GOP to fight back against Biden’s ‘war on energy’ in key vote next week

House Republicans will vote next week on a bill countering Biden administration’s "war on energy," one that attacks everything from President Biden’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office, to broad restrictions on oil and gas development, to last year’s creation of a $27 billion "green bank" fund at EPA.

GOP leaders will call up the Lower Energy Costs Act, a bill that reflects months of work by Republicans to catalog and dismantle various moves by the Biden administration to tamp down on the oil, gas and coal resources that still account for a majority of America’s energy mix.

"For the last two years, President Biden and his extremist friends in Washington have waged a war on American energy, and hard-working families across the country are paying the price," said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., who sponsored the bill. 

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The 174-page bill is the most ambitious effort yet by House Republicans to attack Biden’s energy policy, which they say has only led to higher gas and home heating prices and has shut down the chance for new job growth related to exploring America’s energy resources.

"From the gas station to the grocery store, President Biden’s war on energy is making life unaffordable for the hardworking people of this country and forcing us to be dangerously reliant on supply chains controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. We must reverse course," said House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash.

The bill would reverse several of the policies put in place in Biden’s first two years and signals congressional disapproval for those that can’t be reversed.

It prohibits a ban on hydraulic fracturing in a bid to reject Biden’s decision in his first week in office to ban new fracking on federal land. It kills a moratorium on coal leases on federal land that started in the Obama administration and was revived by the Biden administration. It repeals a tax created by the Inflation Reduction Act on methane emissions that is expected to ding the oil and gas industry for more than $6 billion over the next decade.

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It also requires the Department of the Interior to conduct delayed onshore oil and lease gas sales and release its long-delayed five-year plan for offshore oil and gas leasing. The offshore plan was due last summer and could be delayed for 18 months or more, which leaves the U.S. with no new lease sale options – industry experts have warned that the delay is likely to create significant energy disruptions in the future.

Elsewhere, the bill bans China from controlling energy development on U.S. land, creates a new Clean Energy Act waiver to pursue U.S. energy development, and makes it harder for left-leaning states to block critical energy projects.

The bill includes a range of provisions aimed at easing permitting rules for energy companies and includes non-binding language that disapproves of Biden’s decision to kill the Keystone pipeline in 2021.

It does take an active step against the $27 billion "green bank" created by the Inflation Reduction Act, which Republicans have charged is a slush fund that directs taxpayer money to left-wing pet projects that won’t advance U.S. energy security.

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The White House insisted this week that the Biden administration’s clean energy agenda "is fueling an unprecedented clean energy manufacturing boom that is bringing energy costs down, reducing America’s resilience on oil, and finally putting us back on track to meet our clean energy projects."

But Republicans are hoping House passage will put pressure on the Senate to take up the bill, or elements of it, as Democrats like Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have been outspoken opponents of Biden on some energy issues.

"Monday night, the Department of the Interior made it painfully clear – again – that they are putting their radical climate agenda ahead of our nation’s energy security, and they are willing to go to great lengths to do it," Manchin said in early March on the delay of a five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan. "The earliest that Interior will release a legally required program for 2023-2028 offshore oil and gas leasing will be the end of this year. That’s 18 months late."

"This is the first time in our nation’s history that we haven’t had a 5-year leasing program released before the old plan expired," Manchin added. "Every other Administration, Democrat and Republican, has managed to follow the law in a timely fashion."

Vintage Pyrex bowls may be worth big bucks as collectors hunt high and low for nostalgic dishes

There was a time when no respectable casserole or Jell-O salad was served in anything but a brightly colored piece of Pyrex glassware — and every cupboard was stacked high with the functional mixing bowls, baking dishes and storage containers.

Now, Pyrex dishes are fetching big bucks as dealers make rare finds they call the "holy grail" and snap up nostalgic kitchen pieces as seen in their favorite Netflix shows.

Social media has helped people spread the word — and the enthusiasm.

"I didn’t know what I had found at the time," Louis Prizzi, 35, a vintage dealer in Long Island, New York, told Fox News Digital. "I posted it on the Midcentury Modern Kitch Facebook group and people flipped out."

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Prizzi runs an Instagram vintage store called @Thats_So_Loopy. 

He casually picked up a small blue Pyrex "Butterprint" bowl at a flea market, which he turned around and sold for $2,100 on eBay after the reaction he got from Pyrex enthusiasts online.

He explained that while the pattern itself is not particularly rare, the small bowl he happened upon was an "unproduced" size that matches a popular four-piece set of mixing bowls.

"So, it’s a never-produced fifth piece — and that’s the reason it is rare and desirable, and commanded that price," Prizzi said.

"Most people were unaware a smaller size even existed. It was probably a promotional piece, and it is said there are less than 10 of them in existence."

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At Cedar Chest Antique Mall in McGregor, Texas, store manager Tim Dowdle said a set of bowls in the harder-to-find "Gooseberry" print, produced between 1957-1966, sold for $699 last month.

But Paulette Kilpatrick, who sells vintage kitchenware and linens at Cedar Chest in McGregor, said the term "holy grail" is a matter of perspective, not just price, when it comes to Pyrex.

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"I recently sold a dish to a young woman that she said felt like was the ‘holy grail’ for her," Kilpatrick said. 

"It was a small black casserole with a white interior — and there are very few in black."

It didn’t go for $1,000, Kilpatrick said. But she sold it for $100 and said she was glad she could connect someone with a piece that spoke to her.

Alyssa Durante, 30, of Long Island, agreed with that idea.

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"For me, it’s more of an excitement or an emotional thing," Durante told Fox News Digital. "I do have a vintage Pyrex book that I use to find the value and the history of each piece. But I don't necessarily go for the most expensive pieces. I’m never going to be able to afford ‘Lucky in Love.’"

"Lucky in Love," a one-quart casserole dish featuring green grass and clovers with pink hearts scattered throughout, was most likely a test piece or limited release item that was made only in 1959, according to the Corning Museum of Glass, a not-for-profit in Corning, New York. 

In 2015, one dish sold for over $4,000 on eBay.

Popular TV series like "Mad Men" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" have put certain Pyrex patterns — such as "Turquoise Snowflake" and "Pink Daisy" — in the limelight, Duranted noted.

That and the lure of nostalgia apparently have collectors hitting garage sales and online auctions alike.

"I loved the show "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," Durante said. "I felt like I identified a lot with the main character, Midge. I would notice the different Pyrex sets in the background of her kitchen. I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I have to have the Pink Daisy casserole now.’"

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Currently, there are "Pink Daisy" casserole dishes listed on Etsy, ranging in price from $100 to $300. 

"Pink Daisy is really desirable because it's high demand and it's pretty rare," Yvette Egan, owner of the Etsy shop, ParkwoodTreasures, told Fox News Digital.

"They only produced the pattern in certain types of dishes. And the latest one I found is really one of the more rare ones. It's called a ‘space saver.'"

Egan of Madison, Wisconsin, said the dishes were "space savers" because they would fit in the refrigerator and go from oven to refrigerator. 

"That was a big deal for those casseroles … So, you didn't have to dirty another dish," Egan said.

The Pyrex dishes that Egan has for sale on Etsy are in mostly mint condition — adding a lot of value to them, she said, since some Pyrex can be faded or have small chips.

"I've had people contact me that don't know a lot about Pyrex and ask, ‘Why are you asking so much for that when I’ve seen it somewhere else for $450?’ I say, ’Try to find them somewhere else,’" Egan said.

For example, Egan is selling a set named Pink Pyrex for $2,189.95.

If a dish comes with the original clear glass lid, it is even more valuable, according to collectors.

Kathy Studensky, owner of Thistle Attic at the Cedar Chest in McGregor, thinks it's millennials who like the idea of a more sustainable form of kitchenware.

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"People are moving away from plastic and we’re finding out that glass is safer than plastic and Pyrex is such a good investment because it’s so durable. You don’t use it for a year or two and throw it away. These things almost last forever."

Durante said sustainability is one of the main reasons she shops at vintage and thrift stores — and her Pyrex pieces further her efforts.

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"It’s a very sustainable source because they last for generations," Durante said. "I know some people don't always cook with and use their Pyrex, but I do. I have maybe three display ones, but all of them I use for baking. I made all of Thanksgiving dinner in them one year."

In that sense, Pyrex is a collection that has function, Prizzi said.

"There are a ton of collectors who collect it and they use it," Prizzi said. "There are Pyrex groups on Facebook where you will see pictures of someone who says, ‘I just made banana bread in a dish that is worth $2,000.’"

While durable, Pyrex should be handled with care when washing, say those in the know.

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"A dishwasher is the no. 1 killer of Pyrex," Prizzi said. 

"It will kill the shine and make it worthless," said Studensky, who agreed with that.

"No one had dishwashers when Pyrex was first created," she added. "Warm soapy water. The dishwasher will take the sheen off but even then, you can still use it."

Nostalgia, no doubt, plays a part in the fancy.

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"My first memory of a Pyrex bowl was with my grandma," Durante said. "We were making pizza dough in the bowl."

She added, "It was one of the yellow primary bowls, and I'll never forget it. So for me, it brings me back to making pizza with my grandmother, which is really sentimental because she passed two months ago. Pyrex to me now is even more sentimental than it was before."

Durante said that as an early present to herself, she just bought a full set of primary color mixing bowls that she found on Facebook Marketplace. 

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"I think people get into it for nostalgia, and then they fall down the rabbit hole and just keep discovering pieces that speak to them," Prizzi said.

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That’s where Kilpatrick suggests starting a collection.

"Find colors that you like or what you remember from your childhood," she said.