[Displaced Flames fan]

http://shimkus.house.gov/

It is acutally the subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. Someone is going to have to explain to me how any one subcommittee is 'powerful' when compared to the rest of the Congressional subcommittees. Finally, where's the evidence he was rewarded with the appointment based on his citation of Genesis as the author implies?

Look, I think such statements are ridiculous and kooky; but lets not let our biases cloud the truth. Whoever wrote the portion that you quoted is editorializing to make it sound worse than it really is.