John Shimkus: “I do not accept that we have to compromise the public's health to have a healthy economy.”

You know, the clock keeps ticking, and before you know it, my time as a Member of Congress will end, so I need to start now saying thank you to some of those folks who have committed their lives in helping me and supporting me in my…

I rise again, this time to thank my boys, now young men, for their love, support, and understanding during my time as a Member of Congress. As I stated yesterday, when I was sworn in for my first term in January 1997, David was 3 years…

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

I rise with concerns about the troubling pattern of legislating national chemical policy based upon emotions rather than scientific fact, including in this NDAA. I am referring specifically to certain anti-science, anti-practicality, and…