President Joe Biden is drawing criticism from lawmakers after the White House made negative comments about a bipartisan effort to curb the flow of U.S. oil to China.
The House of Representatives approved a measure on Jan. 12 that would block exports from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China and prohibit the sale of oil for the SBR “under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party.” The vote received widespread bipartisan support, passing by a margin of 331–97.
In response, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Yahoo News that the measure was “backwards,” and characterized it as a Republican attempt to raise gas prices in order to make Biden look bad….