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Rep. Joe Pitts (PA-16) and Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) discuss their bipartisan amendment to keep healthcare reform from using federal funds to pay for abortion.

Congressman Joe Pitts I will be appearing with Rep. Stupak on MSNBC around noon today to talk about our amendment.

Congressman Joe Pitts Pelosi's healthcare bill is up on the floor today. Raising taxes, cutting Medicare, and rationing care is not healthcare reform. This bill kills jobs at the time we need them most.

Congressman Joe Pitts Speaker Pelosi is going to allow a vote on the Stupak-Pitts amendment to prevent federal funds from providing for abortion. This amendment has strong bipartisan support and we hope that it will pass later today. I'll keep you updated.

Congressman Joe Pitts Stimulus jobs reports show one lawnmower providing 50 jobs. In all of the 16th District, the stimulus has only provided 67 jobs. The administration claimed that the act would create 7800 jobs in our district.
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In many cases, claims of jobs created are simply judgment calls, often by recipients trying to follow complex federal guidelines.

Congressman Joe Pitts Speaker Pelosi has removed bipartisan amendments from the health bill that were intended to prevent rationing of care.
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Rep. Pitts discusses bipartisan amendments that were removed during the closed door meetings to construct Speaker Pelosi's healthcare bill.

Congressman Joe Pitts The healthcare bill introduced last week will make drastic cuts to Medicare Advantage. Nearly 30,000 16th District residents are enrolled in one of these plans.
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Rep. Pitts discusses the cuts in Medicare Advantage that will lead to many seniors losing their current healthcare plans.

Congressman Joe Pitts Republicans are reading through the bill section by section to better understand how this will change our nation's healthcare. You can read what we're finding out at this site.
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We need health care reform to provide more affordable, accessible, quality health care for all Americans. Unfortunately, instead of a bipartisan effort to reduce costs without jeopardizing care, House ...

Congressman Joe Pitts At least 111 new bureaucracies will be created under the new healthcare reform bill.
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Congressman Joe Pitts From the Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee, the top ten tax increases included in the new healthcare bill, H.R. 3962.

Congressman Joe Pitts Speaker Pelosi's new healthcare bill is substantially longer than the bill considered in the Energy and Commerce Committee this summer.

Congressman Joe Pitts Speaker Pelosi has introduced a new healthcare bill that will brought to the House floor next week, H.R. 3962. It's 1990 pages long and available online.
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Congressman Joe Pitts Today, I went to the floor to call attention to the unjust and unfair trials of demonstrators in Iran. Some 140 individuals are being tried in secret for protesting the rigged presidential election.

Congressman Joe Pitts Today, I took to the floor to to speak about whether the Democrat's government-run health insurance, the public option, will be competitive with other insurance and whether states will truly have a choice to opt-out.
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Rep. Pitts discusses whether the Democrat's government-run health insurance, the public option, will be competitive with other insurance and whether states will truly have a choice to opt-out.




















