Frank Pallone: “Last night, the President finally admitted that the American public is concerned about the price increases. If you care…”

“Last night, the President finally admitted that the American public is concerned about the price increases. If you care about affordability, why would you repeal a rebate program that helps Americans with their electricity bills, which is exactly what this bill unfortunately does? It repeals the rebate. That rebate is at the point of sale. When you go out and buy an appliance or a heat pump or something, you actually get a discount on the sale price. That is the rebate, at the point of sale. This bill targets this very popular electrification rebate program, a program that is already active in 12 States plus the District of Colombia. Those States include North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, and Indiana. All but two States in the country have applied for the program funding. What they are essentially doing is eliminating this rebate program, which is clearly popular, in the very middle of it, while Americans are taking advantage of it. I think it is disingenuous to portray this as some kind of red State or blue State program. It is popular across the board amongst Republicans and Democrats. With this bill, House Republicans are voting to rip funding away from 12 States that have active programs and against the interests of 46 total States who have applied for the program and are about to put it in the process.”