Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday threw her weight behind the growing push to ban imports of oil and gas from Russia as a next-level punishment for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Biden administration has already adopted a series of tough sanctions on Moscow in an effort to end Russia’s invasion, which entered its eighth day on Thursday. But the U.S. exempted gas and oil, which provides a significant percentage of the fuel to some European allies and, to a lesser extent, the United States.
For that reason, the administration is treading carefully around the issue, particularly since gas prices have already spike across the country over the last year as part of a larger inflationary trend.
Pelosi said Thursday that she doesn’t want gas prices to rise any more but also endorsed the ban on Russian oil in no uncertain terms.
“I’m all for that, ban it,” Pelosi said. “Ban the oil coming from Russia.”
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