John Shimkus: “I want to make my own decisions. I want the autos to build cars that I want to buy.”

Deb Detmers Fansler, Steve Tomaszewski, and Rodney Davis were all with me politically and governmentally for 24 years. It is now my time to thank them. All three have been great public servants. All three are political addicts. Deb is…

there have been some people, a Senator friend of mine, who says the next energy revolution would not come from a mine. And I would beg to argue in that all of these precious minerals in that are coming from a mine.

I claim the time in opposition. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.

Many of us know that the House could not function without the professional nonpartisan personnel who ensure that we can do our job. We do at times as an institution pause and thank them, but now it is time for me to do it personally. I…