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Rep. Pitts discusses his bill, H.R. 1217, that will eliminate a $17.5 billion slush fund created by Obamacare.

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Rep. Pitts asks CBO Director Elmendorf about the estimate that Obamacare will cost 800,000 jobs over the next decade. Even this figure does not take into account all parts of the law that could reduce employment.


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Pitts: The Cost of the Medical Liability System

04.04.2011

Rep. Pitts’ opening statement from a hearing to investigate solutions to the medical liability crisis. Doctors are leaving the practice because of the high cost of malpractice insurance. YouTube Link

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Pitts: Honoring Corporal Eric M. Torbert

02.02.2011

Rep. Pitts remarks honoring Marine Corporal Eric M. Torbert, Jr. Corporal Torbert, from Lancaster, was killed while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan December 18, 2010. YouTube Link

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Pitts: Medicaid Expansion Will Bankrupt States

01.28.2011

Rep. Pitts discusses Obamacare provisions expanding Medicaid that will cost states billions of dollars. YouTube Link

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Pitts: Iranian Christians Imprisoned

01.28.2011

Rep. Pitts calls on the Iranian government to release Christians arrested for practicing their faith and so stop the harassment of all religious minorities in the country. YouTube Link

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Pitts: Reading from the Constitution

01.11.2011

On the second day of the 112th Congress, Members read aloud of the Constitution of the United States. Rep. Pitts read Article 1, Section 6, Clause 2. This clause prohibits Members of Congress from creating an office and then serving in it during the same session of Congress. YouTube Link

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Pitts: Senate Omnibus Bill Packed with Earmarks

12.18.2010

Rep. Pitts speaks out against the thousands of earmarks contained in the Senate’s new omnibus bill. YouTube Link

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