Washington, Sept. 16 -- Congressman Brett Guthrie issued the following news release:

Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, and Congressman Gabe Evans (CO-08), applauded House passage of H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, by a vote of 417 to 3. The legislation would require state public utility commissions to consider a strategy to make data centers pay their own way, instead of passing costs onto American consumers.

"When done responsibly, data center development leads to longer term investments and broader infrastructure improvements in the communities where they're built. The Ratepa...