John Shimkus actually said...

"It has the fewest proposed number of lease sales ever submitted by an administration, going back to President Carter."

"We are now going through a possible timber harvest, and its nonnative species. So it should be a win-win."

"There is no reason for us to continue to have a negative balance of trade and continue to be a borrowing country when we could have a positive balance of trade and we could turn into a lending company..."

"Even in my own district in southern Illinois, where is my oil and gas exploration and recovery going on?"