WASHINGTON (Reuters) – (This April 9 story has been corrected to say ‘water flow’ instead of ‘water pressure’ in paragraph 1, to recast paragraph 5, and to say the order covers only shower heads, not other appliances, in paragraph 6) President Donald Trump, after complaining about it for years, signed an order to lift restrictions […]
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Trump to lift water curbs to ‘make America’s showers great again’
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – (This April 9 story has been corrected to say ‘water flow’ instead of ‘water pressure’ in paragraph 1, to recast paragraph 5, and to say the order covers only shower heads, not other appliances, in paragraph 6)
President Donald Trump, after complaining about it for years, signed an order to lift restrictions on water flow in showers on Wednesday, saying he wanted to “take care of my beautiful hair.”
Trump’s executive order is aimed at reversing efficiency and water conservation steps taken by the last two Democratic presidents, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
According to a White House fact sheet, Trump will “end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure and make America’s showers great again.”
“Overregulation chokes the American economy, entrenches bureaucrats, and stifles personal freedom,” the fact sheet said.
Trump directed the Energy Department to rescind a definition of shower heads first implemented by Obama.
While Trump said he would like other appliances that use water to be covered in addition to shower heads, the order itself applied only to shower heads.
“In my case, I like to take a nice shower, take care of my beautiful hair,” Trump said during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office. He said he has to stand under the shower head for 15 minutes under the current regulations, which he called ridiculous.
“We’re going to open it up so that people can live,” he said.
(Reporting by Steve Holland in Washington; Editing by Sandra Maler and Jamie Freed)