Op-Ed: Americans Can Turn Up the Heat to Save Gas Stoves

This article originally appeared in Daily Caller on February 13, 2023

Recent debate regarding a potential ban of gas-fired stoves has provided a fresh example of the Biden administration’s callous regulatory bent. Public backlash, however, could cause them to put the notion on the back burner.

The idea has been brewing for a while, but the American public first learned of it from a Jan. 9 Bloomberg News interview with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. In this interview, Trumka declared the stoves a “hidden hazard” and said that “Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.”

The news created a national uproar. Nearly 40% of homes and a large majority of professional kitchens use gas-fired stoves. In response, Sens. Ted Cruz and Joe Manchin filed a bipartisan bill to prevent a CPSC ban.

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