John Shimkus actually said...

"We must hold hearings on the new Health Reform Act."

"Because this amorphous CMS is--there are people there. And I am going to venture to guess that the regular bureaucrats did their job, the political appointees manipulated the system to hide data they ..."

"I don't like the law, I voted against the law, but I know I am going to get calls about how we can help my constituents, and I want to be ready to do that."

"As my colleague from Colorado said, this is one everybody would like us to do something on, hopefully something positive."