Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, well, here we go again, the administration's war on appliances continues. First it was gas stoves, then it was water heaters, and now it is ice makers. I live in the country; I like a glass of iced tea--operative word there is iced. 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. We have seen this play before. In 2014, the Obama administration pushed a rule to force different sectors of the American economy to comply with more restrictive energy standards--targeting hotels, targeting hospitals, targeting schools, office buildings, supermarkets, and restaurants. At the time, the proposed rule was projected to cost manufacturers $24 million over a 30-year period, about a quarter of industry's profits. That is what this rule would do. It is time to get the government out of the ice making business and get back to the business of achieving great things. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.”