John Shimkus actually said...

"Lead is a potent neurotoxin, exposure to which is known to cause serious educational deficits in children."

"It was rejected on the floor, but it is important."

"If you have to make these tough decisions, as you highlighted earlier, right, you have got to make decisions of hospitals, EMT, all this other stuff."

"So that would be pretty disappointing too, don't you think, if there is not even a budget submitted by the legislative branch of the House?"