“The White House on Thursday sharply criticized what it called a ‘backwards’ bill introduced by House Republicans that would limit presidential authority to tap the national Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which President Biden has done repeatedly in an effort to bring down gas prices,” Yahoo News reports.
“Known as the Strategic Production Response Act, the bill was introduced earlier this week by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) to prevent the president from releasing any oil from the reserve (except in case of a carefully defined ‘severe energy supply interruption’) unless the president at the same time opens up more federal lands to oil and gas drilling — something Republicans have sharply criticized Biden for resisting.”