“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”
Richard Hudson
U.S. Rep.. Claim dated 12 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The Biden administration did, indeed, lower the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its lowest level since 1983. But that's not the only thing Biden did to combat high oil prices. And it's inaccurate to say Biden "caused
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Richard Hudson (U.S. Rep.) made this claim around 12 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 January 2023, 18 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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