GOP House opposes Biden’s gas stove ban.

House Passes Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act

OAN’s Roy Francis
10:23 AM – Wednesday, June 14, 2023

The Republican-controlled House is introducing legislation that would protect gas stoves from government regulators.

The House approved a bill on Tuesday that would protect gas stoves from being regulated by the use of federal funds. The Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act passed the House with a vote of 248-180, with more than 25 Democrats voting in favor of the bill.

Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said that the “war on stoves” will be stopped with the new legislation.

“This is a war on stoves,” Massie said. “And the war will be undone or stopped, halted, by the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom and the Save Our Gas Stoves Act.”

“We know the motivation of the CPSC and throughout this entire administration is a green climate push,” Representative Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.), the sponsor of the legislation, said. “The goal is to dictate how you live every aspect of your life — how you save and invest for the future by pushing ESG, how you drive by banning gas-powered cars, and now the goal is to control how you cook.”

The bill was set to be voted on last week, however Conservatives had staged a weeklong revolt in retaliation for Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) concessions on the measure to raise the debt ceiling.

11 Republicans had broken with the party on the vote in protest of McCarthy’s actions and had delayed events on the House schedule. The Speaker resolved the dispute on Monday after agreeing to meeting with the Republicans and promising further federal spending reduction.

Second Bill to Block Energy Department Rule

A second bill is also being introduced by the House, scheduled for a vote on Wednesday, which will block the Energy Department rule that had set strict energy efficiency standards for stovetops and ovens.

The rule could ban about half of gas stove models in the United States by the year 2027 according to Energy Department analysis. However, the rule would only apply to new sales of appliances and not to stoves or appliances already in homes.

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