John Shimkus actually said...

"Using a regulatory agency to enforce rules and regulations not passed by the Congress of the United States... is really part of this national debate."

"We do know what the goal of--and that is to kill coal and coal generation in this country."

"there is a definite war on coal. It has been planned by this administration"

"make no mistake, this is a designed application of Executive Branch force to destroy low-cost power and coal mining jobs"