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On the recordOctober 26, 2021
Madam Speaker, I rise today to address the heat your home tax that Democrats are adding to the partisan reconciliation package during our country's crippling economic crisis. Americans are paying the most for a gallon of gas in 7 years, and now the Federal Government is warning Americans that their home heating bills could cost 54 percent more this winter compared to last. This harmful provision authorizes the EPA to assess a $1,500 tax per ton of methane emissions on energy producers, transmission, storage, processors, import and export, and pipelines. As a result, gas prices will continue to skyrocket, heating bills will increase up to $242 per year, and thousands of jobs could be eliminated in the economy. Madam Speaker, Americans will physically feel the effects of Democrats' senseless tax hike when choosing whether they can afford to heat their homes this winter. Instead of addressing our country's energy crisis at hand, Democrats are actively working to make it worse. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to consider these chilling effects and vote against the Democrats' reckless reconciliation package. ____________________
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Stephanie Bice
Republican · Oklahoma

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