Ed Markey: “I rise today to speak in opposition to the Congressional Review Act resolution, which would overturn the Department of…”

“I rise today to speak in opposition to the Congressional Review Act resolution, which would overturn the Department of Energy's furnace efficiency standard. A vote for this resolution is a vote for higher costs for American families, a vote for higher temperatures for future generations, and a vote for scaremongering over science. What you have just said on the Senate floor, Senator Welch, is a complete reflection of my own views about this issue. Families face high energy bills. They are afraid of climate chaos. But instead of tackling those problems head-on, we are instead burying our heads in the sand. By attacking a commonsense upgrade to energy efficiency standards, this resolution seems to have come straight from the American Gas Association's playbook: Use more natural gas. That is their plan: Send greenhouse gases up into the atmosphere to dangerously warm our planet. That is the plan of the American Gas Association. I am the House author of the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act, which was passed in 1987 and authorized the Department of Energy to set binding standards for appliance energy efficiency. And so that set the minimum standard of energy efficiency for 13 types of appliances: air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, gas furnaces. And that law has been updated many times over the years and now covers about 60 products.…”