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30 May 2019, 4:08 pm
This improves public safety by giving first responders better knowledge and information about emergencies, a goal laid out in bipartisan federal law introduced by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL) in 2008. [read post]
9 May 2019, 9:05 pm
” Representative John Shimkus (R-Ill.) reportedly criticized the bill, saying that the Democrats were politicizing the issue and that they “would be very skeptical” if the parties were reversed. [read post]
30 Apr 2019, 7:10 pm
On February 15, 2018, representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15), John Shimkus (IL-15), Scott Peters (CA-52), Erik Paulson (MN-03), and Juan Vargas (CA-51), introduced the Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 5062)(“Bill”) to “provide a study by the National Academy of Medicine on the use of genetic and genomic testing to improve health care, and for other purposes. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 7:06 am
Other Republicans in the conference committee will be Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee; John Shimkus (R-IL); Devin Nuñes (R-CA); Kristi Noem (R-SD); and Don Young (R-AK). [read post]
6 Apr 2017, 10:13 am
., and John Shimkus, R-Ill., who were honored as the 2016 Humane Legislators of the Year. [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 12:21 pm
Hunter of California, and Representative John Shimkus (R-Ill.). [read post]
3 Jan 2017, 5:48 am
John Shimkus, R-Ill. [read post]
15 Nov 2016, 3:16 pm
John Shimkus (R-Ill.) has already started soliciting support as he seeks to chair the House Energy & Commerce Committee. [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 9:11 am
<> Senator Boxer's Statement on the Path Forward on TSCA Reform Legislation - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), reached out to Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, on the near unanimous passage in the House of Representatives this week of his… [read post]
18 May 2015, 8:57 am
John Shimkus (R-IL), received an update on the nation's nuclear waste management policy, hearing from a panel of diverse witnesses who underscored the urgent need to deal with this pressing problem. [read post]
15 Apr 2015, 8:58 am
John Shimkus (R-IL), made progress toward reforming the decades-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by reviewing a draft of the bipartisan TSCA Modernization Act. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 8:54 am
<> A Trip to Yucca Mountain - A bipartisan congressional delegation, led by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), on Thursday [last week] traveled to the desert of Nevada to visit the Yucca Mountain nuclear storage site -- nearly $15 billion has been spent toward development of the nuclear waste repository and nearly a billion more is spent each year as the Yucca project remains… [read post]
10 Apr 2015, 8:57 am
John Shimkus (R-IL), will hold a legislative hearing on the draft legislation Tuesday. [read post]
3 May 2014, 3:24 am
Schneiderman, made a similar argument in a letter to leaders of the House Energy and Commerce environment and economy subcommittee, which held the hearing.Subcommittee chairman John Shimkus, R-Ill., who wrote the bill, argued it's necessary to create a standard where chemicals are regulated under one set of rules, rather than a "patchwork" of different state regulations. [read post]
29 Apr 2014, 8:42 am
<> Committee Members Raise Concerns about Impact of "Chemicals in Commerce Act" on State Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations – Members sent a letter to Chairman John Shimkus expressing significant concerns about the sweeping preemption language in the latest discussion draft of the Chemicals in Commerce Act. [read post]
7 Nov 2013, 6:07 pm
John Shimkus (R-IL). [read post]
1 Nov 2013, 7:07 am
John Shimkus, R-Ill. [read post]
10 Sep 2013, 1:06 pm
Sep 10: The House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Representative John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing on "Implementing the Nuclear Waste Policy Act – Next Steps." [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 1:15 pm
Upton & Shimkus (cli [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 2:56 pm
Bills proposing the “Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013” have been introduced in Congress – as S. 245 by Senators Amy Klobuchar, D-MN, and Dean Heller (R-NV) and H.R. 539 by Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Shimkus (R-IL), and Mike Doyle (D-PA). [read post]
