In Congress, Tony will work to reduce government regulations to unleash America’s energy potential.
Reduce government regulations to unleash America’s energy potential.
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Evidence
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Under the "American Energy Independence" section, the campaign said: "In Congress, Tony will work to reduce government regulations to unleash America’s energy potential."
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Congress.gov shows Rep. Tony Wied as sponsor of H.R. 1513, introduced on February 21, 2025. The bill's official title says it was "To repeal programs relating to funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and for other purposes," and its status remains "Introduced."
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The House office said Wied sent letters urging Wisconsin lawmakers and the PSC to support bills that would require local approval before the state could proceed with large-scale wind or solar development, arguing communities should have the final say over siting decisions.
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The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 52 on February 26, 2025, for H.J. Res. 35, a CRA resolution disapproving the EPA rule on the Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems. The vote passed 220-206, and Tony Wied, Republican, Wisconsin, voted Yea.
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GovInfo lists H.J. Res. 35 as Public Law 119-2, approved March 14, 2025, disapproving the EPA rule titled Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions.
Assessments
The promise was broad but centered on working in Congress to reduce energy-related government regulation. In the same federal term, Wied voted for H.J. Res. 35, a Congressional Review Act resolution that became Public Law 119-2 and overturned an EPA rule on the waste emissions charge for petroleum and natural gas systems. For a U.S. Representative, a yea vote on a successful deregulatory energy measure is enough candidate credit for a concrete delivery of the promised type of action, even though the rollback was narrower than the campaign rhetoric. His introduced EV-charging repeal bill and state-level siting letters also show related effort, but the enacted CRA rollback is the key delivery evidence.
Wied made concrete same-term efforts related to energy deregulation, including sponsoring H.R. 1513 to repeal EV charging infrastructure programs and urging Wisconsin officials to change energy siting policy. However, the federal bill remained only introduced, the state-facing letters did not themselves deliver a federal regulatory reduction, and the record does not show that he achieved the promised reduction of government regulations to expand America’s energy potential. Because there was a serious attempt but no delivered outcome, this is best scored as never with an effort badge.
The promise was to reduce government regulations to unleash U.S. energy potential, which requires an enacted deregulatory outcome or comparable implemented policy change. The evidence shows Wied made same-term efforts, including sponsoring H.R. 1513 to repeal EV charging infrastructure programs and urging Wisconsin officials on energy siting policy, but the bill remained only introduced and the state-focused letters did not themselves deliver a federal regulatory reduction. Because there was a serious legislative/executive-style attempt without delivery of the promised outcome, this is classified as never with an effort badge.