Joseph Pitts actually said...

"the protections that would be repealed include, among others, prohibiting gender rating, prohibiting the denial of people and children with preexisting conditions insurance"

"This will harm the sick, the elderly, and the disabled--all of whom already pay high costs for their medical care."

"I hope that this hearing will not focus narrowly on options that would shift our problems paying for the SGR onto beneficiaries."

"I earnestly hope we can work together on a bipartisan basis to solve this issue this year."