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House GOP seeks new restrictions on use of US oil stockpile

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, left, listens as White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, right, speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) FILE - An undated photo provided by the Department of Energy shows crude oil pipes at the Bryan Mound site near Freeport, Texas. For the second time this month, House Republicans are seeking to restrict presidential use of the nation’s emergency oil stockpile — a proposal that has already drawn a White House veto threat. (Department of Energy via AP, File) FILE - A pumpjack as seen on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Tatum, New Mexico. For the second time this month, House Republicans are seeking to restrict presidential use of the nation’s emergency oil stockpile — a proposal that has already drawn a White House veto threat. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File) FILE - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., leaves the Speaker's office to walk to the House chamber, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, to attend the 14th vote for speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)