Honorable John Shimkus
United States Representative, Illinois, Republican
Representative Shimkushas has represented the Fifteenth District of Illinois since 2013. He previously represented Illinois’s Twentieth District from 1997 to 2013 and he State’s Nineteenth District from 2003 to 2013. He sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is Ranking Member of its Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee. The following is from his opening statement at the Subcommittee’s February 6, 2019, hearing on “Time for Action: Addressing the Environmental and Economic Effects of Climate Change.” We all agree that extreme weather events and climate change present risks to our communities — and communities around the world. While we…
