Two senior Department of Energy (DOE) officials refused to testify during a May 24 hearing before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs regarding the Biden administration’s proposed rule on gas stoves.
The hearing was titled “Consumer Choice on the Backburner: Examining the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Assault on Americans’ Gas Stoves.”
Alejandro Moreno, the acting assistant secretary for DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and Carolyn Snyder, the office’s deputy assistant secretary, did not attend the hearing despite being asked to testify.
They cited the ongoing rule-making process surrounding their new appliance efficiency standards as the reason for the failure to attend, according to Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas)….