[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        OPPOSING GAS STOVE BANS

  (Mr. LANGWORTHY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LANGWORTHY. Madam Speaker, when Winter Storm Elliott hit my 
district in western New York over Christmas, causing blackouts and 
tragically taking the lives of over 40 people, many of my constituents 
had to rely on their gas stoves for heating sources.
  Soon, if left unchecked, access to this safe and reliable natural gas 
energy will be cut off by the Biden administration so that they can 
make their dreams of implementing the Green New Deal a reality.
  This isn't just an empty threat. Governor Kathy Hochul and New York 
Democrats already passed a statewide ban on natural gas hookups in new 
residential and commercial buildings.
  Heating bills in New York rose by 30 percent this past winter, and 
they will continue to climb if we allow the Biden administration to 
further regulate Americans out of affordable energy.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to tell 
the unelected bureaucrats in the Biden administration that we won't 
stand idly and silently by while they take away our gas stoves.

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