New GOP Bill to Block Sales of SPR Oil to China

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol to discuss immigration at the southern border in Washington, on June 22, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Jan. 25 proposed legislation that seeks to block the United States from selling oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China and Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-owned companies.

The bill “Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act” (pdf) was co-sponsored by 15 other Republican senators.