Joe Pitts

Pennsylvania's 16th District

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#IRS scandal, the DOJ AP subpoena, and the HHS attack on religious conscience, all attacks on the 1st amendment: http://t.co/GYyQUznvUp
House debating repeal of #Obamacare. Watch my remarks in just a few minutes here: http://t.co/HhMRJmLepe.
It's been 1700 days but we're still waiting on Obama to approve #KeystoneXL and 20,000 new jobs. 5 reasons to approve http://t.co/ES6PJULKLK
37 Reasons to Repeal #Obamacare http://t.co/vAOSMexkUx from @WaysandMeansGOP. First: premiums are on their way up. Doubling for many.
Democrat demonizing of political opponents led to #IRS going after fiscal conservatives. See @LancasterOnline blog: http://t.co/hv75wddrsS
Many consumers are in for a shock as #Obamacare is implemented: http://t.co/1csvrmW7Vm. Some may see 413% increase in cost of #healthcare.
Great meetings yesterday with Lancaster and Chester Chambers. Read about my Lancaster meeting here: http://t.co/otmbInHnEk #Obamacare #jobs
Right now, talking with the Lancaster Chamber about implementation of the health care law and #jobs. http://t.co/OgWAH908Kr
HHS is spending your tax dollars on wasteful and possibly illegal health efforts. Money shouldn't be used to lobby. http://t.co/wd0wINQPZq
With the horrors seen in the #Gosnell case, @HouseCommerce members ask states tough questions about clinic safety: http://t.co/tsFmcfs7Gd
Working with @SenatorTomUdall on legislation to prevent dangerous doping of racehorses. Story here: http://t.co/WXJRLjjdzE
#flightdelays are needless. House cut 15% and stayed open. FAA sequester policy playing politics with public safety: http://t.co/h3oXl19vvq
In @TheHill today, @michaelcburgess and I call on our colleagues to cut wasteful #Obamacare spending and reduce #debt http://t.co/czZWlXJBxm
The @WSJ documents another government #stimulus failure: http://t.co/qWzhFiax98 Taxpayers lose millions on a failed electric car company.
Ken Hoagland with Restore America's Voice supports HR 1549 in @NROcorner: http://t.co/7DCZJScuMt. Let's defund #Obamacare.
The Wall Street Journal editorial board supports HR 1549, the Helping Sick Americans Now Act: http://t.co/sXfAD1OV9n via @WSJ #Obamacare
Sam Stoltzfus business owner from Lancaster is here today to hear how #obamacare will affect his ability to afford insurance for his workers
Coming up at 10, HHS Secretary Seblius testifies in front of the Health Subcom. Live video here: http://t.co/hSmK5RNqTh.
#Obamacare slush fund spends illegally and wastefully: http://t.co/fPbXX0SIJn. @michaelcburgess talks about a mother shut out of the program
No surprise, but Democrats are opposed to HR 1549 taking money out of their #Obamacare slush fund and using it to help sick Americans now.
Right now, @HouseCommerce marking up Helping Sick Americans Now Act, HR 1549, my opening statement: http://t.co/xA37VYJ03z
Today, we #PrayforBoston, and for the families of the victims and those who are recovering in hospitals right now.
New Helping Sick Americans Now Act introduced with @michaelcburgess and @RepAnnWagner: http://t.co/7W81Nz75M3. #health #obamacare
Today is Tax Day. @SpeakerBoehner illustrates just how complex the code currently is: http://t.co/Z7C4sWFJIs. 4x longer than #Obamacare.
PM Thatcher may have been "divisive," but most agreed with the results of her policies. My take on the great lady: http://t.co/W1ABKgEdvc
#Gosnell trial continues today. He became a millionaire by exploiting the poor, yet there is little media attention. http://t.co/5L1inuoi0o
My comments in the House today on the trial of Philadelphia Dr. #Gosnell: http://t.co/3x94s0NcA6. Every child is wanted.
Should we bring #Medicare into the 21st cent to better serve seniors? My questions for today's Health Subcom witness: http://t.co/zCe4gls1XN
It's time for the @whitehouse to stop the delays. #KeystoneXL could create thousands of good #jobs and give us a reliable source of #energy.
Right now, @HouseCommerce Energy Subcom holds hearing on approving the #KeystoneXL pipeline, watch here http://t.co/itbJ9tfE3I #energy #jobs
In just a few minutes, @HouseCommerce Health Subcom hearing on new animal drug legislation. Watch live here: http://t.co/pB2MEz324K
"If you like it, you can keep it." Unless #Obamacare leads employers to give up on health insurance. http://t.co/ZbIGiKUHBM #hollowpromises
My column from yesterday's @LancasterOnline Sunday News: http://t.co/6ri3iP8KpE. Natural gas is energizing #jobs locally and nationally.
The @LancasterOnline IJ wrote about my effort with @SenToomey to make sugar policy fair for all workers. http://t.co/w9O3gMd5je
Answering questions from media on how sugar policy is killing #jobs. @SenToomey and I support bipartisan reform. http://t.co/el8lrzdyDw
Visiting Pepperidge Farms in Denver PA to talk about sugar reform w/ @SenToomey. Answering questions from employees http://t.co/VwA8KZQtq0
Right now, small business boot camp in Ephrata. #jobs http://t.co/tvw1J0QtuW
RT @HouseCommerce: E&C Studio Presents: "One Year Later, Enough Excuses Mr. President, It's #TimeToBuild Keystone XL" http://t.co/hA ...
Medicaid is failing society's most vulnerable. Right now, we should focus the program on quality, not quantity. http://t.co/h1wljGGu9v
Yesterday, I met McCaskey HS students for a photo on the steps. Wish it had been a nicer day, but glad we could meet. http://t.co/CnOsKB0yP0
Congrats to Chester County, rated today by @RWJF as the healthiest in PA: http://t.co/BluKauCHGx Lancaster and Berks also rate well.
My opening statement: http://t.co/DffnOyjxpF. By 2015, more than 500 million people will be using medical apps.
Right now, hearing on how health IT innovations are benefiting patients. Watch it here: http://t.co/AqdOYiviTG.
Yesterday, I met McCaskey HS students for a photo on the steps. Wish it had been a nicer day, but glad we could meet. http://t.co/wTar9t1hz0
RT @HouseCommerce: EDITORIAL: Congress moves to do what the POTUS won't on #KeystoneXL http://t.co/bbcE5Fj4iZ via @washtimes #TimeToBuild
#Obamacare is hurting job growth. Story of 1 employer who has held off on opening new restaurant because of #redtape http://t.co/wfM8ezvalz
John Cogan and John Taylor: How the House Budget Would Boost the Economy http://t.co/yFYSTDa3Ln via @WSJ
@HouseCommerce hearing on preventing an entitlement crisis that would hurt our most vulnerable citizens at 4 PM here: http://t.co/7D3vX799MZ
Thanks to @SenToomey for asking tough questions about why big sugar might get an $80 million taxpayer #bailout: http://t.co/LmEQhqjrrg
@FurchtgottRoth counters Dem claims that #Obamacare has no affect on #jobs: http://t.co/RLm7aTW9Id. Thank you for your expert testimony.
Premiums in the individual market in PA are expected to increase by 39%. #Obamacare is making #healthcare unaffordable. We can do better.
Right now, @Housecommerce hearing on the steep premium increases under #Obamacare. Some will see premiums double: http://t.co/rD2HviDiI6
Congrats to the 27 military academy nominees from the PA-16. 7 already accepted. See list at: http://t.co/E060TbcLcJ http://t.co/V0Dab9QuYA
Fed #jobs training programs are a bureaucratic maze. What happens when we pass the SKILLS Act: http://t.co/OVG7tp3uGl http://t.co/jr3Sv01B2d
#Obamacare will create lots of jobs at the IRS, but not the good private sector jobs we need. @NancyPelosi where are the 400,000 jobs?
Witness @FurchtgottRoth shows how low-wage workers will be the hardest hit under #Obamacare. Read her testimony here: http://t.co/AzDssxRtLJ
My statement from today's hearing: http://t.co/HjtL0vB3L7. #Obamacare keeps businesses small and discourages hiring full-time workers.
At 10:15, Health Subcom will hold hearing on #Obamacare 's impact on #jobs. Watch it live here http://t.co/Hq23W4tJkj.
RT @McConnellPress: UPDATED PHOTO: Check out #RedTapeTower - nearly 20,000 pages of #Obamacare regulations vs original #Obamacare bill. ...
I dropped my bill to get rid of an $11B #Obamacare slush fund today: http://t.co/YwTjLQ819o. These funds have no Congressional oversight.
@WhiteHouse top WH official says that meeting with Congress is: “a joke. We’re wasting the president’s time and ours.” Do you agree?
Application for #Obamacare: 15 written pages, 21 online. That's just the beginning of the paperwork. AP reports here: http://t.co/c42XVu0KRb
Read the House GOP #Budget plan here: http://t.co/0mwRwCMC1u. Our plan shows the way to a debt-free future w/o #jobs killing tax increases.
Today, @RepPaulRyan laid out the House GOP budget in the @WSJ: http://t.co/4JwWDpFit1. The only budget in Washington that balances.
#Obamacare, making it harder to make ends meet. We can do better: http://t.co/3NOLqnQttJ. @HouseCommerce report here: http://t.co/7oNmHjQtO3
New Fed report acknowledges that #Obamacare is hurting #jobs across America. See the @HouseCommerce release here: http://t.co/8j5HdMZ3xl
My @SundayNews column: http://t.co/JgUJ8XQ9sy. Protecting our fiscal future is about preserving all of the good things we expect govt to do.
RT @HouseCommerce: 1,624 days and counting. It's time for the @whitehouse to say yes to #MiddleClass #Jobs http://t.co/HzEoJulXYJ #Forwa ...
RT @HouseCommerce: LOOK AHEAD: Committee announces forum & hearing schedule for next week http://t.co/CwqfAtLtEC
RT @HouseCommerce: E&C STUDIO PRESENTS--Tick Tock: Waiting for the @whitehouse to fight #healthcare fraud. Watch here--> http://t ...
Fighting waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid is just one of the many ways we can replace the #sequester http://t.co/G80yUaTSlK
Right now, @HouseCommerce Health Subcom hearing on eliminating waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid. Video here: http://t.co/hDVsypGwCD
We could save $10B just by ending the HHS Secretary's duplicative preventative health slush fund. #sequester http://t.co/yiCnJMSUtL
Tomorrow, @HouseCommerce Health Subcom looks at how we can stop the more than $65B in improper Medicare and Medicaid payments. #sequester
We will never #stopthesequester if the President doesn't stop campaigning and start working with Congress. http://t.co/yiCnJMSUtL
There's lots of room in the #budget to cut things we don't need. $10B health slush fund, $115B in improper payments: http://t.co/ZaqrjzvZVA
Bipartisan Sugar Reform Act introduced today. Thanks to: Danny Davis @SenatorShaheen @SenToomey @SenatorKirk @repblumenauer @RepGoodlatte
Updated link for video of Medicare payments hearing happening now: http://t.co/NCzKTNx2
First Health Subcom hearing of the year: providing stability to #Medicare payments. Watch here http://t.co/BQ6wzPW3 http://t.co/h6KJSHGi
The Pres talks about govt "investments" when $150 mill went to help pay for battery company workers to play board games http://t.co/18pjkXCD
My thoughts on tonight's #SOTU: http://t.co/KtntZzoR Lots of soaring rhetoric about government #spending, but no real plan on paying for it.
To get the facts during tonight's #SOTU, go to http://t.co/PN5Sd09z for live updates while the President is speaking.
RT @SenToomey: "With malice toward none, charity for all, firmness in right as God gives us to see it, let us finish our work." Happy bi ...
Obamacare regs are weighing down job creators and health care providers. Total hours needed to comply: 127 million http://t.co/WXGQklER
Today, @HouseCommerce and @WaysandMeansGOP put out a framework for #Medicare SGR reform. Read our proposal here: http://t.co/EntS36Td
@HouseCommerce launches new #Obamacare regs tracker. Current number of hours we will spend on compliance: 127,602,371 http://t.co/MI1Oo3OO
Last night, the House passed my bill to help train pediatricians. View my comments on the bill here: http://t.co/4zYENBT8
RT @HouseCommerce: WATCH LIVE: #SubEnergyPower hearing on North America energy resources http://t.co/7b4EbkFg
My bipartisan bill to help Children's Hospitals is up in the House this evening. More in my op-ed from the @SundayNews: http://t.co/z5l2d2Xz
Imagine if the rules changed in the middle of the #SuperBowl? My op-ed on Obama's moving goal posts for #KeystoneXL: http://t.co/qgt3dh2a
LA Gov @BobbyJindal writes in the @WashingtonPost on how states can reform Medicaid to provide better care: http://t.co/pz1Hv4ac
This year I'm rejoining the @HouseCommerce Energy and Power Subcommittee. #EnergyIndependence is my top priority. http://t.co/AoRVbfjS
My comments from today's @HouseCommerce markup: http://t.co/ZuIciHI6. We need the Senate to pass my bill to help train pediatricians.
Working with @FrankPallone on bill to renew grant program for pediatricians. HR 297 passed out of @HouseCommerce today with a voice vote.
#ObamaCare may cause some insurance premiums to double in the coming years. The true costs get more clear everyday. http://t.co/l8PJej27
Out of control #spending is leading to a much steeper #fiscalcliff. My op-ed from yesterday's @SundayNews: http://t.co/5emoU4ii
The govt of #Iran has released Pastor Youcef from prison, an answer to prayer. We hope they will let him practice his religion in peace.
Don't be fooled, Congress sets the #debtlimit. Obama must negotiate with the House to control #spending and deficits: http://t.co/mXKBm9xz
@KeithEllison and I are once again calling on #Iran to release Pastor Youcef, who is imprisoned for his faith: http://t.co/5xDMpwEj
On this week's radio show: the #fiscalcliff deal, a farm bill extension, and a new 16th District. http://t.co/WeJIdUB7

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