Thomas E. Petri: “I applaud the administration and I applaud the other members of this committee who say, let's take a look at some other…”

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.

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…

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.

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