Thomas E. Petri

I encourage all Members to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Just to make sure the record is clear, I'm informed by staff that the bill was noticed in regular order, and no rules were waived concerning its regular consideration by the committee or, in fact, by the House. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30…

We have all these options for drilling on Federal property, ways that we can use our domestic resources to keep from sending money overseas and bring our fuel costs down.

Our infrastructure, our transportation system has been the foundation of our economic greatness in this country, and we need to step up and demand that we find a way to continue to finance it.

I applaud the administration and I applaud the other members of this committee who say, let's take a look at some other sources of revenue, including general revenues.

I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

In closing, I would like to reiterate that this bill is about good government, about creating a regulatory environment that improves safety at a fraction of the cost, and ultimately about helping to revitalize an American industry. I…

This amendment also reforms administrative and operating reimbursements that the government pays to private insurance companies by capping those payments at $900 million, which is a fairly moderate cap and below what's currently being…

While most normal businesses would raise their prices in the face of rising costs, unfortunately these providers are in the unique position of only having one customer--the Medicaid program.

I have always felt that simple, universal, income-based repayment has the potential to accomplish the goals of the various protections we have created.

That is pathetic, and we have to do something about it.

We believe we're closer than ever to being able to institute repayment pathways that ensure student loans are repaid on time and remain affordable.

While my Republican colleagues and I continue to support the basic principles of competition and transparency to help encourage lower costs in higher education, we remain concerned that such policies could lead to federal price controls…

Polls show time and again that the public supports continued funding of higher education and we're grateful for bipartisan support for programs like the Pell Grant.

I hope that it will be the basis for setting a global standard which others could benefit from.

Safe workplaces are essential to the success of our businesses, and we take seriously our moral obligation to provide employees with safe and healthy environments in which to work.

Many are very frustrated by the agency's approach to its relationship with business--they feel as if there is a kind of "GOTCHA" attitude instead of one that seeks to help them to be in compliance with the law.

I urge that this House not prefer one particular technology, which is currently the case, but allow a variety of technologies to meet the goal of a more energy-efficient society. I yield back the balance of my time.

This is not a window or a skylight. This is a technology that gathers the light through a lens, moves it through a light pipe, which then a fiber optical cable moves electrical light around the building. So it goes from the first floor…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII, insert the following: SEC. 2824. DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY…

Concern is that this health plan fee will be disproportionately harmful to these plans because they are smaller and may be less able to absorb these additional costs.

I am concerned that some of the regulations being written to implement the Affordable Care Act... could jeopardize consumer access to these types of plans.

I just don't know that we may be correcting a problem that doesn't exist.

This bill has bipartisan support. Other things being equal, I think we tend to listen to the Representative in whose district the project would exist. This project is in the district of my colleague, Ron Kind, from the State of Wisconsin…