{"id":2240018,"date":"2024-05-08T11:34:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bill-that-forces-biden-administration-to-keep-its-hands-off-our-home-appliances\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T11:38:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:38:11","slug":"house-passes-bill-that-forces-biden-administration-to-keep-its-hands-off-our-home-appliances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bill-that-forces-biden-administration-to-keep-its-hands-off-our-home-appliances\/","title":{"rendered":"House approves bill preventing Biden admin from regulating home appliances"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-passes-bill-that-forces-biden-administration-to-keep-its-hands-off-our-home-appliances%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The House passed a bill to base energy efficiency standards\u200d on technology\u2062 and economics, countering excessive regulations. Sponsor\u200b Rep. Debbie Lesko emphasized the need due to the Department of Energy&#8217;s stringent regulations under the \u200bBiden Administration. The\u2062 bill aims \u200cto ensure practical \u200cand economically justified regulations for household \u2063appliances, excluding vehicles. It faces \u200dSenate uncertainty despite bipartisan House support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 8, 2024 at 6:00am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The House on Tuesday passed a bill designed to ensure that any new energy efficiency standards promulgated by the U.S. Department of Energy be based on available technology and economic reality, according to a media release from the bill\u2019s sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Debbie Lesko\u2019s office said that the bill passed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angelina-jolie-meets-with-mitt-romney-cori-bush-to-push-violence-against-women-act\/\" title=\"Angelina Jolie Meets with Mitt Romney, Cori Bush to Push Violence Against Women Act\">bi-partisan support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am saddened that we would need such a bill,\u201d Lesko said in <a href=\"https:\/\/lesko.house.gov\/press-releases?id=2183689F-DE5F-4B46-B5A5-BCBF99659F2B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the release<\/a>. \u201cHowever, as we have experienced under this administration, the Department of Energy has unleashed an avalanche of new regulations for household products, including stoves, dishwashers, washing machines, showers, toilets, water heaters, air conditioners, heat pumps, and furnaces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-l-a-county-health-official-caught-dancing-after-telling-business-to-close-owner-says\/\" title=\"WATCH: L.A. County Health Official Caught Dancing After Telling Business To Close, Owner Says\">government bureaucrat<\/a> should EVER scheme to take away Americans\u2019 appliances in the name of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-fight-epas-aggressive-carbon-emission-regulations-on-gas-powered-cars\/\" title=\"Lawmakers propose bill against EPA's strict carbon emission rules for gas cars.\">radical environmental agenda<\/a>, yet that is exactly what we have seen under the Biden Administration,\u201d she added (emphasis original).<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington spoke in support of the bill from the House floor, calling the \u201crush to green agenda\u201d by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-administration-makes-rule-change-give-taxpayer-funded-health-insurance-100000-illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden administration<\/a> \u201cout of touch\u201d with the priorities of everyday Americans.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Biden administration is waging war on American energy, and this war is making its way into Americans\u2019 homes.<\/p>\n<p>The administration is doubling down on unaffordable appliance mandates\u2014which is why we\u2019re leading on H.R. 6921. Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y8oYpDZNJe\">pic.twitter.com\/Y8oYpDZNJe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CathyMcMorrisRodgers (@cathymcmorris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cathymcmorris\/status\/1787942615431659810?\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The intent of the bill is to tweak the way in which the DOE creates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admin-announces-new-rules-targeting-oil-gas-industries-amid-projected-energy-price-increases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new regulations<\/a> or modifies or revokes existing ones as they apply to consumer products like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dont-believe-dem-lies-still-coming-gas-stoves-proof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">household appliances<\/a>, but specifically excludes vehicles, according to a summary of the bill on the official congressional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/6192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a summary of the bill, if enacted, it would grant the DOE the authority to \u201cgrant a petition to revoke or amend energy conservation standards if it finds that the standards (1) result in additional costs to consumers, (2) do not result in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-proposes-new-gas-stove-regulations-despite-national-outrage-over-ban-comments\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Proposes New Gas Stove Regulations Despite National Outrage Over Ban Comments\">significant conservation<\/a> of energy or water, (3) are not technologically feasible, and (4) result in a product (e.g., gas stoves) not being commercially available in the United States to all consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Would you like to see the Senate pass this bill?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It also would require all new or modified regulations to be \u201d technologically feasible and economically justified,\u201d according to the summary.<\/p>\n<p>The website listed 10 cosponsors of the bill, all of whom are Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Interested readers can read the bill in its entirety below.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View H. R. 6192 on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/730518615\/H-R-6192#from_embed\">H. R. 6192<\/a> by <a title=\"View The Western Journal's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/480928840\/The-Western-Journal#from_embed\">The Western Journal<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2024184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. House Clerk\u2019s Office<\/a>, 205 Republicans voted to pass the bill along with seven Democrats. All 195 votes against the bill were from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Of those listed as \u201cNot Voting\u201d on the bill, 11 were Democrats and 12 were Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The bill faces an uncertain future in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-bail-biden-dhs-sec-mayorkas-impeachment-dies-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a>, although passage seems unlikely given the Senate\u2019s refusal to take up similar bills in the past, such as Lesko\u2019s Save Our Gas Stoves Act, passed by the House in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>According to an analysis by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/system\/files\/2024-03\/hr6192.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congressional Budget Office<\/a>, the bill would require no significant additional federal government spending.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the House passed a bill ensuring energy efficiency standards consider technology and economic factors. Rep. Debbie Lesko&#8217;s office stated the aim is to base U.S. Department of Energy regulations on available technology and economic feasibility. 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