The Liberty in Laundry Act

This is not a joke

“Today the House Rules Committee got a new chair as Michael Burgess (R-TX) took the reins from Tom Cole (R-OK). Burgess will oversee his first hearing on Monday as the committee meets to examine six bills that appear to be designed to feed the Republicans’ culture wars by denying the secretary of energy’s power to establish new energy conservation standards. Those bills are the “Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act,” the “Liberty in Laundry Act,” the “Clothes Dryers Reliability Act,” the “Refrigerator Freedom Act,” the “Affordable Air Conditioning Act,” and the “Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act.”

~ Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American, April 11,2024

We have some serious issues right now. The border and the immigration problem. Ukraine. Russian propaganda infiltrating the Republican Party. Women’s freedom to choose. The mess in Gaza. And, apparently, a revolt about appliances.

Give me a break. Give us all a break from this dangerous idiocy. There’s work to do and this is not it. No one is taking our gas stoves away, regardless of what these idiots say. I have a message for men like House Representative Michael Burgess (R-Texas):

We are not stupid. But it sure looks like you are.

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