John Shimkus actually said...

"This whole battle is about whether Americans can have affordable health care. And this system is not helping in this debate."

"We must hold hearings on the new Health Reform Act."

"Because this amorphous CMS is--there are people there. And I am going to venture to guess that the regular bureaucrats did their job, the political appointees manipulated the system to hide data they ..."

"I don't like the law, I voted against the law, but I know I am going to get calls about how we can help my constituents, and I want to be ready to do that."