John Shimkus: “The President promised to make electricity generation by coal so expensive that he would drive that out of our market.”

The American people overwhelmingly agree. Recent polling found Americans prioritize affordability and reliability over emissions reductions.

For any community to be prosperous and healthy, it takes energy.

I would hope in our discussions we would work with the majority to try to make sure we somehow incentivize nuclear baseload because of zero-carbon emissions.

I want to take this time to thank the panelists. They did a great job.