John Shimkus actually said...

"Some of these goals are not possible to achieve with current technology-or through renewable energy alone."

"Our goals should be to perfect the bipartisan policies that will allow innovation in the private sector to provide the new technologies that will provide the path to lower emissions, especially where ..."

"We should avoid complex, regulatory, and command and control schemes that the majority sometimes seeks to impose."

"Hon. John Shimkus, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, opening statement."