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House Passes Bill Blocking Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exports to China

House Passes Bill Blocking Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exports to China
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 19, 2021. Susan Walsh/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Nathan Worcester
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The House of Representatives has approved a measure that would block exports from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China.

The legislation passed 331–97, with 113 Democrats siding with Republicans on Jan. 12 in backing the “Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act,” or H.R. 22.

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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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