The Associated Press reports:
President Donald Trump is striking a blow against a law passed when George Herbert Walker Bush was President.
“Water conservation requirements for faucets, showers, bathtubs, and toilets — promulgated by the Department of Energy pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486) — make bathroom appliances more expensive and less functional.
“Efficiency” standards render other American appliances like clothes washers and dishwashers less useful, more breakable, and more expensive to repair. The Federal Government should not impose or enforce regulations that make taxpayers’ lives worse,” Trump said in an executive order Friday.
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Trump: “Your shower heads, your toilets, the whole thing — it’s a disaster. We now have it so you can have as much water as you want, because it’s not an environmental problem.” pic.twitter.com/3ObKBKVDpK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2025
Trump signed a bill that repeals Biden-era regulations relating to gas-fired water heaters. He also signed a bill ordering a “rescission of a Biden-era regulation relating to energy conservation standards for household appliances and consumer products.” https://t.co/H6Hg2XgfR3
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