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Following Rep. Axne Letter, President Biden Agrees to Tap Oil Reserves to Lower Gas Prices
November 24, 2021
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Rep. Cynthia Axne, D-Iowa, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021:

Following a letter sent by Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03), President Biden announced today plans to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in a bid to lower gas prices in the U.S.

Earlier this week, Rep. Axne and eight other House members wrote to President Biden to urging such a move, emphasizing the burden that higher fuel prices have placed on their constituents.< . . .

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