Joseph Pitts actually said...

"I think first and foremost about the welfare of human beings that are getting on the backs of those horses, the jockeys themselves who are being put into a circumstance in which arguably one might sug..."

"Today's hearing will look at the effects of drug use in horseracing, how it impacts the health and wellbeing of jockeys."

"In 2008, members of the Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on 'Breeding, Drugs, and Breakdowns.'"

"We will consider the need for a national set of uniform rules to prohibit the use of performance enhancing drugs with a set of consequential penalties for violations."