Biden calls on Congress to help him clamp down on Russian oligarchs

President Joe Biden implored Congress to empower his administration so it can keep up its crackdown on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his oligarchs two months after Moscow invaded Ukraine.

Biden called on lawmakers to pass a set of legislative proposals that would create new authorities so the United States can seize Russian kleptocracy-connected property, permit the federal government to use the proceeds to support Ukraine, and improve law enforcement tools in an address at the White House on Thursday.