After debuting in the Senate last year, the American Innovation & Manufacturing (AIM) Act began its parallel journey through the House of Representatives just after the new year. H.R. 5544 received its first public debate in that chamber on January 14, courtesy of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce’s two-part, three-hour hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building. It was more interesting than it sounds.
As previously reported, the AIM Act enjoys an increasingly rare level of support across party lines in the 116th Congress and across traditional industry/environmentalist lines as well. The Energy & Commerce hearing made clear that despite such backing, some House Republicans will challenge the bill on a number of levels.