The Biden administration continues to target some of the most common appliances used by Americans under the pretext of ‘fighting climate change,’ an effort that now includes going after dishwashers.

Fox Business reported Monday that the Department of Energy has proposed new regulations for household appliances, which would lower the current limits for water and energy use in dishwashers.

The proposed regulations aim to limit dishwashers to using 3.2 gallons of water per cycle, which is significantly lower than the current federal limit of 5 gallons. Moreover, manufacturers would have to reduce their products’ energy consumption by almost 30%.

Most dishwashers available in the market already consume less than the current federal standard of 5 gallons, with a majority using 3.5 gallons per cycle or less, but no doubt the rules will leave tens of millions of Americans asking why the Biden administration doesn’t have better things to do than this.

“Dishwashers are not the only appliances Biden’s DOE has set its sights on, however, as the regulator is also considering crackdowns on washers, dryers and refrigerators that manufacturers say could reduce performance,” Fox Business noted further.

Members of the regime have been clear: The rule changes pertain to Biden’s ‘climate agenda.’

“Collectively these energy efficiency actions … support President Biden’s ambitious clean energy agenda to combat the climate crisis,” the DOE wrote earlier this year.

The proposed regulations follow a recent debate over gas stoves at the national level. Despite Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s reassurances that there is nothing to be concerned about, last week, his home state of New York prohibited gas stoves.

“Nobody is taking away your gas stove,” Schumer tweeted in early February. “Shameless and desperate MAGA Republicans are showing us they will cook up any distraction to divert from real issues the American people want solved, like the debt ceiling.”

That turned out to be 100 percent false, obviously.

“Nevertheless, New York lawmakers agreed on to ban gas stove hookups in all future buildings in late April. The ban will affect new construction on small buildings in 2025 and move on to larger buildings by 2028,” Fox Business added.

Last month, Consumer Product Safety Commission Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr., a Democratic activist and longtime labor union leader, claimed that the stoves present a “hidden hazard” to users and that “any option is on the table” regarding regulations or even a national prohibition. Not long afterward, Chairman Alex Hoehn-Saric posted a statement in which he said that neither he nor the agency would be banning the stoves after many people criticized the implication from Trumka that they could be banned.

I want to set the record straight.

Contrary to recent media reports, I am not looking to ban gas stoves and the @USCPSC has no proceeding to do so. Read my full statement: pic.twitter.com/bYS1GLEpXP

— Alex Hoehn-Saric (@HoehnSaricCPSC) January 11, 2023

But in February, the Energy Department went ahead with a new proposal that would allow government regulators to write energy consumption standards for the appliances, the Daily Wire reported, adding:

as stoves would be subjected to a new “maximum integrated annual energy consumption” standard under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The rules, for which the Energy Department will accept public comment until April 3, would mark a change from previous regulations that prohibited constant burning pilot lights in gas stoves but placed no limits on energy consumption. Conventional ovens would likewise not be permitted to have a control system that utilizes a linear power supply under the proposed rules.

The Energy Department said officials have “tentatively concluded that the proposed standards represent the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in the significant conservation of energy.” The agency added that “products achieving these standard levels are already commercially available for all product classes covered by this proposal” and cited “important and robust” climate benefits.

“The proposed standards are likely to result in environmental benefits in the form of reduced emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases associated with energy production and use, including in-home emissions reductions experienced by consumers, and their families,” the proposed rules said.