John Shimkus

Reclaiming my time, that's why this new standard under the municipal and solid waste act will have liners for the first time. Right now, there are no liners. That's a better argument from past years, but this is a fix. This is a fix to…

You have a lot of time, but I would be happy to yield. But I do want to have time to close.

Reclaiming my time, the manager's amendment that will be debated will talk about, for the first time, an analysis on run-on and runoff, which was the recommendation from the folks on your side of the aisle for us to consider, which we have…

Before I yield time to my colleague from Tennessee, let me ask the time remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois has 17 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California has 13 minutes remaining.

I will just tell my friend from Florida, H.R. 2273 includes structural integrity inspection requirements on impoundments that do not exist today. They allow only those facilities that are structurally sound and operating in a protective…

Now we have evolved, and this green movement, which I would argue would bring high-cost electricity in.

I know what our intent was. I know what the courts have ruled, which is against the intent of Congress, for expedited siting.

When I go home, my constituents are saying government is too big, it costs too much, get out of things that it really has no constitutional right to be delving in.

I think that it is so unfair for people to portray this as obtrusive, big government. It is just nonsense.

My concern is an overabundance of caution at IRIS and an overabundance of caution at EPA with the policymakers could create job loss, economic dislocation, and movement of production overseas.

I would just ask my friends, does that make sense that we are now going to import cement at higher cost from countries who aren't complying with these rules and regulations? I think not. This debate is about jobs and the economy. Now is…

I didn't just focus on the government pricing. I did say insurers, too.

Classic economics would suggest that when a product is in demand, prices should rise and the market establish a new equilibrium

The bigger the government is, the more manipulative it gets in the market services, the less its ability to provide goods and services to consumers.

I am a market-based conservative capitalist, and whenever there is a lag in a commodity good or product, you have to really wonder about the demand and the supply and the available cost because when there is limited supply and a high…

I am going to take this minute just to do a plug on a bill that we just dropped yesterday, which was the Medicare common access card.

These costs are going to be a significant burden. We all like clean air but the people I have need jobs.

I depend on these old coal plants to generate electricity almost every day for more than 2 million households.

I would just ask this question. It is clear in your testimony provided here today in the materials provided by FERC detailing the meetings between EPA, FERC, DOE that the level of coordination suggested by EPA has not occurred.

I understand who your loyalties lie to, and it is to the environmental left and it is to Harry Reid and this green agenda that can't produce the power needed for reliability and destroys all those jobs I just put up on the slide.

We look forward to your analysis.

This is critical for the cost of energy and jobs in this country.

Editorial, 'An EPA Moratorium,' published August 29, 2011, in The Wall Street Journal, submitted by Mr. Shimkus.

My time is rapidly clicking away, and I want to make sure I raise this issue on the science-based debate.

Eighty-five would have to make changes in their facilities----