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The Leader’s Floor Lookout: Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor today:
 
Protecting Your Freedom to Have a Gas Stove

The Biden Administration wants to exercise even more control over the daily lives of hardworking Americans by telling us what kind of stoves we can have in our homes. 

In January, Commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr., with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed a ban on gas stoves, calling them a “hidden hazard” and saying “any option is on the table.”


Gas stoves are, on average, 10 to 30 percent less expensive than electric stoves, making them a more affordable alternative as American families suffer under Biden’s inflation. Banning them would cost struggling families the most. Additionally, it would seriously impact small independent restaurants, driving up costs and potentially putting them out of business. 

Rep. Kelly Armstrong’s legislation, H.R. 1615, the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, blocks the CPSC from issuing a radical rule to ban gas stoves and bars the use of federal funds to regulate gas stoves as a banned hazardous product.


Americans should be the ones deciding what they use in their kitchen, not out-of-touch government bureaucrats. House Republicans will always defend your freedoms and fight to keep big government out of your home.