produce energy? portman voted for the hard infrastructure bill, including $550 billion in new funding which the president touted today in ohio. he announced a billion will go to cleaning up the great lakes. we re also showing that growing the economy and protecting the environment can go hand and hand. meeting the moments on climate change. like our program to clean up abandon minuted and plug orphaned gas wells. biden s chief of staff, ron klain, tried to drum up support for biden s stalled agenda while taking about supreme court nominees and the state of the union, which is less than two weeks from now. the president did not stick around long after his remarks. he said he had to get back to washington for a little thing going on in europe, referring to the crisis in ukraine and the
canceled in russia is also long as well. they re really feeling it. keir simmons, thank you so much. joining me now is senior fellow edward fischman who served as the state department s russia and europe sanctions lead during the obama administration. thanks for being here with us. when you look at the sanctions levied against russia, is there one that stands out to you? the sanctions issued by the united states and europe and japan and other members of the g7 against the central bank of russia i believe is the single most in history. the central bank of russia has about $630 billion worth of assets. when sanctions were first ratcheted up against iran about 15 years ago the iranian economy at its peak was only $550 billion. so the sanctions action is larger in its impact perhaps
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treasury from turning over trump s tax returns. most of the documentation has quotes from democrats, including nancy pelosi, that it s an effort to harass the former president. the judge will likely set up a briefing schedule and we can expect the litigation to continue. there are other fights for the president s tax returns and, you know, he went to the supreme court two times to block the new york district attorney from obtaining his tax returns. every president and candidate since nixon have done it voluntarily, except for trump. the senate will vote on amendments as law makers work to pass a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. it includes $550 billion in new spending with funding for roads, bridges, modernizing public