Nancy Pelosi calls for a ban on Russian oil imports: ‘I’m all for that. Ban it’

Nancy Pelosi calls for a ban on Russian oil imports: ‘I’m all for that. Ban it’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for a ban on Russian oil imports on Thursday, the highest-ranking official to endorse a move that President Joe Biden has said is on the table but has thus far avoided enacting over fears that it would send gas prices skyrocketing. "I'm all for that. Ban it," Pelosi told reporters during her weekly press conference. Sens. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, and Lisa Murkowski, an Alaskan Republican, have proposed legislation that would enact such a ban into law. that such a ban would be worth whatever pain American consumers would feel in response. "We are going to see price increases," Murkowski told the outlet. "Nobody wants to see that. And this is going to hurt. But we all need to recognize Europe is in the midst of a war with Russia now. Innocent people are dying, children are dying. We have not been in as volatile as a situation as anytime in my life. And so we are looking right now from a very short window." Biden and White House press secretary Jen Psaki have previously said a ban on Russian . The president told the American people during his State of the Union