Thomas E. Petri: “That is pathetic, and we have to do something about it.”

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.

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…

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

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