By Fred Lucas ~

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said the best way to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin is to reinvigorate American energy production, which has dropped dramatically under the Biden administration.

“If you want to send a message to Vladimr Putin, here’s a message to send him: We are going to be the ones who supply the oil and gas to the world. We are going to shut down your energy sector and we are going to open ours up like you’ve never seen it before,” Hawley said during remarks Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida.

“We are going to shut down the Russian energy sector and we are going to open ours up like you’ve never seen it before,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., says Thursday during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Hawley announced that he…