Gas stove debate heats up in Congress.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has advanced legislation aimed at preventing the federal government from banning gas stoves, despite repeated assurances from the Biden administration that no such plans were being considered. The vote was Republicans’ latest effort to portray the Biden administration as overreaching into consumer choices to drive fossil fuels out of the economy. The legislation would bar the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using federal funds to ban gas stoves. The committee also advanced legislation to prohibit the Energy Department from finalizing or enforcing tighter energy efficiency standards for cooking tops and ovens.