Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Joseph R. Pitts [R, PA-16]

Grants awarded to REDI, schools

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...reflects a commitment by our state to ensure our policy of more college graduates is a real and reasoned strategy, said state Rep. Joe Pitts, a member of the House Education Committee. Southwest Tennessee Development District, which will receive $39,98

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International religious freedom report notes persecution

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...released May 20 before Secretary Kerry released the report, Representatives Chris Smith (R- N.J.), Frank Wolf (R- Va.), and Joe Pitts (R- Pa) asked Kerry to abide by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 and designate new “Countries of Parti

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US House Committee Advances Track-and-Trace Legislation

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...ensure that counterfeit or stolen drugs do not enter the supply chain and harm patients,” said Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA). “It will also ensure that overlapping red tape does not impose dramatic costs on patients in the form of hi

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Full Pennsylvania Fair Care funds sought

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...only at 110,000, yet the program was still running out of money. In April, U.S. House Republicans, including primary sponsor Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Lancaster, announced a plan to steer some $3.6 billion of "Obamacare's" marketing and preventive health fund t

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Saudi Christian convert’s helpers beaten and jailed

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...at large for international religious freedom, will travel to Saudi Arabia later this month, according to Fox News. Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., told the cable network he hopes she will speak up for the men: “Freedom of religion is an internationally recogni

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GOP House Members Plan Investigation of State Abortion Regulation

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich.; Vice Chairwoman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.; Oversight subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy, R-Pa.; Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., chairman of the Health subcommittee; and Texas GOP Reps. Joe Barton and Michael Burgess. Gosnell was able

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Drug-tracking legislation advances in House

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...this bill will help ensure that counterfeit or stolen drugs do not enter the supply chain and harm patients,” said Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) at the beginning of the markup on Tuesday afternoon. “It will also ensure that overlapping red tape does not im

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Clarksville tragedy sparks mother's fight for new victim compensation law

2013-05-05T01:00:00Z

...said. When I noticed it didnt apply to the rest of the offense, I said thats absolutely wrong. Carney contacted Representative Joe Pitts and composed a revision of the current Victim Compensation. It was later named Tylers Law in honor of Tyler Head. Ty

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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider: Lawmakers float new plan on drugs in horse racing

2013-05-03T01:00:00Z

...sport." It's not the first effort to take on the "Sport of Kings" by Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM), Rep. Ed Whitfield (D-KY) and Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA); previously, they had used a bill to press the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on the sport, but it att

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Peace walk held at Austin Peay State University

2013-04-25T01:00:00Z

...candles and drawings of the smiling face of Martin, they paused for a moment of silence as they remembered the victims. Rep. Joe Pitts spoke about several dates Dec. 7, 1941, Sept. 11, 2001, and April 15, 2013. Those are dates that will mark the histor

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House bill shifts funds in health care law

2013-04-24T01:00:00Z

...duplicative fund, moves it into a program that has bipartisan support and helps pay down the debt," the bill's sponsor, Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., said after the measure cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week. But the bill also has its de

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House bill shifts funds in health care law

2013-04-24T01:00:00Z

House bill shifts funds in health care law

2013-04-24T01:00:00Z

...fund, moves it into a program that has bipartisan support and helps pay down the debt," the bill's sponsor, Rep. Joe Pitts , R-Pa., said after the measure cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week. But the bill also has its detractors on

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Right turns on GOP Obamacare bill

2013-04-23T01:00:00Z

...is very important,” Hoyer added. “And will not serve very many people but will hurt a lot of people.” The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) made that case that by moving the funds those with pre-existing conditions can continue to get funds

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Upcoming Obamacare Vote Could Haunt House Democrats

2013-04-22T01:00:00Z

...Americans without insurance face lots of hurdles to find good coverage,” one of the bill’s leading co-sponsors, Republican Rep. Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania, said in a recent statement. “Five weeks ago, House Republicans asked the president to move a

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Phil Kerpen: Sick people, not lobbyists, need help

2013-04-22T01:00:00Z

...Thats the decision the House will face when it considers HR1549, the Helping Sick Americans Now Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania. It should be an easy choice. Earlier this month, Susan Zurface of Hillsboro, Ohio, testified before Rep. Pi

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Not Enough Retirements In The House To Make Room For New Ideas And Energy?

2013-04-21T01:00:00Z

...Lowey (D-NY)- 75 • Buck McKeon (R-CA)- 74 • Frank Wolf (R-VA)- 74 • Maxine Waters (D-CA)- 74 • Steny Hoyer (D-MD)- 73 • Joe Pitts (R-PA)- 73 • Henry Waxman (D-CA)- 73 • Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)- 73 • John Lewis (D-GA)- 73 McKeon (left) with h

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Lobbyists versus Sick People

2013-04-20T01:00:00Z

...That's the decision the House will face when it considers H.R. 1549, the Helping Sick Americans Now Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania. It should be an easy choice. Earlier this month, Susan Zurface of Hillsboro, Ohio testified before Rep.

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House GOP hypocrites for criticizing Obamacare efforts

2013-04-18T01:00:00Z

...comments at a budget hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, after subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts, Pennsylvania Republican, argued “the law is simply not working as advertised.” Mrs. Sebelius said her department was disa

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Club for Growth, Cantor at odds over ObamaCare bill

2013-04-18T01:00:00Z

...temporary insurance program. The group's chief lobbyist, Andy Roth, wrote to lawmakers Thursday saying the bill from Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) would "further extend the federal government's role in healthcare." "The Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan (

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