GOP hammers Biden for allowing emergency oil reserves to go to China: ‘compromising our energy security’ – By Thomas Catenacci (FOX Business) / July 7, 2022
The top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee says Americans ‘deserve answers’ on China receiving oil from U.S. stockpiles
Several GOP lawmakers sharply criticized President Joe Biden Thursday following reports of emergency U.S. oil being sent to China and other nations.
More than five million barrels of oil released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) have been diverted to European and Asian nations instead of U.S. refiners, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing customs data. Biden has ordered the Department of Energy to release a total of about 260 million barrels of oil stored in the SPR over the last eight months to combat record fuel prices hitting American consumers.
“The American people deserve answers as to why our emergency energy reserves are being sent to foreign adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party, compromising our energy security and national security,” House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers told Fox News Digital in a statement.
