WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Alex Padilla (D-CA), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, are pushing the Trump Administration for answers (https://www.murray.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Senators-Padilla-and-Murray_Letter-re-West-Coast-SPR.pdf) about Energy Secretary Chris Wright's comments suggesting the Administration is pursuing a West Coast Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in direct coordination with Sable Offshore Corporation (Sable). During a recent visit to one of Sable's units in California, Secretary Wright said the Department of Energy (DOE) is in "active ...