John Shimkus actually said...

"You noted there is broad agreement among energy experts and economists that increasing domestic oil production will have no noticeable impact on U.S. gas prices for the foreseeable future."

"The amount of red tape and the studies and reviews that have to be gone through to be able to move forward on Federal land are not comparable to States."

"So essentially it is saying you can't go do the one thing that will work until you go do the thing that won't work, which doesn't make any sense to me."

"the legislation that is before us, the Strategic Energy Production Act, doesn't tie the hands of the President whatsoever in order to access or release energy from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve."