Thomas E. Petri: “Besides being costly to taxpayers, the FFEL program has also been plagued by abuse and scandal.”

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.

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.

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…