Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include in the Record a Politico article titled: ``What the right's gas stove freak- out was really about.'' That is dated January 14. The first line is: ``No, President Joe Biden isn't coming for your gas stove.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania? There was no objection. [From POLITICO, Jan. 14, 2023] What the Right's Gas Stove Freakout Was Really About (By Alex Guillen and Ben Lefebvre) No, President Joe Biden isn't coming for your gas stove. Republicans and conservative pundits have spent the past week nonetheless expressing alarm about the fate of Americans' ranges and cooktops--in line with previous GOP complaints about real or imagined threats to hamburgers, toilets, air travel, incandescent light bulbs and gasoline- powered cars. Genuine or not, the stove flap gave Republican lawmakers an opening to put Biden's energy policies back on the front burner, after last year's spurt of high gasoline prices had faded from the headlines. It also touches on a real, coast-to-coast crusade by liberal city and state leaders to prohibit gas stoves and furnaces in new buildings, on the grounds that they endanger health and contribute to climate change. But the White House has disavowed enacting any such ban at the federal level.…”