Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has voted to pass the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1), which she calls “a historic energy package to address skyrocketing energy costs.”

“House Republicans are putting an end to Joe Biden’s war on American energy and driving down skyrocketing costs for hardworking families,” Stefanik claims. 

“Since his first day in office, Joe Biden has enacted a radical Far Left anti-energy agenda that ended American energy independence, causing the average price of gas in my district to reach a historic high of over five dollars a gallon and creating the highest home heating prices in over two decades. This bill will put an end to Joe Biden’s attack on American energy independence on behalf of families working to heat their homes and fill up their cars. Today, House Republicans are fulfilling a major pillar in our Commitment to America by increasing domestic energy production, decreasing prices, and restoring American energy dominance,” she said. 

Stefanik says the proposal would increase domestic energy production, reform the permitting process for all industries, reverse what she called anti-energy policies advanced by the Biden Administration, streamline energy infrastructure and exports and boost the production and processing of critical minerals 

Recently President Biden announced up to $450 million from the bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance clean energy demonstration projects on current and former mine lands.

“Deploying clean energy projects in mining communities across the nation is key to strengthening rural economies, creating new, good-paying jobs, and reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions that jeopardize public health and pollute local ecosystems,” a release from the Biden administration said.