Thomas E. Petri: “Polls show time and again that the public supports continued funding of higher education and we're grateful for…”

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…

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 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.

These scores are having real-world impacts on the carriers' ability to find business, and erroneous violations could put a carrier out of business.