Miller-Meeks Introduces Appropriations Amendment to Ban Sale of Petroleum Reserves to China

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Today, July 14th, 2022, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) released the following statement after introducing an amendment to H.R. 8294 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023, prohibiting funds to draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to the People's Republic of China.

"We are in a pivotal place when it comes to American energy security and our nation's security. The country's emergency energy reserves are down to historically low amounts, since the SPR's inception in 1975, following the Biden Administration's release of over 250 million barrels of oil in the last eight months. As our reserve levels decline, China continues to increase at our expense,"said Miller-Meeks. "We can no longer allow this Administration to cover up the enactment of bad energy policy at the expense of the American people while they suffer everyday under record high gas prices. That is why I am proud to have offered this amendment banning the sale of petroleum reserves to China."

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