Leader Rodgers: The 1970s are Calling. Socialist Price Controls will Make Energy Crisis Worse.
05.16.2022
Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke out at the House Rules Committee today on H.R. 7688, the Socialist Energy Price Fixing Act.
The Socialist Energy Price Fixing Act would give President Biden power to declare an energy emergency, arming the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with tools to impose de-facto, arbitrary caps on the price of gas. These socialist price controls are not the answer and will lead to even less oil and gas production at a time where we...