During Trump’s first term, he filled the strategic oil reserves only to have Biden squander that supply to make gas prices go down a few pennies and try to score him points with American voters.
Congress should pass a law making it a high crime and misdemeanor for the president to tap into the strategic oil reserves for reasons other than for military use or to keep American infrastructure running (e.g., commercial trucking, ambulance operation) in time of war.
I take it you mean “reasons other than” instead of “reasons of”? The list you have given includes examples of why it should be used, rather than why it should not.
Yes, thank you. I made the edit to fix it. I was adding that policy late at night because the website said I was too active and made me pause in between submissions LOL.
Yes, given our seemingly perpetual state of war, we do need a lot of oil to keep the military industrial complex fed; however, we might consider legitimate national emergiences as well, where our nation might be adversely impacted by refusing to tap into our reserves. Maybe we can have stipulations in place that the Emergency Use Authorization can be given to tap into our oil reserves during [stated emergency], yet this emergency must have a definitive end date (another reauth could be used for an extention specific to that emergency, if needed) and also a plan submitted and followed that replenishes the supply ASAP, even at the expense of higher prices at the pump, to ensure we stay “topped off” in case of another emergency. After all, we probably need to get away from constant wars and foreign entanglements, so the oil shouldn’t just sit there unavailable to us if we (tongue in cheek) enter into a 1000 unicorn years of peace and rainbows, right? Thanks for letting me add to your proposal.
I would expand that to include natural diasters affecting refining oil production facilities.
This may also apply…