Category Archives: Rep. John Shimkus

Solyndra Loan Guarantee a Bad Bet for Taxpayers

Congressman Shimkus meets with his Veterans Advisory Committee during the August 2010 District Work Period. Video Rating: 0 / 5 Congressman John Shimkus discusses the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s investigation into the Solyndra loan guarantee scandal and the failure … Continue reading

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Energy Tax Prevention Act Part II

Congressman Shimkus questions why EPA would implement regulations that send American jobs to China. Part II of the first hearing of the Energy and Power Subcommittee.

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Congressman Shimkus Speaks in Support of the Budget Control Act

Congressman John Shimkus speaks in support of the bipartisan, bicameral agreement to both reduce federal government spending while avoiding default by raising the debt ceiling.

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Shimkus: Too LITTLE Global Warming Pollution?

Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) questions British aristocrat & global warming denier Lord Chirstopher Monckton at a hearing on climate change adaptation, learn more at blogs.nwf.org Video Rating: 3 / 5

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Shimkus Defends $3000 MIT Lie About Climate Action, Raises To $3900

05/05/2009 In an interview with the ThinkProgress Wonk Room, Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) defends the GOP misuse of a 2007 MIT study of the economics cap-and-trade legislation to claim cap and trade would be a 00 “lightswitch tax,” even though … Continue reading

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Rep. Fred Upton Goes On The Record with Greta Van Susteren

Previewing the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee’s hearing on Solyndra, Rep. Fred Upton, Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, goes On The Record with Greta Van Susteren. Video Rating: 5 / 5

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Impact of Medical Device Regulation on Jobs and Patients

Congressman Shimkus looks at how the FDA can work smarter with less money and what the effect of proposed FDA regulations will be on patients.

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Progress Illinois — Shimkus And Global Warming

US Rep. John Shimkus (R-19th) tells global warming to “watch out” this morning on WLS-AM.

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Rep. Shimkus: The 1972 Clean Air Act Hurt Peabody (Now The Richest Coal Company In The World)

Arguing that environmental regulations hurt the economy, Rep. Shimkus (R-OH) blames the 1972 Clean Air Act for Peabody Coal’s decision to close the high-sulfur Kincaid coal mine in Illinois. Since 1972, Peabody Energy has become “the world’s largest private-sector coal … Continue reading

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Sebelius Gets Her Comeuppance As House Begins Its Obamacare Challenge

At a House Budget Committee hearing earlier today, Rep. John Campbell of California detailed the impact of the new health care law with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Chief Actuary Richard Foster . Campbell and Foster exposed the folly … Continue reading

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