The Obiden Regime was a pattern of policies more interested in appeasing some far-off globalist fantasy than in the daily lives and pocketbooks of hardworking Americans.
And they are the kind of policies that make each of us scratch our heads and ask, ‘Who exactly is this helping?’
This from thepatriotjournal.com.
However, We the People and our beloved country have been saved by a fresh breeze of common sense blowing through the halls of power, and not a moment too soon.
Fortunately, while many of us were trying to figure out which dishwasher setting would preclude a demerit from the energy police, the Trump administration has been busy. Really busy. On Monday, they announced a sweeping rollback of dozens upon dozens of those irksome energy regulations foisted upon us by The Obiden Regime.
The United States Code of Regulations
[was reduced] by 125,000 words.
Leading the charge is the Department of Energy, now under new, sensible management. They effectively liberated a whole range of household appliances from the clutches of overzealous regulation:
– Remember the great gas stove panic of 2023, when they tried to tell you what kind of stove you could or could not buy? Gone;
– Strict water standards for dishwashers and showerheads that left your dishes spotty and your showers unsatisfying? Reversed; and
– The government’s grand plan to force everyone onto an all-electric everything, whether you wanted it or not? Shelved.
This isn’t just a symbolic gesture; it’s a move expected to save American consumers more than $11 billion.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright put it plainly to the Washington Free Beacon:
It should not be the government’s place to decide what kind of appliances you or your restaurants or your businesses can buy.
Everybody wants clean air and wants to lower their energy costs and run their factories [as well] as they can.
The big hand of government doesn’t actually help that process at all.
NOTE: The Obiden Regime’s regulatory blitz was not about making our lives easier. It was driven by a fervent climate agenda, a push for mass electrification dictated by then-Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who famously declared the U.S. must “electrify and create efficiencies.” BUT while pushing these rules, Granholm had to admit she, herself, owned a gas stove.
Rules for thee, but not for DOE.
It also turns out, according to the Free Beacon, Granholm’s team often crafted these rules while cozying up to environmental activist organizations, heavily funded by the usual suspects: Bloomberg, Rockefeller, Hewlett, and Schmidt family foundations. Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, celebrated the reversal, telling the Free Beacon:
This is very good news for consumer freedom…the American people don’t want federal regulators dictating their choices.
He is right.
And the Trump Department of Energy’s recent actions are part of a much broader effort to get government out of the way:
– They’re also streamlining regulations for natural gas imports and exports, approvals for electric energy exports, and even how Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil stocks are purchased; and
– The announcement also included rescinding regulations surrounding certain minority business loans, ending those nonsensical requirements that allowed men to compete in women’s sports, and delaying compliance dates for the ‘clean energy federal building rule.’
As Secretary Wright stated:
[His team worked] around the clock to reduce costs and deliver results for the American people in just over 110 days.
Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, we are bringing back common sense—slashing regulations meant to appease Green New Deal fantasies, restrict consumer choice, and increase costs for the American people. Promises made, promises kept.
This is s a refreshing change, good old American common sense.
