Joseph Pitts actually said...

"I thank Congressman Barton, chairman emeritus, for raising the issue today."

"While increasing accountability, this legislation would invest in the basic research so critical to equipping our Nation's best and brightest with the tools they need to discover the underpinnings of ..."

"I strongly hope that giving HHS this authority would help to ensure that our healthcare system can sustain the treatments that we hope to advance this legislation."

"I continue to work with my colleagues in the Energy and Commerce Working Group on Telemedicine towards a bipartisan proposal that will encourage the use of telemedicine services to improve health care..."