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. However, Psaki dismissed Cotton’s suggestions during the Feb. 27 interview. “I would say that the congressman’s recommendations there, the Keystone Pipeline, was not processing oil through the system. That does not solve any problems. That’s a misdiagnosis, or maybe …