Thomas E. Petri: “We have all these options for drilling on Federal property, ways that we can use our domestic resources to keep from…”

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1848, the Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013. I'd like to commend my colleague, Congressman Mike Pompeo, for introducing this bill, along with…

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

Polls show time and again that the public supports continued funding of higher education and we're grateful for bipartisan support for programs like the Pell Grant.

Today's elections are costing more and more each year. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, winning candidates spent an average of $1.5 million in the 2011-2012 election cycle. More than $4 billion was contributed to campaigns…