John Shimkus actually said...

I think everyone said we need a national standard. We don't want to destroy Federal--there's the interstate commerce clause.

While Congress is not spending ratepayer money on the program they paid for, it is spending taxpayers money for its failure to move forward.

We are acting under a law that is the current law of the land.

When Congress chooses not to spend money on the nuclear waste program, it is basically keeping ratepayer money for other purposes.