On the recordJuly 23, 2024
The administration's war on appliances continues. First, it was gas stoves. Then it was water heaters. Now the Biden-Harris administration apparently wants to go after ice makers because, as everyone knows, ice makers are obviously a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. The Department of Energy has proposed a rule to impose stringent regulations on commercial automatic ice makers in the name of energy efficiency. For my fellow Americans watching this amendment debate, if someone knocks on the door of your local business and tells you they are from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, don't answer it. Close the door. What this does is drive up costs to hardworking citizens, people who own restaurants, and it makes the products more expensive, and for what? Where are the metrics? This is baloney. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.





