H. J. Res. 42 would overturn a Department of Energy rule imposing new efficiency-standard certification, labeling, and enforcement requirements for dozens of appliances, preventing the regulation from taking effect.
The Senate passed H. J. Res. 42 on April 30, 2025 by a vote of 52 to 46 (Roll Call 223). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Congress — and unelected federal agencies — lacks constitutional authorization to dictate appliance standards, which drive up costs, reduce consumer choice, and micromanage private industry. Energy policy and consumer decisions are not among the enumerated powers of the federal government, and Congress should rein in bureaucratic rulemaking — driven by the false climate-change narrative promoted by Marxists and globalists — that substitutes centralized mandates for market freedom and individual judgment.
