For all the noise about discharge positions and losing control of the floor, if you are looking at results, all House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) does is keep winning. Just this week, in addition to passing admittedly modest healthcare reform that reduces premiums by 11% without any new government spending, Johnson also secured passage of three meaningful pieces of energy policy reform, one of which contains broader permitting reform that will help make America a country that builds things again.

Thanks to the punitive Environmental Protection Agency regulations under former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the accelerated retirement of coal and natural gas power plants is shrinking reliable electricity supply faster than replacement capacity can come online, pushing prices higher and weakening the grid. These existing plants provide dependable, around-the-clock power that stabilizes markets during peak demand and extreme weather. When they close prematurely, grids are forced to rely more on scarce or intermittent resources, driving up wholesale prices and increasing the risk of outages. Less firm capacity means tighter margins, higher costs for consumers, and a power system that is increasingly fragile when demand surges.