John Shimkus actually said...

"But we will lose the authority, or the oversight that we have today."

"Great. I think that is all I have, so with that--and Mr. Igrejas, we look forward to continuing to work with you because obviously we are moving forward."

"the intent of the legislation is to be, as was stated in some of the opening statements, a more slimmed-down, more efficient, more simplistic process of getting from A to B to C to judgment ruling"

"The discussion draft permits a manufacturer to request EPA to conduct a risk evaluation of a chemical substance."