Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, we have heard from various speakers today, but I think it is really important to point out that, once again, because of the Biden-Harris administration's gas heater rule, we are going to ban approximately 40 percent of the tankless gas water heaters currently available, forcing consumers to have to pay more and get less efficient models. This doesn't make sense. Not only does this rule go on to ban these gas appliances and infringe on consumer choice, but it also increases strains on the Nation's grid, which cannot sustain such massive and rapid amounts of forced electrification without new baseload generation coming online. When we talk about this loss of consumer choice, the DOE underestimated the cost by $231 because when you look at the actual costs out there, industry stakeholders are estimating it is going to bring the cost up between $450 to $665 per unit. I think it is also important to note that, in the last Congress, in the Energy and Commerce Committee's Energy Subcommittee, I asked everybody who came before us the same question when we had these testimonies: Do we have to have more energy in this country or less? Everybody said the exact same thing. We have to produce more energy in this country, but we also have to make sure we are producing the energy to make that energy in this country.…”