White House press secretary Jen Psaki dismissed Senator Tom Cotton’s (R-Ark.) calls for boosting domestic oil production as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling it a “misdiagnosis” in an interview with ABC News.
A video clip featuring Cotton was played during the program, in which the lawmaker argued for cracking down on the Russian energy sector by re-imposing sanctions and lifting restrictions on the domestic production of oil and gas. The United States can begin drilling on federal lands, put out new leases, and re-open the Keystone Pipeline, he said. This will bring in more oil into the United States daily from Canada than what America imports from Russia.
