John Shimkus

The more we work together, Member to Member, on a bipartisan basis, the more we understand each other.

Today marks an important milestone in our effort to modernize TSCA.

Yes. My time is expired, but I guess that is the point of a hearing to identify if you want to do a legislative fix to make sure there is greater transparency and give you the authority to do that.

I think part of our internal debate is really?

Wasn't there basically intent that the revenue be provided to be helpful to the low-income population?

It is always good that we look at a program that was established a long time ago, especially when there is some interest in rural America.

Sometimes large entities are very important in the security of this country.

This bill is good for states like Michigan that rely on coal for electricity. This bill is good for jobs.

With this discussion draft I am confident that we have the right policy in place that will get us across the finish line.

We are keeping the bill as a discussion draft because this is an open process.

A legislative solution is still needed to best regulate coal ash.

I would like to express my appreciation to Mr. McKinley for his longstanding leadership on this issue

So before we have--so that is the problem that a lot of us have.

Our goal, as their ally and as a world leader and as a believer in free markets, should be not only to make sure that we have enough oil here in the United States, but, also, that we are leading from the front on making sure that powers…

It would put our entire U.S. fleet in jeopardy where our fleet of roughly 80-plus international U.S.-flagged vessels will rapidly go to zero.

Saying that that is international, but it is really national.

I think the political concern is what Mr. Sieminski and I talked about on California prices.

I have kind of asked Mr. Tonko and Mr. Harper to now get together and try to see where there are similarities and agreements.

Our responsibility on drinking water is comprehensive.

If we really want to ensure that small and rural systems are providing safe and affordable water, we should reauthorize the whole SRF, not just the technical assistance piece.

I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will join with us to ensure that this program is given sufficient funding to meet the requirements of small systems.

Yes. If I may interrupt--he is saying, do you think that the authorization amount should be raised across the country?

I congratulate and thank the ranking member of the subcommittee, Mr. Tonko, and the vice chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Harper, for their bipartisan work to raise the profile of this issue before the subcommittee.

If we work with the industry on chemical data reporting, that should help us get a better idea of what that number is, do you agree?

I appreciate the effort, but, again, I just want to use this opportunity, as I think we can get there.