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GOP senators slam Saudi Arabia for waging 'economic warfare against the United States'
by Tim Pearce  | March 30, 2020 12:28 PM

A group of Republican senators chastised Saudi Arabian officials for flooding the global oil market in a fight against Russia.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz joined eight Republican colleagues on a conference call in which they demanded Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States, Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, to push the Saudi regime into curbing its oil production, Cruz told CNBC.

"The Saudis and the Russians chose to take advantage of [the coronavirus pandemic] by flooding the market and driving the price of oil way, way down," Cruz said in a Monday interview.

Read more at: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gop-senators-slam-saudi-arabia-for-waging-economic-warfare-against-the-united-states