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Data Center Transparency and Community Empowerment Acts
25 statements about Data Center Transparency and Community Empowerment Acts from 24 members since Jan 3, 2025.
Statements about Data Center Transparency and Community Empowerment Acts, last 12 weeks
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Statements per week mentioning Data Center Transparency and Community Empowerment Acts, all members, split by party. Democrats stacked first, Republicans after, four to a row. Hover a dot for the member and headline; click a dot to search for that headline. Click a week to set the dates below. Aug 17, 2026 – Nov 5, 2026.
Most active on Data Center Transparency and Community Empowerment Acts · Aug 17 – Nov 5
- 1RMike JohnsonLA-042
- 2DMark KellyAZ1
- 3DDebbie DingellMI-061
- 4RPete RickettsNE1
- 5RMike FloodNE-011
- 6DMartin HeinrichNM1
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Pressed EPA and data center companies to maintain public input rules for air permits.
“America can build the infrastructure needed to compete and innovate while keeping communities informed and involved in the decisions that affect them.”
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NEW: Dingell Seeks Input on Federal Data Center “Bill of Rights”
Announced draft of federal data center Bill of Rights to ensure community input on large-scale projects.
“The rapid development of data centers has prompted concerns throughout Michigan’s Sixth District and beyond as communities are left with important questions on the potential impacts of these large-scale projects”
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Ricketts Supports Ratepayer Protection Act
Announced support for Ratepayer Protection Act to prevent data center cost shifts to utility customers.
“Nebraskans should not be responsible for footing the bill of data centers”
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Rep. Simpson Supports Bill to Protect Ratepayers from Data Center Costs
Supported bill requiring data centers to pay for their own electricity costs.
“States like Idaho are looking at ways to regulate data centers and prevent them from raising energy costs for American families”
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Objected to Ratepayer Protection Act; offered GRID Savings Act requiring data centers to pay for grid upgrades.
“When I open my electricity bill, and read to see how much I owe for the month, it doesn’t say I ‘may’ pay that amount. It doesn’t say I ‘should’ pay that amount. It’s not optional. Just like every other bill-paying American out there, I open that bill and I have to pay it. The same needs to be true for AI data centers”
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Voted for bill requiring data centers to pay for electricity to protect ratepayers.
“From groceries to gas to housing, health care to utilities, it’s getting more and more difficult for Americans to make ends meet. Every day I hear directly from constituents in my District who are concerned about the high cost of living and need relief now.”
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Pappas Helps Introduce New Legislation to Stop Tax Giveaways for Data Centers
Voted to pass bipartisan bill protecting consumers from data center utility cost increases.
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Congressman Flood Celebrates House Passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act
Celebrated House passage of bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act limiting data center energy costs.
“Congress has a responsibility to ensure consumers have commonsense protections from artificial intelligence without putting the brakes on American innovation. I’m happy to cosponsor the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, and I am glad to see it pass the House”
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Husted bill to protect Americans from footing the bill for new data centers blocked from passage
Sought Senate passage of Ratepayer Protection Act; blocked by Democratic objection.
“The Ratepayer Protection Act represents the most meaningful bipartisan step Congress could take to protect the American people from higher prices for electricity.”
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Tuberville Supports Legislation to Protect Alabamians From Footing the Bill for New Data Centers
Tuberville cosponsored legislation requiring data centers to cover their own energy infrastructure costs.
“Data centers can be game changers for communities all across my state of Alabama”
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Voted for the Ratepayer Protection Act to shield consumers from data center energy costs.
“Protecting families and communities from increased energy costs is paramount—especially after years of skyrocketing energy costs driven by Joe Biden’s ‘Green New Scam,’”
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Voted to advance bill protecting consumers from rising utility costs from AI data centers.
“If Big Tech wants to build a massive data center and use massive amounts of electricity, they should pay for the power and infrastructure they need, not hardworking families and small businesses. I don’t want families in Northwest Florida footing the bill for someone else’s investment opportunity.”
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House passed Ratepayer Protection Act, Russia and Iran sanctions bill, and anti-fraud measures.
“This is record over rhetoric. We have better candidates, we have a great story to tell and to remind people that what's best for you and your family and your aging parents and your young children and the future of liberty and opportunity security is the party that has been delivering on all those things”
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Praised House passage of Ratepayer Protection Act to prevent data center cost subsidies.
“New York families and businesses already face some of the highest electricity costs in the country. As we work to bring new investment and jobs to New York, we cannot ask families and small businesses to foot the bill for the massive infrastructure costs created by new data centers and other energy-intensive facilities”
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Congressman Rogers Votes to Protect Ratepayers, Implement Guardrails for Data Centers
Voted for the Ratepayer Protection Act to ensure data centers pay their own electricity costs.
“With multiple data center proposals in Southern and Eastern Kentucky, we need proper guardrails in place to make sure no costs are added to the skyrocketing utility bills for families and businesses in our rural region”
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Trahan Votes to Protect Ratepayers from Data Center Price Hikes
Voted to pass bill requiring data centers to pay for infrastructure upgrades and grid costs.
“Families are being squeezed by rising costs across the board. The last thing they need is a data center driving up their utility bills and making it even harder to make ends meet”
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Championed passage of bipartisan bill protecting ratepayers from data center energy costs.
“Floridians already are dealing with sky-high electric bills. They should not be forced to subsidize the enormous energy demands of the world’s richest corporations”
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Walberg-Backed Ratepayer Protection Act Passes House
Voted to pass legislation requiring data centers to pay their own infrastructure costs.
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Ratepayer Protection Act Passes House with Strong Bipartisan Support
Applauded House passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act with strong bipartisan support.
“When done responsibly, data center development leads to longer term investments and broader infrastructure improvements in the communities where they’re built.”
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Congressman Gabe Evans’ Bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act Passes the House
House passed bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act requiring data centers to fund infrastructure costs.
“Hardworking families should not have to subsidize the energy demands of data centers. America needs the infrastructure to lead the world in AI and outcompete Communist China, but we cannot have that growth at the expense of hardworking families, farmers, seniors, and small businesses.”
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Rep. Crank Votes to Protect Ratepayers from Higher Utility Rates
Voted for Ratepayer Protection Act to prevent consumers from subsidizing AI data center costs.
“I am proud to have cosponsored the Ratepayer Protection Act, led by fellow Coloradan Representative Gabe Evans”
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Fitzpatrick-Led Effort to Shield Ratepayers from Data Center Costs Passes House
Secured House passage of Ratepayer Protection Act shielding families from data center costs.
“For months, I’ve been working with residents, local leaders, and colleagues on both sides of the aisle to put communities back at the center of this conversation”
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House Republicans Pass the Ratepayer Protection Act
Speaker Johnson praised House passage of Ratepayer Protection Act preventing data center costs from raising household rates.
“AI companies have a serious responsibility to earn the trust of the communities they invest in and to be good neighbors. The Ratepayer Protection Act guarantees hardworking American families won’t foot the bill for the buildout of AI infrastructure– or see their energy costs rise to pay for it”
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Scalise: America Can Embrace New Technology the Right Way
Spoke on House floor supporting Ratepayer Protection Act and local data center decisions.
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Congresswoman Escobar Statement on Ratepayer Protection Act
Voted for Ratepayer Protection Act but criticized it as insufficient data center regulation.
“While I voted in favor of this bill, it represents the absolute bare minimum that Congress should be doing. If this is as far as Republicans will go to protect American communities, it is a pathetic response to what is a top priority for communities like mine.”
Sources: members’ press releases from their official websites (since the 119th Congress began (Jan 3, 2025)) and the Congressional Record (since Aug 2026). Statements are tagged to Data Center Transparency and Community Empowerment Acts by AI reading of the full text. Quotes are shown only when they match the archived source text word for word.