John Shimkus actually said...

When I have gone door to door to visit my constituents, I see them in their oxygen machines laboring to live.

We believe that the direct economic impacts would be a total of direct, indirect, and payroll-induced effects of 155,000 jobs, $9.7 billion ...

This is a tough committee to be on. We are trying to balance public health.

I guess I am trying to say that I am a bit frustrated as to why we are having a legislative hearing on banning asbestos before we have had a...