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Sunday bipartisan lawmakers putting more pressure on the white house to ban russian oil and increase u.s. energy independence. how about having some? >> it should all be on the table including banning the import of russian oil. >> i'm all for that. ban it. >> ban the oil. >> ban the oil coming from russia. >> we haven't gone after the oil and gas sector in russia. the achilles heel for putin's war machine. i think we can start putting his military commanders under indictment for war crimes. >> harris: can you imagine how many people would be on the streets risking their lives to protest this w...

And lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge tremfyant® with tremfya®... ask you doctor about tremfya® today. why is the united states still buying russian oil? in 2021, 3% of america's crude oil imports came from russia. and in this era whenning in gets bipartisan support, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been calling for the biden administration to ban russian oil. one such bill was introduced by republican senator lisa murkowski and away democratic senator joe manchin. asked about this is...

Energy imports to the u.s. >> as long as we're buying russian oil though, aren't we financing the war? >> well, jacqui, again, it's only about 10% of what we are importing. i have not made any announcement about any decision on that front. and anyone who is calling for an end to the carve out should be clear that that would raise prices. >> even house speaker nancy pelosi taking a harder line than the president. >> i'm all for that ban it. >> on capitol hill, lawmakers taking matters into their own hands. introducing a bill to ban all russian energy import. >> this is bipartisan. it means it a...

Close associates as the white house hopes to squeeze putin by squeezing his inner circle. >> the goal was to maximize the impact on putin and russia and to minimize the harm on us and our allies and friends around the world. >> reporter: earlier, biden on the phone with the leaders of the so-called quad alliance, australia, japan and india, one day after india abstained from a united nations resolution demanding russia stop its war, as biden is promising more assistance for ukraine. >> we're going to continue to support the people with direct assistance. >> reporter: the biden administration a...

>> >> ban it. >> ban the oil. >> ban the oil coming from russia. yep. the issue of the price of gas and the price of oil is directly related to what is happening in ukraine. i'm not for drilling on public lands. >> as long as we are buying russian oil though, aren't we financing the war? >> well, jacqui, again, it's only about 10% of what we are importing. >> bret: anyway, speaker pelosi says what she says the white house is still where they're. mark? >> i never thought i would say these words on your show, mr. president, listen to nancy pelosi. [laughter] >> bret: every barrel of russian oil ...