John Shimkus actually said...

"Your answer to his question was no, that it was not science-based, it was a politically based decision."

"So that is a no, Mr. Lyons? That is a no that it wasn't a science-based decision to shut it down? That is what you just said. You are saying it was a political----"

"Yes, and if the gentlelady would yield, we currently have a law to deal with that and we are just trying to enforce the administration to comply with the law."

"You talk bipartisanship, 4 to 1 by this chamber in the House 3 consecutive years in a row in supporting Yucca Mountain."