威斯康星州共和党众议员德里克·范·奥登猛烈抨击众议院自由核心小组强硬的保守派上周在与众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡的持续斗争中阻止了与煤气灶立法有关的程序性投票，援引他生病的女儿来表达他的观点。
消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)，在提到他的女儿与癌症作斗争时，范·奥登对自由核心小组的坚持者说了一些严厉的话:“(我)每个休息日都去工作，”他在一次闭门会议上说，指的是众议院未经投票表决的四个立法日。
消息人士称，随着范·奥登为自己的立法议程辩护，交流持续升温，变得更加个人化，他引用了自己在一项他认为被忽视的火车法案上的工作。
据消息来源称，他说:“福克斯新闻频道并没有受到s -的影响。”。
在这张2023年2月28日的档案照片中，众议员德里克·范·奥登离开了华盛顿特区国会山俱乐部的众议院共和党会议
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在离开会议的途中，强硬保守派众议员马特·盖兹(Matt Gaetz)拒绝谈论奥登的评论，只是说，“我不适合所有人。”
领导层对活跃的会议也相对沉默。当被问及房间里是否有戏剧时，众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡说，“没有”，并将闭门后发生的事情描述为“一点点有趣”
上周，自由核心小组迈出罕见的一步与民主党人联手破坏共和党推动阻止燃气灶禁令的程序性投票，这是近21年来第一次规则投票未能在众议院通过。
“我们不会再生活在帝国发言人的时代了，”盖兹在周二投票反对该规则后告诉记者。
H.R. 463号程序性步骤本应考虑众议院第1640号和第1615号决议。H.R. 1640，“拯救我们的燃气灶法案”将禁止能源部最终确定燃气灶的能效规则。H.R. 1615，“燃气灶自由和保护法案”将禁止消费者产品安全委员会禁止燃气灶作为危险产品，或发布任何禁止销售燃气灶或使其明显更贵的产品安全标准。
消费品安全委员会在1月份表示，它没有计划禁止燃气灶，尽管类似的努力已经在州一级取得了进展，例如纽约的一项法律禁止在大多数新建筑中使用天然气灶和炉子。
上个月，自由核心小组成员加入了两党的强硬派投票反对麦卡锡与总统乔·拜登谈判达成的债务上限协议。麦卡锡依靠52名民主党人的支持来抵消那次投票中29名共和党叛逃者的支持，以通过该协议——这一安排导致人们担心对投票反对该法案的成员进行报复。众议员安德鲁·克莱德告诉记者，共和党领导层威胁说，如果他投票反对债务上限规则，就不会提出他的提案。
自上周程序性投票被否决以来，众议院一直处于停滞状态，但在自由党团和麦卡锡周一晚上缓和关系后，众议院于周二下午恢复了行动。
House Republican blasts Freedom Caucus with expletives for stonewalling on legislation
Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., slammed the House Freedom Caucus and hardline conservatives for blocking a procedural vote pertaining to gas stove legislation last week amid their ongoing battle with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, invoking his ailing daughter to make his point.
Referencing his daughter fighting cancer, Van Orden had harsh words for the Freedom Caucus holdouts: "[I show] up to work every f------ day," he said in a closed-door meeting, referring to the four legislative days the House went without a floor vote, sources told ABC News.
The exchange continued to heat up and became more personal as Van Orden defended his legislative agenda, citing his work on a train bill that he felt was overlooked, sources said.
"It's not the s--- that gets on Fox News," he said, according to the sources.
On his way out of the meeting, Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of the hardline conservative holdouts, was resistant to talk about Orden's comments, only saying, "I'm not for everyone."
Leadership was also relatively mum about the lively conference meeting. When asked whether there was drama in the room, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said, "No" and described what transpired behind the closed doors as "a little bit of fun."
Last week, the Freedom Caucus took the rare step of teaming up with Democrats to scuttle a procedural vote on the GOP's push to prevent gas stove bans, marking the first time in nearly 21 years that a rule vote has failed to pass the House.
"We're not going to live in the era of the imperial speaker anymore," Gaetz told reporters after he voted against the rule Tuesday.
The procedural step, H.R. 463, would have provided for the consideration of House Resolutions 1640 and 1615. H.R. 1640, the "Save Our Gas Stoves Act," would prohibit the Department of Energy from finalizing the energy efficiency rules for gas stoves. H.R. 1615, the "Gas Stove Freedom and Protection Act," would prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission from banning gas stoves as a hazardous product or issuing any product safety standard that would prohibit the sale of gas stoves or make them significantly more expensive.
The CPSC said in January it had no plans to ban gas stoves, although similar efforts have advanced at the state level, such as a law in New York banning natural gas stoves and furnaces in most new buildings.
Last month, Freedom Caucus members joined with hardliners in both parties to vote against the debt ceiling deal McCarthy negotiated with President Joe Biden. McCarthy relied on the support of 52 Democrats to counteract the 29 Republican defectors on that vote in order to pass the agreement -- and the arrangement led to fears of retaliation against members who voted against the bill. Rep. Andrew Clyde told reporters that GOP leadership threatened not to bring up one of his sponsored bills if he voted against the debt ceiling rule.
The House had been at a standstill since the procedural vote was defeated last week, but floor action resumed Tuesday afternoon after the Freedom Caucus and McCarthy smoothed over relations Monday night.
