House Passes Bill Blocking Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exports to China
Proposal advances to Democrat-controlled Senate
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
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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House Passes Bill Blocking Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exports to China
Proposal advances to Democrat-controlled Senate
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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