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Republicans are waging war against the Biden administration's quest to outlaw gas-powered stoves and restrict home appliances, telling Democrats to keep their 'hands off.'
On Tuesday the House will vote on the 'Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act,' the first of many appliance-related bills the GOP has planned for this Congress.
The push is a direct rebuke to the Biden administration's attempt to restrict gas-powered stoves and other appliances in homes across America, among other green initiatives.
Specifically, the proposed law amends existing policy to reform the Department of Energy's (DOE) procedures for issuing energy efficiency standards.
Among the many reforms the bill makes, the most notable is the scaling back of the Secretary of Energy's ability to ban products based on what fuel that product uses, essentially prohibiting bans on natural gas-powered products, like stoves.
Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., introduced the 'Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act' in November
The bill aims to restrict the Secretary of Energy's ability to ban or restrict appliances based on the type of fuel that they use to work, such as natural gas-powered stoves
The bill would also require the DOE to consider the cost to low-income households when determining new energy standards as well as eliminating unnecessary rule making requirements.
It would also establish minimum thresholds for energy and water saving standards before those new requirements are imposed.
'I am saddened that we even need a bill like this,' Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., who introduced the measure, said Tuesday morning at a press conference touting the legislation.
'However, 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,
