• Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., has asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to launch hearings into the Biden administration’s request that Saudi Arabia delays a cut in oil production until after the midterm elections.
• The statement immediately led to concerns from Republican lawmakers that the Biden administration was thinking of the electoral consequences of such a move.
• “In recent weeks, the Saudis conveyed to us — privately and publicly — their intention to reduce oil production, which they knew would increase Russian revenues and blunt the effectiveness of sanctions. That is the wrong direction,” White House spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.

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