The president signed two bills intended squeeze Moscow financially over its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
has signed legislation blocking Russian oil from being imported into the U.S. and severing all trade relations with the country over its invasion of Ukraine.
While Biden had earlier signed an executive order banning imports of Russian oil and gas, House Resolution 6968 codifies the ban into law. President Joe Biden today signed legislation blocking oil from being imported into the U.S. from Russia. Pictured, Biden answers a reporter's question earlier this week at a White House press conference."We know that it will not immediately end the fund of the Putin war machine, but it is a step in the right direction," Democratic Representative Lloyd Doggett, a sponsor of the Russian oil ban, said on the House floor Wednesday.