John Shimkus: “Enactment of H.R. 3053 would break the current impasse on our nation's nuclear waste management program and provide a…”

It is our responsibility as policymakers to closely examine the costs, the effectiveness, and other impacts of the environmental policies that affect energy.

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

I would hope in our discussions we would work with the majority to try to make sure we somehow incentivize nuclear baseload because of zero-carbon emissions.

I think nuclear power is a huge piece of the puzzle, if you will.