John Shimkus

So would it go up to--would there be 800 then or maybe 1,000 of the 13,000?

You understand my point that I am making----

I taught high school government and history for 4 years. For a bill to become a law, it must pass both Chambers, and then it must be signed by the President. The House has now passed two bills which raise the debt ceiling, cut spending…

I think we do that by auctioning and getting money, with your friends behind you.

One of the things that Congresswoman Eshoo and I are trying to do is understand that, as we go to new technologies, there is going to be a cost

If we truly want a bipartisan process to go forward, we can't have this fight between urban and rural. We just can't do it.

This political process is always kind of fun. You can claw and scratch on one day, and then you can give the good big hug on the next day as you work together on things that are important.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 32, line 4, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 54, line 20, after the second dollar…

Should Federal agency guidance documents be subject to proposal and comment period like regulations?

We are very interested in doing that, trying to, again, protect public health but also bring some certainty in these uncertain times to keep the economy where it is at and actually start growing again.

If you are ever going to have an impact on jobs, now is not the time to have a negative impact on jobs.

All citizens should know where their tax dollars are going and who is making--we are making payments to.

This hearing is an attempt to put a national voice and bring forth the concerns that we are hearing at home.

How can we guide the Federal Government toward good regulations?

We have heard from witnesses about EPA proposals to impose needless new burdens on hard rock mining.

I am thankful for the many good and important Federal regulations.

The problem for many of the people who send us here to find solutions is not the green economy. It is the red ink economy.

The voucher debate is not correct.

The solvency is based upon the $575 billion cut in Medicare, is that correct, for the most part?

That would be a policy----

If we have a spectrum crunch, we lose this opportunity to really take advantage at a time in this country when we need to be creating jobs.

How do we instead of being the big hammer, how do we work with the agencies, how do we move them into the commercial use

And I have a military background, so I appreciate especially our men and women in uniform and making sure they have a legitimate use in communication and all the new gears, but if we can marry the two, I think we would both win.

I would say that money was offered--asked by some agencies, maybe companies stepped forward to do that, and then the timelines aren't met.

The question you asked Ms. Haney, and she is under oath, the question that you asked, did the Chairman or staff.