‘Pledge Allegiance To The Fridge Of The United States Of America’: Dem Rep Mocks GOP Appliance Bills

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During a House Rules Committee hearing prior to the Congressional recess, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) slammed GOP appliance bills.

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00:00Sure, thanks a gentleman. The gentleman yields back. The gentlelady from Pennsylvania is

00:03recognized. I can't believe that we're here with refrigerator freedom and

00:09laundry liberty again. I mean, I thought we'd beaten this horse to death. It

00:14does seem after, you know, the 4th of July we can pledge allegiance to the

00:18fridge of the United States of America and to the dishwasher for which it

00:22stands one nation under God, indivisible except for gas stoves, with liberty and

00:28justice for all appliances. I think these bills are ridiculous. I think they

00:32miss the point of the fact that consumers want energy efficiency

00:36standards. It's been something that has been the law of the land for decades. We

00:41should continue with it. Mr. Neal, is there anything you wanted to add? Well, I

00:46just wanted to respond to the sponsor if I could and, you know, I believe he's

00:50referencing the wrong rule. With regard to the dishwasher claim that he made, the

00:55claim of the 12-year payback period is in reference to a proposed rule in May

01:00of 23, but that was not the one that was adopted. They adopted a rule that

01:05basically says that the payback period at the standard level is 3.9 years, while

01:11the estimated average lifetime of a dishwasher is 15.2 years. And I can

01:17provide the same information for refrigerators, but for the sake of time I

01:22will not. Thank you. I yield back.

‘Pledge Allegiance To The Fridge Of The United States Of America’: Dem Rep Mocks GOP Appliance Bills

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