On Friday, President Donald Trump signed several measures into law overturning the Biden administration’s energy efficiency rules for appliances.
One of the bills Trump signed in the Oval Office repealed the Energy Department’s regulation that set more stringent standards for commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers under its Energy Conservation Program, which aims to reduce energy consumption and emissions.
Rep. Craig Goldman (R-TX) introduced the bill, telling the Washington Examiner that the rule is an example of the “government getting involved in an area of American people’s lives that they should not be in.”
He added that when the government mandates how commercial refrigerators are made, it interferes with the market and results in higher prices for businesses, ultimately falling on the consumer.
“We don’t need the government telling us what
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