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emocrat Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has fired back at President Joe Biden’s administration by declaring that he is “strongly against” any plans for a crackdown on gas stoves in American homes.
Speaking from the Senate floor on Thursday, Manchin declared that the federal government has no right to tell “American families how to cook their dinner.”
Manchin was responding to a fresh push from Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) that targets gas stoves.
On Wednesday, the DOE revealed a proposed rule that would set a new “energy conservation standard” for both gas stoves and electric cooking equipment.
The rule would create energy efficiency standards for new gas stoves.
As Slay News reported last month, a commissioner at the Consumer Product Safety Commission told Bloomberg in January the Biden administration was considering a ban on gas stoves.
The far-reaching admission was made by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) commissioner Richard Trumka Jr.
Citing a December 2022 study, Trumka reportedly told Bloomberg that gas stove appliances are a “hidden hazard” that “can be banned.”
“Any option is on the table,” Trumka told the outlet during an interview.
“Products that can’t be made safe can be banned,” he asserted.
