The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the 'Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act' (H.R. 6192) with bipartisan support, by a vote of 212 to 195. This bill aims to limit the Biden administration's ability to enforce energy efficiency standards on home appliances. Supported by House Republicans, the legislation is touted as a defense against government overreach, intended to preserve consumer choice and prevent unnecessary cost increases linked to the administration's energy policies. Critics argue that the bill could lead to higher energy costs for consumers by weakening existing energy efficiency standards. The debate highlights a broader political clash over regulatory authority and energy policy, with significant implications for consumer costs and environmental standards.
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, we have seen reproductive freedom be attacked in states across the country. We are not having it. I’m speaking at @EMILYsList tonight about the critical fight to protect our reproductive freedom.
Sheryl Lee Ralph: “Why are we having to talk to so many women to let them know how important they are in this reelection on [abortion]?” VP Harris: “It is the nature of these fights, that whatever we gain will not be permanent... We must be vigilant to hold on to these rights.” https://t.co/YuzJi7LPVC
Extreme, out-of-touch, anti-choice Republicans are hellbent on stripping reproductive rights away from women. Today, @HouseDemocrats leaders & I made it clear: we will not let that happen. We won't stop working until every American can access the health care they deserve. https://t.co/tSdE8ID0m4
Sheryl Lee Ralph talks to VP Kamala Harris about reproductive rights: “Reproductive clinics...abortion is the very least that they do. ... If you were to take Planned Parenthood away from some communities, there would be no place for the women or the men to go for health care.” https://t.co/EjgceGXtiX
I firmly believe that private health care decisions should be left to patients and their medical providers, not judges and politicians. Today, I joined my colleagues to reaffirm our commitment to protecting the right to reproductive care – including IVF – for all Americans. https://t.co/8MzNQ07oVn
Last night, I joined @dagenmcdowell and @seanduffyWI on @FoxBusiness to discuss our bill that passed the House with bipartisan support to stop President Biden’s energy efficiency mandates that are forcing people to spend more for less reliable products. https://t.co/BSwhohtPqc
HAPPENING NOW: Vice President @KamalaHarris continues her leadership in the fight for reproductive freedoms in Pennsylvania in a conversation with @thesherylralph. Tune in. https://t.co/oDTpsGXFZ6
This is a critical moment for reproductive rights. I am in Pennsylvania for a conversation with @thesherylralph on protecting our reproductive freedoms. Tune in. https://t.co/vsdRMHHUQt
As Republicans attack reproductive freedom, we must protect access to birth control. That’s why I joined @PattyMurray & @SenBooker in introducing a bill to ensure women can get contraceptives when they need them. https://t.co/RUfT8shJQC
House Passes Bill Designed To Rein In Federal Regulatory Blitz Targeting Appliances https://t.co/ovGyaBh33V
America is about freedom. Reproductive healthcare access is about freedom. A woman’s right to choose is about freedom. @HouseDemocrats will always fight against the radical MAGA Republican agenda to restrict women's freedom to access lifesaving reproductive care. https://t.co/KqXbxQDaY5
The Biden Admin’s war on American energy has not only led to higher prices at the pump, but now families’ home appliances are on the chopping block. Proud to cosponsor @RepDLesko's Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act which passed the House last night. https://t.co/83OQbG1KgY
.@HouseDemocrats are for making sure we reinstate Roe and protect women's reproductive freedoms. Republicans support a national ban on abortion. https://t.co/xXwRd2lH9W
My statement on passage of the Hands Off Home Appliances Act ⤵️ https://t.co/8zMO6GaY8O
The extremist MAGA agenda is dangerous, cruel & putting women’s lives at risk. Women’s health care decisions should be made between a woman & her doctor – not politicians. I will never stop fighting to reinstate women's right to choose their own pathways in life.
Democrats and Republicans banded together to pass a bill on Tuesday aimed at blocking the Biden administration from banning everyday home appliances that run on natural gas. The Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act, which passed 212 to 195, is one facet of a sweeping bill targeting… https://t.co/B865jBPNVV
My personal energy bills can be over $1,000 a month. Alaskans can’t afford a one-size-fits-all approach to our energy or our appliances. That’s why I voted to pass the Hands off Our Applicances Act: https://t.co/DG0Q71woaO
President Biden’s green energy agenda is overly burdensome regulations and could force families to get new home appliances like dishwashers, washing machines, refrigerators, and more.
House Passes HR6192 Limiting Biden's DOE Power Over Appliances Read More: https://t.co/JQw8ikbGLs
Rep. Chu: While Democrats are fighting to protect reproductive rights, MAGA Republicans want to protect so-called 'rights of home appliances.' Republicans have chosen to pretend women are not dying. They think toasters and microwaves should have more rights than women https://t.co/CKEEdsiapB
I’m proud to say my Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act has officially passed the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support! No government bureaucrat should EVER scheme to take away Americans’ appliances in the name of a radical environmental agenda.…
Today on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, Republicans spent the day not debating health care or anything you care about. They spent the day debating… dishwashers. What a true waste of time — Congress must get back to focusing on the people’s work!
The House passed a bill aimed at making it more difficult for the Energy Department to enact energy efficiency rules for household appliances — the latest in Republicans’ efforts related to such appliances. https://t.co/L7P3vSFsTo
Republicans called the House into session earlier today to address what they apparently believe is the consequential issue of our time: Home appliances. Seriously. https://t.co/3ZkgP0J7AO
President Biden continues to prioritize the radical Left’s climate agenda over the needs of the American people. I proudly voted for the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act to protect Texans from burdensome federal mandates that will only further raise energy costs.
Kamala Harris talks Reproductive Rights https://t.co/abrww2Lhq7
House Democrats are defending democracy and fighting for reproductive freedom. MAGA extremists were on the House floor today defending the dignity of dishwashers. Not Like Us. https://t.co/W9Ayu5x9gT
There is urgent bipartisan work to be done to lower costs for working families & restore order at the Southern border. But this week, during the least productive Congress since the Great Depression, House Republicans are forcing a vote on.... regulating kitchen appliances.
I voted yes on the Hands off Our Home Appliances Act. Kansans don’t need overreaching federal rules or radical Green New Deal policies from the Biden Admin & Washington Democrats that drive-up energy costs. We need policies that help American energy independence, not harm it.
In light of what House Republicans passed today, it’s clear they care more about rights for refrigerators than for a woman’s right to choose. This is the Party of the Pointless, not the Party of the People. https://t.co/zdPSIH8SgM
Biden continues to push unpopular, non-scientific and burdensome household appliance regulations that strip Americans of their freedom to choose what they want to use in their homes. I voted to protect consumer choice: https://t.co/M06podr9UX
Republicans’ polluters over people agenda continues today. They want to gut popular energy efficiency standards that save Americans money. Once again, Republicans are only interested in protecting their polluter friends. https://t.co/J5xlKUbQZ9
Floridians don't need government regulators in their kitchens. I’m happy to report that my colleagues and I just passed the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act to stop the Administration from banning stoves that use clean-burning natural gas. https://t.co/eLftQVQMne
Read my statement on my vote on H.R. 6192, the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act. https://t.co/GpHUIqpfxY
Leader Jeffries: House Democrats are going to defend reproductive freedom. Extreme MAGA Republicans are focused on freedom for refrigerators. https://t.co/5Fp5eKoloP
Republicans want to put Polluters Over People and stoke fears that someone is coming after household appliances. News flash: No one is coming after household appliances. @HouseDemocrats are fighting to put People Over Politics and address the issues that actually matter to you. https://t.co/h0GgNH4Gkd
GOP bill to keep Biden's 'hands off' Americans' home appliances passes House https://t.co/EvNYDmadx5
Anti choice lawmakers have created an atmosphere of fear for health providers, causing a decline in maternal health access nationwide. I am committed to protecting our health providers and life-saving care for their patients. https://t.co/h0m2lCZ73W
This week, Republicans are putting bills like the "Liberty in Laundry Act" and the "Refrigerator Freedom Act" on the floor. Yes, seriously. Republicans would rather protect your appliances than protect women’s bodies. https://t.co/73vyreNJ3R
The Biden administration is doubling down on appliance mandates that will costs Americans MORE. This administration is out-of-touch with the financial struggles the vast majority of Americans are feeling thanks to #Bidenflation. https://t.co/zhfYtvYDKp
Joe Biden’s Department of Energy’s appliance standards program is Big Government on steroids. https://t.co/av6LvOpzXZ
The Biden administration is waging war on American energy, and this war is making its way into Americans’ homes. The administration is doubling down on unaffordable appliance mandates—which is why we're leading on H.R. 6921. Watch: https://t.co/Y8oYpDZNJe
The federal government should not be tilting the scales on what appliances Americans should and should not buy. The Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act will preserve the affordability, availability, and quality of household appliances and protect Americans from costly federal… https://t.co/uwHgxB22Ny
Americans for Tax Reform urges members of Congress to vote “YES” on H.R. 6192, the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act. https://t.co/YWCQiLJgcT
Do you want to keep your gas stove? New law would require Democrats to keep their 'hands off' kitchen appliances as they push Biden's green agenda https://t.co/bCujovd3pi https://t.co/03cQtMgrgX
I led debate today in opposition to a Republican bill that would increase energy costs for Americans by gutting energy efficiency standards for home appliances. Once again Republicans are prioritizing corporate polluter profits over the American people. https://t.co/0onpB4B0Xt
HANDS OFF OUR H̶O̶M̶E̶ ̶A̶P̶P̶L̶I̶A̶N̶C̶E̶S̶ BODIES! The majority of Americans want us to work on real issues. Instead, Republicans want freedom For appliances?! They keep working to take away a woman’s freedom to choose based on her own faith in consultation with her doctors. https://t.co/pTV6DB0o2t
Energy efficiency standards save American families money. The Biden Admin has taken action that will collectively save Americans an additional $1 TRILLION over the next 30 years. But House Republicans are looking to gut these standards – driving up costs for American families. https://t.co/zzy7smQO4k
Look out, America! The Deep State is coming for your toasters & washing machines. @HouseGOP is defending your right to pay higher energy bills & pollute the environment with their Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act. Because refrigerators need freedom too. https://t.co/KdsRLVx4uA
Extremist Republicans won’t stop with overturning Roe. They’re attacking birth control next. My #RightToContraceptionAct stands up to these attacks on reproductive freedoms by protecting the right to access FDA-approved birth control from political interference.
House Republicans continue to turn a cold shoulder to American families. Today, they plan to vote on a bill that would increase families’ energy costs by weakening popular energy efficient standards. @SecGranholm explained why this is so harmful last week ⬇️ https://t.co/EY6edeBmq8
🎙️@RepHouchin: At a time when Americans are struggling to pay for food due to Bidenflation, they now must also worry about affording the appliances they use to prepare it. Instead of relief, the Biden Admin merely offers more obstacles. That's why H.R. 6192 is so critical. https://t.co/2OCi1Ser59
Toasters, microwaves, and coffee makers shouldn't have more rights than American women. But MAGA Republicans' priority this week is passing a Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act. I took to the Floor to offer my Women's Health Protection Act instead. #BansOffOurBodies https://t.co/R07jcIMP4d
Republicans are spending today attacking @POTUS’ energy efficiency standards for home appliances — rules that SAVE Americans up to $500 per year! They’re more focused on rights for home appliances than they are on rights for the American people.
Democrats are focused on moving the American people forward by lowering costs, creating jobs, and defending reproductive freedoms. What are Republicans focused on? Counterproductive home appliance bills that actually raise energy costs for Americans. WATCH: @HouseDemocrats https://t.co/ZExFaPWY6i
Even as Americans are already suffering the consequences of #Bidenflation, the @EPA is leading on new manufacturing regulations that will drive up prices across the board. Watch Chair @cathymcmorris explain: https://t.co/vXQqnktbWQ
Lesko: I was proud to lead the House Republican effort to protect our gas stoves and I’m proud again to lead this effort to protect our home appliances https://t.co/AZRGzYza9P
“No government bureaucrat should ever scheme to take away Americans’ appliances in the name of a radical environmental agenda. Yet, that is exactly what we have seen under the Biden Administration.”-@RepDLesko https://t.co/e0tHDBXaZP
Women across the country wish the Republicans cared about our rights as much as they do about the rights of dishwashers🤦♀️ https://t.co/yHXdwiBMM5
.@POTUS wants to tell you what car to drive, how much water you can use in your shower, and how to cook your food. I’m fighting back on Biden’s Big Government that ban natural gas appliances for Americans. This rogue policy increases the costs on citizens already struggling under…
House votes today on the “The Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act”
I spoke at the Rules Committee to oppose a Republican bill that would increase energy costs for Americans by gutting energy efficiency standards. This bill is a waste of time when we should focus on important issues like restoring reproductive rights. https://t.co/K4jv6UJWxL
An Invasion of Your Privacy and an Invasion of Your Ability to Make Choices @US_OGA President Tim Stewart says the Department of Energy’s rules for appliances have woken Congress up to the vast regulatory overreach of the Biden administration. Stewart says the purpose of these… https://t.co/v89g0tviFQ
An Invasation of Your Privacy and an Invasion of Your Ability to Make Choices @US_OGA President Tim Stewart says the Department of Energy’s rules for appliances have woken Congress up to the vast regulatory overreach of the Biden administration. Stewart says the purpose of these… https://t.co/jWFWMaY5Wx
The House just passed my bill, HR 7219, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote! This bill requires federal agencies to use the most up-to-date data and information available when creating new rules. It also requires agencies to publicly cite where they got their information from. https://t.co/xfAg6G1ICd
Republicans keep bringing up bills about freedom for refrigerators and liberty for laundry—all while trying to take freedom and liberty away from America’s woman. Apparently they think home appliances deserve more rights than people. https://t.co/sDvKvVyexK
🎙️@RepJeffDuncan: As costs rise thanks to Bidenomics, the last thing the DOE should be doing is making home appliances more expensive. Pres. Biden should put affordability and reliability above the interests of the radical climate lobby. That's why we're advancing H.R. 6192. https://t.co/Ksu9H8JUeB
The Biden DOE is acting outside its authority to pursue a woke energy conservation agenda. H.R. 6192 disrupts their zealous and harmful regulatory plan. https://t.co/JH1rspozL3
The Biden DOE is acting outside its authority to pursue a woke energy conservation agenda. H.R. 6192 disrupts their zealous and harmful regulatory agenda. https://t.co/GtxWFkkS7m
I’m speaking now in support of HR6192 to fight back against the Biden Department of Energy’s efforts to ban natural gas appliances through efficiency standards. I will not let Biden take away your freedom to choose the #energy source that’s best for your home. These DOE appliance… https://t.co/oHK6kUS5JJ