Joe Pitts

So it is very important in a rural setting?

Together these three bills continue the commitment this Congress has to strengthen the Medicare program and keep the promise for seniors...

H.R. 556, the Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act, sponsored by our colleague Representative Gus Bilirakis of Florida...

Today's hearing will consider three bipartisan legislative bills designed to strengthen the Medicare program.

I would just remind the gentlewoman that abortion is not health care. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Hartzler), a great leader in the Pro-Life movement.

I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), the chair of the Pro-Life Caucus.

We should be aware that not a single penny will be cut for women's health care under this bill. I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Pittenger).

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Duffy), the prime sponsor of this legislation.

Unfortunately, the Obama administration puts its own abortion-centered ideology ahead of women's health care. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Black), an outstanding leader on this issue.

In response briefly, money is fungible. Everybody knows it. In one pocket, out the other, same pair of pants. $1.2 billion over the last 3 years in Medicaid. The videos, nobody is putting words in their mouth. It is their words, their…

This is a good bill. It is an important bill. It is a bipartisan bill. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of H.R. 1624. I yield back the balance of my time.

It is my hope that through the steps currently taken in these bills, as well as any productive additions that may occur henceforth, this committee can come together to take meaningful steps towards Medicaid certainty, transparency, and…

That's why I'm so pleased today to be discussing several bipartisan bills that will help boost the accessibility and transparency of the Medicaid program.

Congress has a responsibility to ensure that proper incentives are put in place to increase the accountability inclusiveness of Medicaid.

Today, Medicaid is the world's largest health coverage program.

It is just a real shame that it is OK to kill a child 3 months before it is born, but you kill it 3 months after it is born and you are going to go to jail.

These clips have shown the gruesome reality we are talking about.

I am going to crush above. I am going to see if I can get it all intact.

It is premature to draw any conclusions to this ongoing investigation.

I support efforts to amend the law and give States the discretion to exclude abortion providers from receiving taxpayer funding through Medicaid.

The real question for all of us is whether that tiny human life has a God-given right to be protected by the law.

No State should be forced to continue to include providers in their Medicaid program who commit reprehensible acts.

What must such a baby feel when she is approached by doctors who come to kill rather than to cure?

Can you explain how it is that Medicaid policy permits million or multimillion dollar lottery winners to retain Medicaid coverage when they can clearly afford to purchase their own health insurance?

Mr. Pitts, do you think it is appropriate for millionaires or multimillionaires to be receiving Medicaid while at the same time there are disabled children on the waiting lists for home and community-based services?