The House Plan to Save Your Gas Stove

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The GOP passes a bill, with 29 Democratic votes, to stop the Energy Department's "efficiency" rules that could ban the kinds of natural-gas stoves consumers want. If the Senate takes this up, is it destined for President Biden's veto? Plus, California Gov. Gavin Newsom challenges Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to a public debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	Comedy is back in the building.
0:33.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,
0:35.8	this is Potomac Watch.
0:39.1	The Republican House passes a pair of bills to stop natural gas stove regulations
0:45.2	as California Governor Gavin Newsom and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis trade barbs.
0:51.0	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:53.6	We are joined today by my colleagues,
0:56.5	columnists Kim Strassel and Alicia Finley.
0:59.9	Welcome and happy holiday, Friday to you both.
1:03.2	Kim, let us start with these bills in the house and one of them has to do with
1:08.6	gas stove regulation, I understand, related to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
1:13.4	And the other has to do with some regulations coming out of the energy department.
1:17.8	Can you just explain, give listeners a sense of what's going on here?
1:21.4	Sure, the first bill you have to do with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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