Republicans are throwing their weight behind the Donald Trump administration’s push to get Saudi Arabia to end its oil price war with Russia, which has increasingly squeezed American energy companies as the coronavirus runs rampant throughout the United States.
The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Mike McCaul of Texas, penned a letter to Undersecretary of State for Energy Keith Krach encouraging him to keep up pressure on Riyadh to scale back its oil output.