John Shimkus actually said...

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

"I think we have got to be very careful as with the hearing we last week of by legislative fiat banning things which we may or may not know are harmful."

"I appreciate that we are meeting to learn more about the bills introduced in this Congress to tackle various forms of contamination linked to highly fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS."

"opening statement"