House Passes SHOWER Act to Restore Consumer Choice
Washington found a way to overregulate shower pressure — and this week, the House of Representatives pushed back.
In a 226–197 bipartisan vote, lawmakers passed the Saving Homeowners from Overregulation with Exceptional Rinsing Act (SHOWER Act), rolling back a Biden-era regulation that lowered water pressure in multi-nozzle showers. It’s a small issue on paper, but a perfect example of how federal bureaucrats overreach into everyday life.
Fox News reports,
“The bill looks to codify an executive order President Donald Trump issued in April of last year, directing the Department of Energy to repeal the way the Biden administration interpreted water pressure in showers.
Under current law, shower heads can only produce a set amount of pressure.
That Biden-era regulation interpreted that to mean that the combined flow of showers with multiple nozzles had to stay below that bar. In other words, the more shower heads, the less pressure the individual nozzles could have.”
As Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, noted, Washington red tape has limited consumer choice for far too long. This bill is a simple fix with a clear message: Americans, not bureaucrats, should decide what works in their homes.
The bill now heads to the Senate. Let’s hope common sense prevails.
January 14, 2026