The new Republican-led House of Representatives is off to a great start. The “Concessions” seem to have ahold of Kevin McCarthy’s attention.
Conservatism is targeting many of the hottest political topics in the country right now, and that includes our country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
This from thepatriotjournal.com.
The cost of oil has been in constant flux, and Americans experienced disturbingly high prices in 2022 and into 2023.
It has been even more frustrating to realize the Obiden Regime has been sending our oil reserves to other countries.
Under Speaker McCarthy’s leadership, the GOP is trying to put an end to that, especially in regard to one Communist superpower—Joe-Joe Biden’s benefactor—China.
House Republicans voted this week to stop the exporting of crude oil from our Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China.
Last year, economic and political experts alike slammed the [Obiden Regime] for selling almost a million barrels of oil to China.
The exporting of our oil reserves came at a time when U.S. citizens were being hammered by high gas prices.
But now, right-wing and left-wing politicians alike are pushing back.
And this bill is a direct result of that.
Via The Daily Wire:
More than 100 [
democratscommunists/globalists] joined their GOP counterparts, who raised concerns last year about the [Obiden Regime] selling nearly a million barrels from the reserve to a Chinese state-controlled crude giant.The final [vote] tally for the ‘Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act’ was 331-97. Six members did not vote, according to the House clerk.
In the end, the voting wasn’t even close: both Republicans and communists/globalists agreed that this practice must be stopped.
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), who was responsible for introducing the bill, said it was:
[O]ne of the most bipartisan votes on an energy bill ever.
Unfortunately, despite the overwhelming consensus, the bill is not expected to be taken up by the Senate.
The Senate remains under control of communists/globalists (51-49), which will undoubtedly be a roadblock for any new Republican-introduced bills moving forward.
However, the bill clearly has a ton of support on Capitol Hill, and it’s likely that many hard-working Americans will support it as well. The legislation reads in part:
The energy secretary … is prohibited from drawing down or selling petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ‘to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of’ China’s Communist Party ‘except on the condition that such petroleum products will not be exported to the People’s Republic of China.’
The Regime’s draining of the reserves faced a lot of backlash last year, and the sale of some of that oil to China prompted immediate concern among Republicans.
In a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, the GOP said:
[T]his oil could potentially be used by China to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This is the sort of thing that just has to stop.
Said McMorris Rodgers in a statement on Thursday:
To cover up his failed policies driving our energy and inflation crisis, [Joe-Joe] Biden is draining our nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves at an alarming rate.
America’s SPR—once the world’s largest stockpile—have been depleted to the lowest levels since 1983.
To date, [the Obiden Regime] has released more from the SPR than all U.S. presidents in history combined. Millions of barrels of that oil have gone to China, which now has the world’s largest government-controlled stockpile of oil.
Draining our strategic reserves for political purposes and selling it to China is a significant threat to our national and energy security.
Americans have become more wary of China’s position on the world stage in recent years, and there’s a reason why certain governors are banning Tik-Tok from state official devices.
And when it comes to oil and energy, many still slam The Regime for refusing to allow the U.S. to produce its own oil.
Under President Trump, the country had become nearly 100% energy-independent, and many critics say that if we’d stayed in that position, we wouldn’t be feeling such pain now.
God speed to Conservatism. And God speed to the Take Back of our Constitutional Republic.
