Joseph Pitts actually said...

"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..."

"Congress has acted, and in fact, when we had the Medical Devices User Fee Act in the last Congress, we specifically rejected in that bill a moratorium on FDA's use of its authority over medical device..."

"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."

"However, with the proliferation of these technologies have come concerns about how their use may negatively impact patients."