On Tuesday, May 7, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act of 2024. The bill, introduced by Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Arizona), attacks the Biden Administration’s energy efficiency standards and passed 212-195. Only seven Democrats voted in favor of it, but among House Republicans, there were no dissenters. In a biting New York Times column, liberal economist Paul Krugman slams Lesko’s Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act as performative nonsense — stressing that GOP lawmakers’ crusade against “woke washing machines” shows how devoid of substance their party has …