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Op-Ed: REP. AUGUST PFLUGER: Here’s The First Step Congress Should Take To Rein In Biden’s Ill-Conceived Natural Gas Tax
Washington,
February 26, 2025
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Energy
The Daily Caller | Op-Ed In the waning days of the Biden administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) doubled down on Joe Biden’s disastrous energy policies, imposing a burdensome and harmful tax on oil and natural gas facilities — called the Waste Emissions Charge (WEC), also commonly referred to as the “natural gas tax” or the “methane tax.” This ill-conceived tax was a blatant abuse of power and the first time the federal government had ever directly levied a tax on emissions, creating a duplicative layer of red tape that would devastate American energy if continued. Today, the House of Representatives will vote on my Congressional Rule Act (CRA) to overturn this rule as a necessary first step to fully terminate the natural gas tax and restore American energy dominance. Ahead of this vote, it is important to demystify and explain the CRA and how it works... |