Thomas Massie’s Three-Word Response To Biden’s Latest Green Energy Scheme

Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) has a three-word response to the Biden administration’s latest green energy scheme that would implement new hot water heating standards and disrupt the market.

“Leave us alone,” Massie tweeted in response to the news that Biden’s Department of Energy plans to update hot water heater standards. Reuters reported that those standards would require “most common-sized electric water heaters to achieve efficiency gains with heat pump technology” while gas-fired water heaters would be forced to use condensing technology.

Massie went on to explain that such “products already exist in the free market,” thus negating the need for more government interference.

The Energy Department claims that these new standards would help save consumers billions upon billions of dollars. Critics say that the new standards are “technologically impossible” and would limit choice.

“Consumers should decide whether the upfront cost of a heat-pump water heater is worth the possible long term savings,” Massie added. “In many cases, the monthly savings never make up for the upfront cost of the equipment.”

Leave us alone.

These products already exist in the free market. Consumers should decide whether the upfront cost of a heat-pump water heater is worth the possible long term savings. In many cases, the monthly savings never make up for the upfront cost of the equipment. https://t.co/I0j36USrr4

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 22, 2023

Reuters also reported the Biden administration has already finalized or proposed 18 new efficiency standards for a range of products. These new rules are often touted under the guise of health, safety, and fighting climate change.

Most infamously, the Biden administration has been pushing to create new standards for gas stoves — which experts say would effectively remove gas stoves from the market by making them too expensive.

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Indeed, in May, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced new efficiency regulations for dishwashers, beverage vending machines, and electric motors.

The Daily Wire previously reported that new dishwashers imported into the United States beginning in 2027 would have to consume 27% less power and use 34% less water, while more compact models would need to implement a 22% power reduction and an 11% water use reduction, according to an analysis of the proposal released by Bloomberg Law.

But, similarly to other products, those changes will force companies to pour time and money into creating new products that meet those standards — the cost of which will get passed onto the consumer.

In reaction to the latest attack on water heaters, conservative conservationist Gabriella Hoffman tweeted, “How is banning gas stoves, water heaters, & modern conveniences ‘energy efficient’ & a ‘cost savings’ measure? (It’s not.)”

“Who’s benefitting? (The green energy lobby),” she asserted. “If we dare question proposed rule making that’s published on gov’t websites, we’re now stoking a culture war.”

How is banning gas stoves, water heaters, & modern conveniences "energy efficient" & a "cost savings" measure? (It's not.)

Who's benefitting? (The green energy lobby.)

If we dare question proposed rule making that's published on gov't websites, we're now stoking a culture war.

— Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) July 22, 2023

Related: Nearly 50% Of Gas Stoves Could Be Removed From Market Under Potential New Energy Standard: Report

The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Jamie Foxx Breaks Silence In Emotional Video After Hospitalization: ‘I’m Here On Earth Because Of God’

Entertainer Jamie Foxx broke his silence in an emotional video late this week after being hospitalized back in April with a serious undisclosed medical emergency.

The 55-year-old actor, singer, and comedian did not disclose any specifics about the condition that he suffered other than to say he did not want people seeing him “with tubes running out of me.”

“I went through something that I thought I would never ever go through,” he said. “I know a lot of people were waiting, you know, wanting to hear updates, but to be honest with you, I just didn’t want you to see me like that, man. I want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, cracking a joke, doing a movie, television show. I didn’t want you to see me with tubes running out of me and, and trying to figure out if I was going to make it through.”

Foxx credited his sister Deidra Dixon and his daughter Corinne Marie with quickly getting him the medical attention that he needed to save his life.

“I cannot tell you how great it feels to have your family kick in in such a way, and y’all know they kept it airtight, they didn’t let anything out, they protected me and that’s what I hoped that everyone could have in moments like these,” he said.

Foxx slammed rumors that some have spread about his medical condition, dismissing them as false.

“I went to hell and back,” he said. “And my road to recovery had some potholes as well. But I’m coming back and I’m able to work so I want to thank people that let me work.”

Foxx then addressed the emotions that he expressed in his video, saying that he will from time-to-time break down crying in the future given the enormity of the crisis he experienced.

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“And if you see me out from now on and every once in a while I just burst into tears, it’s because it’s been tough man. I was sick, man,” he said. “But now I’ve got my legs underneath, so you’re gonna see me out. But like I said, I just want you to remember me for the jokes that I crack, the movies that I make, some of them good, some of them ain’t.”

“I’m here on earth because of some great people,” he concluded. “I’m here on earth because of God, man. I love all y’all. I justed wanted to jump on here and let you [know] that I’m on my way back.”

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