Joseph Pitts actually said...

"It is embarrassing that in the most capable country in the world, in the most powerful elected bodies in the world that we effectively have done almost nothing to improve the health care of Americans ..."

"I for one in a portion of my life when I was a boy lived in a household where we didn't have access to health care."

"Parity means that insurers need to treat copayments, treatment limits, prior authorization for mental health, substance use disorder the same way they treat for physical health care."

"Today's Health Subcommittee hearing will examine the Federal mental health parity laws and regulations."