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Congressman Joe Pitts

Congressman Joe Pitts

HHS Reinterprets Law to Allow California Abortion Mandate

In 2004 Congress passed the Weldon amendment, which said that no state can discriminate against a healthcare entity because it refuses to…

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 11, 2016

Congressman Joe Pitts

China Harvests Human Organs

In 2014 China said that it would stop harvesting organs from state prisoners. In 2015, we found out that promise was a ruse.

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 11, 2016

Congressman Joe Pitts

State Exchange Premiums Jump… Again

When Obamacare was implemented, Sam Beiler of Stevens, Pennsylvania lost his current plan, and the closest plan cost $700 more each month…

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 11, 2016

Congressman Joe Pitts

Mental Illness: Moving Forward

A disheveled woman sits on a street corner screaming at a garbage can. A teenage son remains distant when he’s at home with his parents…

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 11, 2016

Congressman Joe Pitts

Russian Ports & NATO

Russia’s Europe-facing ports were ice-locked for part of the year until the 20th Century. Even with the invention of the ice breaker, these…

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 11, 2016

Congressman Joe Pitts

Drug Epidemic Kills Size of College Campus in Pennsylvania

In 2014, nearly 2,500 Pennsylvanians died from a drug overdose — more than the number of students enrolled at Elizabethtown College in…

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 11, 2016

Congressman Joe Pitts

Community Health Centers Betray Pro-Life Trust

There are 237 Community Health Center sites in Pennsylvania. Their umbrella organization, the National Association of Community Health…

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 11, 2016

Congressman Joe Pitts

Great Is Our Responsibility: Persecution in the Middle East

The Islamic State, the latest iteration of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, rose to prominence in 2014 with its initial invasion of Northern Iraq. As its…

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 11, 2016

Congressman Joe Pitts

The 41-Year-Old Conflict the World Must Not Forget

On February 8, 2015, a young man by the name of Haidala diedin Southern Morocco. A week before, Haidala had been beaten and stabbed in the…

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 11, 2016

Congressman Joe Pitts

The Advantage of Medicare Advantage

“Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector,” Ronald Reagan once stated. One…

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 11, 2016

Congressman Joe Pitts

Congressman Joe Pitts

Joe Pitts represents the 16th Congressional District of Pennsylvania: http://www.house.gov/pitts/shortbio.shtml

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