Senate Bill Would Ban Certain Petroleum Products, Oil Exports to China
Florida Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott introduced a bill this week that would ban exports of crude and refined oil, as well as certain “petroleum products,” to China. Rubio said it’s “unacceptable” that the U.S. is exporting oil…
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to China as gas prices rise across America. “We need to increase American oil production and give priority to domestic consumers,” Rubio said, “not send oil to a genocidal regime half a world away.” Scott said the U.S. exported nearly 52 million barrels of oil and petroleum to China in the first three months of 2022. “Americans must come before sales to Communist China,” he said.