John Shimkus

And that makes it mandatory because they are entitled to the coverage.

Part of the national debt is our promises to pay entitled people with mandatory spending.

The intent of the legislation in the 2005 energy bill was to set a new threshold for a dollar amount when the Commission should be involved.

Well, thank you. Because as you know, Ranking Member Eshoo and I, we have been really focused on the PSAPs' evolution over the time and I am sure we will be looking at it closely to make sure that we are not stumbling over each other but…

I appreciate the chairman's leadership. The gentleman knows how hard I work in supporting freedom and of my opposition to totalitarian regimes. Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, we passed H.R. 757, the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act…

This subcommittee is continuing to examine specific challenges managing used fuel and national defense waste.

I look forward to hearing from NARUC today about their experience with the Nuclear Waste Fund.

The courts found DOE's required financial projections absolutely useless, and based on pie-in-the-sky analysis.

Budgetary and funding challenges have been further complicated by President Obama's legally dubious decision to walk away from Yucca Mountain.

The State of Mississippi has led in this legislation from our former colleague, now-Senator Roger Wicker. I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Harper), the author on the House side of the committee.

So should this occur in an organized wholesale capacity and energy markets subject to your jurisdiction?

I am worried about southern Illinois right now.

FirstNet has to get its act together.

We still have a terrible problem with dropped calls in rural America.

I think those are also good goals to reach in a lot of different areas.

Today's hearing on the disposal of low-level radioactive waste continues our detailed examination of what it takes to manage, store, and dispose of nuclear material.

Yet, because the law assumed EPA would have the system working by now, the law's authorization has expired and its user fees are unavailable until the electronic manifest system is working.

Three weeks ago, yesterday, marked 3 years from the date of enactment of the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Act.

I know EPA hasn't been sitting on its hands the last 3 years, but we need a full accounting of what it has been doing and what still needs to be done.

If this system is going to survive, it is up to the Agency to help us get to the bottom of what is going on here.

If we can see clearly to pass it without amendment on a strong bipartisan basis, we can make it into law.

I am proud of the subcommittee members. We work hard in the subcommittee in a bipartisan spirit.

The healthcare law was passed, especially the sidecar, with no debate through the committee, no oversight hearings.

In fact, the increased carbon dioxide reductions in EPA's, you know, carbon rationing, you know, methodology all come from increased assumptions of an addition of renewable capacity to the grid.

Is it correct that the proposed rule and the final 111(d) rule EPA scaled back its expected carbon dioxide reduction for existing coal plant efficiency improvements?