mr. bilirakis: mr. chair, i yield myself such time as i may consume. i think representative kelly armstrong for his work on this initiative. as i said in our full committee markup this month, the american people have had enough of biden administration officials big brother dictating every aspect of their lives of the type of car you drive to what appliance you can use in the kitchen. back in january, we heard disturbing reports from the commissioners at the consumer protection safety commission that a universal ban on gas stoves was on the table thvment would be an assault on american's consumer individual freedoms to decide what works best for their households. republicans stand with the american people who agree that banning gas stoves is an egregious overreach and government knows best ideology at its worst. this will prohibit the c.p.s.c. from using federal dollars to regular you lailt or issue regulations on gas stoves as a banned product and prohibit the sale or substantially increase the price of

mr. bilirakis: mr. chairman, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from ohio, my good friend, mr. johnson. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 1615. i got an article here that's enentitled, california city gives celebrity chef an exemption for his restaurant to use gas stoves. well, of course they did. but let's look how this happened. it was reported that while the progressive city of palo alto, california, has a natural gas ban for all new buildings and renovations, a policy that democrats are trying to enact all over the country. the ban doesn't apply to everybody. mr. andre's lawyers said he couldn't cook with the proficiency and precision he desires. he is forced to use electric stoves. and the city council gave him an exemption to the rule. not for family-owned restaurants or working-class families, just him. those who are not families. he is a chef very popular here inside the washington d.c. beltway and his left-wing activism and li

mr. bilirakis. mr. bilirakis: mr. chair, i yield myself such time as i may consume.nk representative kelly armstrong for his work on this initiative. as i said in our full committee markup this month, the american people have had enough of biden administration officials big brother dictating every aspect of their lives of the type of car you drive to what appliance you can use in the kitchen. back in january, we heard disturbing reports from the commissioners at the consumer protection safety commission that a universal ban on gas stoves was on the table thvment would be an assault on american's consumer individual freedoms to decide what works best for their households. republicans stand with the american people who agree that banning gas stoves is an egregious overreach and government knows best ideology at its worst. this will prohibit the c.p.s.c. from using federal dollars to regular you lailt or issue regulations on gas stoves as a banned product and prohibit the sale or substantially increase the price of gas stoves while still allow c.p.s.c. to protect consum