Vice ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) said the Biden administration should have been proactive in deescalating Russian aggression toward Ukraine, but regardless now needs to take a forceful stance with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I think that we should have been much more aggressive very early on—not only us but, our European allies, NATO,” Guest told NTD’s Capitol Report, Steve Lance in a February 7 interview. “This buildup that we’ve seen going on in Russia has been going on now for months.” “So, we’ve been aware of it, but we’ve basically turned a blind eye to it. We’ve been too focused on the Build Back Better plan here, on other pieces of domestic legislation, and we’ve failed to keep our eye on the ball of what’s happening across the globe. And so now we’re trying to play catch-up.” White House national security adviser …