John Shimkus actually said...

"We all want a clean environment, but we cannot fund it in a competitive global marketplace if Americans' ingenuity consciously recedes into a place where our manufacturing sector has a GDP of a third-..."

"I am pro-plastic. OK? Plastic is a material consisting of any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic compounds that are malleable and can be molded into solid objects."

"So, I think most of the panelists have said, obviously, China's National Sword Program has been a wake-up call for all of us to try to do a better job, get better material, source it better."

"This kind of policy strangles innovation and initiative on the business end and, ultimately, shifts costs to consumers in the form of higher taxes or increases in consumer goods and prices."