[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 148 (Monday, September 16, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              SAUDI ARABIA

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, this weekend saw a brazen attack by 
Iran on a critical oil facility in Saudi Arabia. This is not just an 
isolated drone strike with the prospect of regional escalation but an 
attack with significant repercussions for the entire global energy 
market.
  We are fortunate that advances in U.S. oil and gas production have 
made the United States more energy independent and have added capacity 
to global markets, but the impact of this attack could still be 
substantial. For this reason, I welcome the administration's 
preparations to potentially release oil from our Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve, if needed, to stabilize global markets. I hope our 
international partners will join us in imposing consequences on Tehran 
for this reckless, destabilizing attack.

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