Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell whacked Sen. Joe Manchin III on Tuesday for what the Kentucky Republican described as a flip-flop by the conservative West Virginia Democrat on gas stoves.
floor. “This time around, he sponsored the amendment blocking the radical legislation he couldn’t imagine just two years ago.”, who chairs the Senate Energy Committee, rebuffed a proposal in 2021 from the panel’s top Republican, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, to bar the federal government from banning natural gas in new residential and commercial buildings. He argued at the time that such a policy from Congress was not necessary because he did not believe natural gas bans would occur.
Since then, the state of New York and dozens of cities across the country have imposed such restrictions on natural gas.and GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas have introduced legislation that would block Consumer Product Safety Commission from banning gas stoves. It is expected to be attached to a must-pass spending bill this year.
“As our colleagues continue to make headway on the regular order appropriations, I’m glad this commonsense measure has earned bipartisan support,” Mr. said. “But it really begs the question: wouldn’t working families and small businesses be better off if Washington Democrats would just stand up to the radical climate regulations in the first place?”
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