Matt Rosendale: “My amendment No. 91 would reduce funding to the Commission by 50 percent, saving American taxpayers approximately $69…”

“My amendment No. 91 would reduce funding to the Commission by 50 percent, saving American taxpayers approximately $69 million. This does not include the savings from the unnecessary regulations on the industry and the obligation that the regulatory state has created on them. The Biden-appointed CPSC Commissioners began talking about banning gas stoves this past January. After major pushback, the Chair of the CPSC said that they weren't looking into a ban on gas stoves. However, the Biden administration still moved forward with the Department of Energy rule on gas stove emissions. I was proud to vote for Representative Kelly Armstrong's Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act in June, and I am pleased that the base text of this bill includes a provision to protect Americans from unserious and invasive emissions standards. However, this ordeal has led me to lose any confidence in the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which should probably not exist in the first place and should only issue recommendations. These unelected bureaucrats get paid to work out of a beltway office and decide what products Americans can buy. It is time to rein them in. American people and businesses should be the ones making those decisions. If there is a particularly egregious product, consumers have legal recourse, and Congress can step in and make a law. It shouldn't be done by unaccountable bureaucrats who are invested in keeping themselves employed by continuing to overregulate products.…”