Category: Lower Energy Costs Act

House GOP Leaders Hope Senate, Biden Will Adopt Energy Bill

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) believes the sweeping energy bill passed by the House has a chance of becoming law despite the statement that it will be “dead on arrival” in the Senate by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and indications from the White House that President Joe Biden would veto the measure. The Lower…


LIVE NOW: House GOP Leadership Speak About the Lower Energy Costs Act

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy(R-CA), Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Whip Tom Emmer, and Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, joined by other Representatives, hold a press conference at 11:45 a.m. ET on March 30 to discuss the post-passage of H.R. 1, The Lower Energy Costs Act. …


House GOP Leadership Speak About the Lower Energy Costs Act

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy(R-CA), Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Whip Tom Emmer, and Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, joined by other Representatives, hold a press conference at 11:45 a.m. ET on March 30 to discuss the post-passage of H.R. 1, The Lower Energy Costs Act. …


Massive House GOP Energy Bill Praised, Pilloried in Marathon First Hearing

The 175-page Lower Energy Costs Act is an omnibus package that bundles 16 Republican-sponsored bills, two resolutions, and 68—and counting—amendments into one measure designed to “unleash America’s energy” by rolling back many of the “green energy” emphases adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives during four years of Democrat control. The bill carries the designation of…