[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEAT YOUR HOME TAX

  (Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma. Madam Speaker, I rise today to address the 
heat your home tax that Democrats are adding to the partisan 
reconciliation package during our country's crippling economic crisis.
  Americans are paying the most for a gallon of gas in 7 years, and now 
the Federal Government is warning Americans that their home heating 
bills could cost 54 percent more this winter compared to last.
  This harmful provision authorizes the EPA to assess a $1,500 tax per 
ton of methane emissions on energy producers, transmission, storage, 
processors, import and export, and pipelines. As a result, gas prices 
will continue to skyrocket, heating bills will increase up to $242 per 
year, and thousands of jobs could be eliminated in the economy.
  Madam Speaker, Americans will physically feel the effects of 
Democrats' senseless tax hike when choosing whether they can afford to 
heat their homes this winter. Instead of addressing our country's 
energy crisis at hand, Democrats are actively working to make it worse.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to consider these chilling 
effects and vote against the Democrats' reckless reconciliation 
package.

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