May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 10\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from New Mexico has 8 minutes remaining.

The irony of today's hearing is not lost on me. A key talking point of my Republican colleagues has always been heavy deregulation and significantly less oversight of banks without proper safeguards in place.

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Leger Fernandez), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded…

We are talking about liberty and we are talking about freedom.

Consumers should decide what kind of stoves they want in their kitchen, not the government.

Mr. Fallon. Republican legislation protecting consumer choice has talked many Democrats out of supporting the Department of Energy's proposed rulemaking.

This is about, at the end of the day, choice.

I think the decision should always rest with the homeowner and not the Federal Government.

But this is the same party that had, I think, three hearings with this Committee about the Washington Redskins and Daniel Snyder.

Nominee after nominee that President Biden puts forward has faced serious opposition or straight up rejection because this is extreme.

Concerningly, these agencies are moving forward with overreaching ideologically driven rules without the consent of the American people.

The reason for this behavior is that the Biden Administration knows it is politically exposed and compromised.

Our truckers are the heartbeat of America, transporting about 70 percent of the United States freight. We depend on our truckers more than the left cares to admit or realize. Now they want to attack our truckers, even after the trucking…

Make no mistake, there is a war on natural gas, and it is extending into our homes and into our kitchens.

And I prefer, if we are going to give someone a choice, do you trust the American individual or do you trust an unelected bureaucrat?

Twenty-nine Democrats joined all the Republicans.

This is about taking away choice. And every time you take away choice, you take away liberty.

Republican legislation protecting consumer choice has talked many Democrats out of supporting the Department of Energy's proposed rulemaking.