House Republicans Launch Probe of Biden’s Oil Reserve Release
- Committee eyes ‘potential misuse’ of strategic oil reserve
- House GOP also seeking documents on potential fuel-export ban
Crude oil storage tanks outside Midland, Texas.
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House Republicans are launching an investigation into what they say could be the “potential misuse” by the Biden administration of the nation’s emergency oil reserves to lower gasoline prices, as well as White House deliberations over a fuel-export ban.
The move by the Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform previews a more robust probe if the GOP takes control of the chamber after the November midterm elections, a development that would grant them the power to subpoena key administration officials of President Joe Biden.