Joseph Pitts actually said...

"I introduced earlier this Congress H.R. 2791, the Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act, which codifies this committee's clear intent that Title 42 is only to be used by officials at HHS--..."

"Absent congressional actions, physicians will face a 27 percent cut starting January 1, 2013."

"Hon. Joseph R. Pitts, a Representative in Congress from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, opening statement."

"There is no disagreement that the current Medicare physician reimbursement system, the Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR, is broken."