John Shimkus actually said...

"And, you know, nuclear being carbon-fee emissions, if we want to meet any type of objectives and keep rates somewhat acceptable, we will still have to have base load major generation."

"opening statement"

"If you were asked to regulate a chemical that was safe, would you want to do that?"

"I will not object. I want to--hopefully we are going to be careful on receiving testimony from people we didn't ask to testify."