The one thing both Sens. Manchin and Cruz were able to manifest in this bill was how worthless they are. Let’s see both men’s official statements. First Sen. Ted Cruz:
“Make no mistake, radical environmentalists want to stop Americans from using natural gas. The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s proposed ban on gas stoves is the latest egregious scaremongering by the Far Left and their Biden administration allies. I am pleased to partner with Senator Manchin in this bipartisan effort to stop the federal government from issuing regulations that put the interests of the Green New Deal before the well-being of American families.”
“Radical environmentalists.” “Green New Deal.” “Far Left.” It’s like Cruz decided to look at his Right-Wing Attacks on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bingo card. Now for Sen. Joe “my wife and daughter are scumbags who help profit off of life-saving Epipens in schools” Manchin:
“The federal government has no business telling American families how to cook their dinner, which is why Senator Cruz and I introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure Americans decide how to cook in their own homes. I can tell you the last thing that would ever leave our house is the gas stove we cook on, and I will continue to fight any overreach by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.”
The government has “no business” telling American families how to cook dinner. But you know who does? Easily the most heinously toxically polluting business in the history of the planet—the fossil fuels industry. “I can tell you the last thing that would ever leave our house is the gas stove we cook on.” I mean, okay? The shortsightedness of this idea is only rivaled by the same dirt-baggery that led to delays in banning the use of lead paint.*
The move by two men who drag their heels on every worthwhile piece of legislation that would actually help their constituents is only trumped by the one day it took them to get together to write this sorry excuse of a bill. you see, they are responding to the Energy Department’s proposal, released on Wednesday, that would require better efficiency standards for gas and electric stoves.
A spokesperson for the DoE explained:
“As required by Congress, the Department of Energy is proposing efficiency standards for gas and electric cooktops — we are not proposing bans on either. The proposed standards would not go into effect until 2027 and cumulatively save the nation up to $1.7 billion. Every major manufacturer has products that meet or exceed the requirements proposed today.”
Cruz and Manchin could have simply opted for the tried and true anti-environmentalist fossil fuel move of saying something about how studies were inconclusive and we needed to wait and not make any decisions. YOu would think that the fact that a study showed a significant health hazard to children, in 40 million American homes, might bring you to at in all kinds of ways—except trying to make sure absolutely nothing is changed or thought through.
You can read the bill here.
*Lead paint wasn’t officially banned by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission until 1977. Meanwhile, mounting lead paint health concerns began in the early 1900s.
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