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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.
It's time for us to decide if we will keep our end of the deal with the nation's citizens by delivering exactly what they've been paying for all these years, or if we'll waste rate payer's and taxpayer money by failing to deliver on our…
We must not let the political games stop us from keeping a promise to taxpayers.
I thought people already knew the answer to that question, but you should go through the process of asking the questions.
Billions of dollars and over 30 years of research from our nation's top scientists were jettisoned--not for technical or safety reasons--but as the GAO's report stated, 'social and political opposition to a permanent repository, not…
Social and political opposition to a permanent repository, not technical issues, is the key obstacle.
It is time for us to decide if we will keep our end of the deal with the Nation's citizens.
So the issue is affordable, accessible, quality catastrophic coverage, unencumbered by things that you may not want to have covered.
I want to make sure, this is on process reform, and sometimes we will get jumbled in on what is going on.
But it gave me a question for the Commissioners, and Chairman, you can weigh in too, if you would like.
We appreciate the movement on reform. It is something that with the new technology, new age that is important.
Because there is no timeline. And when you don't have a timeline and you raise capital to assume risk...
We need to stop demonizing domestic energy supplies no matter where they are whether it is coal or corn-based ethanol.
Last Congress Representatives Mike Ross and John Shimkus introduced H.R. 5778 which would do this.
The 2007 debate on the Energy Security Act is a curious debate because we are in a very similar position as we are today.
Even with efficiencies as some people would profess, we are going to need more generation.
The electric mix of--in electricity generation today as I understand it is coal 45 percent, nuclear 20, natural gas 23, hydro seven, and renewable 3.6.
I urge you all to approach this review in the most constructive manner possible.
I don't want us to look back on some, God forbid, horrific situation at either San Onofre or Diablo Canyon and say we had time.
While I believe nuclear power must be a vital part of our country's overall energy portfolio, we must ensure that we have the best systems and practices in place to safeguard against an unforeseen nuclear accident to prevent widespread…
We want the NRC instead to give each one the careful scrutiny that it deserves and only approve the applications that meet the rigorous safety and security standards that the Commission itself establishes.
Cost benefit analysis, again, we welcome EPA to justify the loss of jobs for negligible toxic emittent benefits.
I would ask you to re-look at that, because I don't think that is correct in your testimony.
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