Republicans Blast Biden’s Latest Oil Reserve Release; Vocal Support Among Democrats is Sparse

President Joe Biden’s decision to release up to 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an abuse aimed at using the world’s largest such resource to protect vulnerable Democrats from voter wrath over high gas prices.
That’s the view of a host of congressional Republicans reacting to the Chief Executive’s move to release the crude oil from what was originally intended by Congress to be used only in a national emergency—such as a war in which America lost access to foreign energy sources.
Biden’s 15 million barrels this week represents the last part of the 180 million barrel total release he authorized in March. He also authorized a 50 million barrel release in 2021 as the price at the pump for gasoline and diesel began skyrocketing from the $2.17 average per gallon in 2020 during the final year of President Donald Trump’s administration….