Joseph Pitts actually said...

"So don't be scared. Look at the law, look at the reality, and don't listen to the political rhetoric which this week has been orchestrated very carefully by my Republican colleagues."

"This has been a very interesting hearing, very important issue, very informative."

"Now I am afraid that my Republican friends are going to spend this day making up false stories about how the Affordable Care Act and FDA regulation is stifling innovation--how our smartphones are goin..."

"Therefore, this hearing is an appropriate place to examine the extent to which the FDA and other federal agencies should be involved in regulation of health information technologies."