President Biden`s announcement today is to ban the import of oil. But, in addition to that, he included provisions to prohibit the financing of Russian energy projects, which is very, very important, and also prohibited the investments in the Russian energy sector by American companies.
Cicilline explains the differences between Biden's executive order and pending House legislation regarding Russian oil imports.
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Congress certainly has the authority to do that and I think that's one of the key issues for this Committee and the Congress to consider.
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