imports to the U.S. a transfer that’s positive to hit drivers on the pump.
With gasoline costs now above $4 a gallon in most locations, Portman says the Biden Administration must encourage home oil and pure gasoline manufacturing. He stated whereas some wish to see People get away from fossil fuels, he argues a swap to electrical autos in a single day is not possible.
“The place does that electrical energy come from? It has to come back from energy, too. In Ohio, we nonetheless have coal producing crops which might be producing electrical energy. That’s not the last word reply right here. The final word reply is to make use of our fossil gas as cleanly as attainable in a transition to actually good use of renewables the place it’s inexpensive for individuals,” Portman stated.
Portman says America’s vitality independence is an actual nationwide safety problem.