Tom Cotton puts Biden on notice while demanding answers on draining of nation’s oil stockpile

Tom Cotton puts Biden on notice while demanding answers on draining of nation’s oil stockpile

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., charged that the Biden administration drained strategic oil reserves for political gain, leaving national stockpile at 40-year low amid as the Iran war rages.

Cotton to Wright: Democrat’s Undermining of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Threatens Higher Gas Prices

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) on Wednesday sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Chris Wright raising concerns over the Biden administration’s misuse of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). America’s emergency energy stockpile is an instrument designed to protect our national security and respond to supply emergencies, not a political tool. In part, Senator Cotton wrote: “I write to express my concerns about the Biden administration’s actions…