04/22/2007
https://www.c-span.org...
"This crisis is a stark reminder, to protect our economy over the long term, we need to become energy independent."
"The United States will ban imports of Russian oil, which will further squeeze the Russian economy."
"Today, I`m announcing the quite United States is targeting the main artery of Russia`s economy. We`re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy."
"Russian oil will no longer be acceptable in U.S. ports and the American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin`s war machine."