John Shimkus actually said...

"I guess the big point is, if you can't do the small things, how can the country, the localities, the taxpayers, the public interest groups, expect us to do the big things?"

"If you can't get the small things right, how do people trust you to do the big things in this issue?"

"And the point being, two similar facilities--one in downtown Manhattan; one outside Olney, Illinois--two very different risk portfolios."

"Could we get a better return on investment and a more timely process getting it right before it deployed?"