Gabler Introduces Light Bulb Bill
In reaction to recent federal regulations that will eliminate the sale of incandescent light bulbs in the United States, a Pennsylvania lawmaker has introduced legislation to prevent this mandate from killing American jobs and limiting the rights of consumers.
Rep. Matt Gabler (R-Clearfield & Elk) said his bill is aimed at protecting jobs at a bulb manufacturing facility in his district and reminding Congress that it is not their job to tell consumers what they can and cannot buy.
“I'm very proud to represent a district in Pennsylvania that includes the last remaining incandescent light bulb manufacturing factory in the country," Gabler said in a news release, "and it highlights a very important issue to me... that the federal government has made a very big mistake in outlawing incandescent light bulbs. And so I have introduced a bill that will allow Pennsylvanians to purchase Pennsylvania made incandescent light bulbs going forward, and I’ve also introduced a resolution that would call on Congress to rescind that terrible mandate and put the power back in the hands of the consumers in the United States.”
Osram Sylvania in St. Marys is the country's oldest functioning light bulb manufacturing plant. It produces nearly 2 million incandescent light bulbs a day.
Rep. Matt Gabler (R-Clearfield & Elk) said his bill is aimed at protecting jobs at a bulb manufacturing facility in his district and reminding Congress that it is not their job to tell consumers what they can and cannot buy.
“I'm very proud to represent a district in Pennsylvania that includes the last remaining incandescent light bulb manufacturing factory in the country," Gabler said in a news release, "and it highlights a very important issue to me... that the federal government has made a very big mistake in outlawing incandescent light bulbs. And so I have introduced a bill that will allow Pennsylvanians to purchase Pennsylvania made incandescent light bulbs going forward, and I’ve also introduced a resolution that would call on Congress to rescind that terrible mandate and put the power back in the hands of the consumers in the United States.”
Osram Sylvania in St. Marys is the country's oldest functioning light bulb manufacturing plant. It produces nearly 2 million incandescent light bulbs a day.
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