A long-standing House GOP energy messaging and education arm could take on a bigger profile in the next Congress.
Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) has been selected to run the House Energy Action Team, or HEAT, which touts itself as “the leading voice among House Republicans on energy independence.”
Once run by and through the office of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), the operation was last year moved under the umbrella of the conservative Republican Study Committee.
This realignment could actually give HEAT more of a platform now, given its outgoing chair, Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), will be chair of the RSC starting next year and has made energy issues a centerpiece of his portfolio. Texas Republican Rep. Randy Weber, meanwhile, will serve as HEAT vice chair.
