Senate Passes Palmer Legislation to Reverse Biden-Harris DOE Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the United States Senate passed Representative Gary Palmer’s (AL-06) bill, H.J. Res. 20, to block the Biden-Harris administration’s last minute attempt to ban certain natural gas water heaters. Following the passage of the legislation in the Senate, Rep. Palmer released the following statement: 

“I applaud the Senate on passing this legislation to protect not only gas water heaters, but consumers,” said Rep. Palmer. “For four years, the Biden-Harris administration waged war on our home appliances. When their reign was coming to an end, they attempted to implement senseless and overreaching regulations at the last minute that would increase costs for the American people. With a unified Republican government, we must reduce costs by reversing these regulations. Today, the Senate did just that. I look forward to seeing this legislation cross the finish line and get signed by President Trump soon.” 

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) sponsored identical legislation in the Senate. It passed by a vote of 53 – 44. 

Rep. Palmer’s legislation passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 221 - 198 – 2 in February.

Read the press release regarding the passage of the bill in the House here and read an exclusive on the legislation by Fox Digital here.