Michael McCaul actually said...

"What we do not have is, you know, confidence, in terms of Russia's way ahead, you know, claiming all the way up to the North Pole as its expanded continental shelf."

"This is a focus area."

"what we are doing by not allowing our partners and allies to use the cleanest burning LNG in the world... is then pushing it to China and Russia, who will fill the void."

"So is Russia looking at the long game, that not today but at some point in the near future that the Northern Sea Route will become a viable corridor for the Asia European markets?"