#152: Speaker for a Day (10/13/23)

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Harvard student groups: www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushar…iticizing-israel/

Special K Moves Out of His Lane:
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Jennifer Rubin:
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The Biden administration finalized national efficiency rules for residential gas furnaces, which will require non-weatherized gas furnaces and those used in mobile homes to achieve a 95 percent annual fuel utilization efficiency standard by late 2028. That is, manufacturers would only be allowed to sell furnaces that convert at least 95 percent of fuel into heat. The current market standard for a residential furnace is 80 percent . The new standards will phase out older furnaces and make...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the fight for the speakership, California's new senator, busted electric buses, and Germany's return to coal.

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• FERC Relents, Releases Documents to IER
• American Energy Alliance Endorses American Energy Champion Steve Scalise for Speaker
• Electric buses don’t work, again
• Germany Brings Back Mothballed Coal Plants to Help Keep Lights On
• The New “California” Senator

WASHINGTON DC (10/05/2023) – On Tuesday, October 3rd, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was removed from his position as Speaker of the House in an unprecedented 216 – 210 motion to vacate.

American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement supporting House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) nomination to replace McCarthy in his leadership role:

"When it comes to ensuring that consumers have access to affordable, reliable, American-made energy, there is no greater champion in Congress than Majority Leader Steve Scalise. Among his many accomplishments, he is the leader of the House Energy Action Team and has championed opposition to carbon taxes in the House of Representatives.
 
With a near perfect record on our American Energy Scorecard, Majority Leader Scalise has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to advancing...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the prospects of a government shutdown, the latest from the 2024 presidential contest, updates on the all-EV agenda, and more.

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• Ford Pauses Work on EV Battery Plant
• Lego Needs Oil
• Carbon Offsets Are Junk
• NY Robot Cops
• Save Our Cars Coalition
• Support AEA

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the numerous ways the Biden administration is working overtime to stifle American oil and gas production, and many updates from Capitol Hill.

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• 175 Ways President Biden and the Democrats Have Made it Harder to Produce Oil & Gas
• Americans Can Barely Afford Homes - Bloomberg.com
• Hunter Biden Sues
• McKenna: Al Gore / Nobody Voted for Net Zero
• More Proof They Want to Take Away Your Cars
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WASHINGTON DC (09/19/2023) – Gasoline prices are on the rise as Saudi Arabia and Russia have announced another round of production cuts. Meanwhile, President Biden and congressional Democrats are doubling down on their efforts to make energy harder to produce and more expensive to purchase in the United States.

The Biden administration claims it wants to make sure that gas price are affordable for Americans and that they are not blocking production in the United States. Yet, since...

Joe Biden and his Democrats have a plan for American energy: make it harder to produce and more expensive to purchase. Since Biden took office, his administration and Congressional Democrats have taken over 175 actions deliberately designed to make it harder to produce energy here in America.  A list of those actions appears below. A PDF of the list is available to download here.

On January 20, 2021, 

1. Besides canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, 
2. President Biden restricted...