Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announced final methane regulations that would hurt American families and weaken America’s energy independence. 

“I’m deeply concerned these latest steps to enact additional burdensome regulations for methane would dramatically expand the agency’s regulatory reach in a manner that will stifle innovation, increase operational costs, and increase the price of energy. These burdens will fall directly on American families and businesses, potentially jeopardizing thousands of American jobs and billions of dollars in local economic development. The EPA must be accountable to the American people about how their rush-to-green is encroaching on people’s way of life and the futures they want to build for themselves.” 

CLICK HERE to read the letter Chair Rodgers and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) sent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan in November requesting additional information regarding how new methane regulations will hurt American families and further weaken America’s energy independence. This letter followed up on a previous letter sent to the EPA on June 9, 2023.