Thomas E. Petri: “If we really want to stimulate the economy and get jobs out there, saying we have to do it real quick is not going to be…”

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

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.

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