Thomas E. Petri: “I inadvertently did not vote on the Carney amendment to H.R. 1892. I would have voted for adoption of the amendment.”

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 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.