Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act

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Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her leadership on this legislation.

Mr. Chair, over the past 3 years, the Biden administration has fought to enact a far-left energy agenda that stifles innovation, raises prices, and halts economic growth. Burdensome regulations that fail to decrease energy usage and cost consumers more to buy appliances should not be enacted.

This legislation would put a stop to the Department of Energy's continued crackdown on American-made appliances and implement minimal thresholds for energy or water savings that would need to be met before any new regulations could be created.

The Biden administration's war on energy is reaching into the American home, and it is closing the door to your refrigerator and draining your dishwasher. Ultimately, it would cost American families more money.

Further, this bill would ensure that the Secretary of Energy cannot unilaterally ban products because of the type of fuel that they use.

In order to lower prices and to protect our energy independence, it is vital that we continue to utilize energy resources like natural gas that is underneath the feet of my constituents in Pennsylvania.

Mr. Chair, I urge all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in supporting this legislation.

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Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding.

What Biden administration bureaucrats fail to realize is that poorly designed rules made here in Washington can have devastating consequences for Pennsylvania communities. From south central to southwestern Pennsylvania, Gettysburg to Johnstown, Altoona to Bedford, Chambersburg to Lewistown, this impact will be felt.

This rule from the Department of Energy would only serve to worsen the crippling shortages of transformers already faced by American manufacturers.

Just recently, I spoke to a business in Pennsylvania that had been forced to wait 18 months for transformers to open their new business. These shortages are leading to costly delays that ultimately cost jobs, cost livelihoods, and cost the American public.

Mr. Chair, I urge all of my colleagues to support this amendment.

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