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John Shimkus is a former U.S. Representative from Illinois, serving in the House from January 7, 1997, until January 3, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Illinois's 15th congressional district. During his tenure, Shimkus was known for his work on issues related to energy, environment, and agriculture, often advocating for policies that supported these sectors. He served on several committees, including the Energy and Commerce Committee, where he focused on energy policy and environmental regulations.
This Chamber has a lot of heroes. Sam Johnson is one of those. I am proud to have followed him, and I salute him. I have been fortunate to do many things. I was an Army officer in West Germany, a high school teacher, and a local elected…
Thank you for attending this morning's hearing to discuss the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
I am concerned that the economic impact associated with an increasing price of regulatory compliance will disproportionately affect those economically distressed nuclear power plants.
The Federal Government's inability to fulfill its legal obligations established by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act continues to increase every year Yucca Mountain is delayed.
I look forward to hearing from the Commissioners today, and thank you for your service.
The nuclear industry's cost of complying with regulatory action has doubled over the last 10 years.
I thank my colleague, and now I recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee, Mr. Tonko, for 5 minutes.
I commend Chairman Burns for acknowledging this principle in a recent vote on containment protection rulemaking.
The NRC is responsible for licensing and regulation of our fleet of nuclear power plants as well as management of nuclear materials which impact our lives daily.
I applaud NRC staff for recently releasing the draft supplemental environment impact statement on potential groundwater impacts for Yucca Mountain.
We applaud the activity of the State of North Carolina--and that is the whole benefit of H.R. 1734--because the Federal regulation proposed by EPA is a floor. And through a State certification program, if the States want to ramp that up to…
We have had a good afternoon on debating the many amendments that have been brought forward. Let me just briefly, in this short time, talk about what we have done. We have taken the recent EPA rule and codified it. In other words, we set…
I reserve a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved. The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Foster) is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion. {time} 1830
I claim the time in opposition. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.
I reluctantly rise in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.
I withdraw my reservation of a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservation is withdrawn.
First of all, I appreciate my colleague bringing up this amendment. I just wish she, as a member of the committee, I wish we would have seen this in the markup of the full committee and the committee because maybe we could have just…
I share my colleague's concern for transparency, and I too want to make sure that the public has access to all relevant information. The State certification program would have State public access through the State EPA, and that is in this…
My amendment makes a technical and conforming change to the bill. Let me explain. The final rule amends part 257 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. EPA put out a prepublication version on the final rule on December 19, 2014…
Before I yield to my colleague from Florida, let me respond. I am just trying to figure out whether the other side believes it is toxic or not toxic and if they trust the EPA or don't trust the EPA, because the EPA has ruled twice--in 1993…
Before I yield to my colleague from North Dakota, let me just respond in that, in the final rule, they didn't close the door to regulating coal ash as toxic. They can re-regulate. They can promulgate a new regulation and then call it…
Before I yield to my colleague from West Virginia, I would just like to mention that, when I mentioned the word ``RCRA,'' that is a municipal solid waste law. What we are doing is the same thing that we did to RCRA: Federal standards…
May I ask how much time remains for each side? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey has 14 minutes remaining.
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, line 13, strike ``subsection (l)(5)'' and insert ``subsection (l)(4)''. Page 45, beginning on line 5…
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