John Shimkus actually said...

"I want to applaud my friend, Bobby Rush, from the State of Illinois for helping us look at how we can get people more--more people back to work."

"Primarily the statement that, even in the great recession, in my district, we were building a coal-fired power plant and we are expanding a major refinery."

"Using a regulatory agency to enforce rules and regulations not passed by the Congress of the United States... is really part of this national debate."

"We do know what the goal of--and that is to kill coal and coal generation in this country."