During a weekly press conference on Thursday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is to blame for increasing gas prices. Pelosi indicated also that she would support a measure by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) to ban imports of Russian oil, but said she is opposed to increasing domestic oil production. In a question to Pelosi, a reporter noted that in Pelosi’s home district, the San Francisco Bay Area, gas prices have exceeded $5 per gallon for the first time in history. Upon taking office, President Joe Biden, citing the alleged “climate crisis,” overturned several Trump-era policies that saw the U.S. become energy independent for the first time in decades. Most notably, Biden ended construction on the Keystone XL pipeline—which has been staunchly opposed by environmental alarmists since President Barack Obama’s time in office—and placed a moratorium on the leasing of federal lands …