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Time to get Serious about Entitlement Reform (1/19/07)
Seniors can count on Pitts (3/12/04)
Rep. Pitts votes to protect people with disabilities, root out fraud in Social Security program (2/12/04)
Rep. Pitts back pension reform (5/14/03)
What's Really Going on in Washington (7/24/02)
Retirement Security is a Republican Priority (6/4/02)
Rep. Pitts Earns Defender of Economic Freedom Award (5/9/08)
Rep. Pitts Named as 'Taxpayers' Friend' (4/8/08)
Rep. Pitts Opposes Largest Tax Increase in U.S. History (3/05/08)
Taking a Stand for the Taxpayer (3/16/07)
Congressman Pitts votes to prevent tax increase (5/10/06)
Unleashing the American Economy (5/5/06)
Rep. Pitts: Death should not be a taxable event (4/13/05)
Rep. Pitts recognized for efforts to lower taxes, control spending (10/13/04)
Taxes: Time to Reinvent the Wheel (8/13/04)
Pitts: “The last thing American families need is a tax hike” (5/21/04)
Rep. Pitts votes against tax increases for working families (5/13/04)
House acts to extend AMT tax relief for middle-income families (5/5/04)
House offers relief to guardsmen, reservists fighting war on terror (4/21/04)
Rep. Pitts supports permanent repeal of marriage tax (4/28/04)
Rep. Pitts calls for tax reform (4/14/04)
Make the tax relief permanent (2/24/04)
Rep. Pitts' votes make him "Hero of the Taxpayer" (2/12/04)
Rep. Pitts joins new effort to reform tax code (10/1)
Rep. Pitts votes to kill death tax for good...again (6/18/03)
Asking the wrong people to make sacrifices (6/18/03)
House passes tax relief (5/9/03)
Rep. Pitts named "Taxpayer's Friend" (5/9/03)
Rep. Pitts votes for constitutional amendment limiting tax increases (6/12/02)
Rep. Pitts votes to make marriage tax penalty relief permanent (6/13/02)
Rep. Pitts votes to kill death tax for good (6/6/02)
Daschle should reconsider his vow to hike taxes (4/18/02)
Remarks at Lancaster Taxpayers Rally (4/15/02)
Tax Relief Has Saved You Money (4/10/02)
Rep. Pitts votes to help displaced workers (3/8/02)
Refunds grow 12% as tax cuts take effect (2/22/02)
House passes third stimulus bill (2/14/02)
House votes to keep tax relief (2/6/02)
Free the Daschle Fifty! (1/24/02)
Senator, Stop the Politics and Cooperate (1/8/02)
Jumpstarting the Economy (10/6/01)
Rep. Pitts attends tax cut signing ceremony (6/701)
HOUSE PASSES HISTORIC TAX CUTS! (5/26/01)
Rep. Pitts votes to up IRA limits (5/2/01)
Rep. Pitts named "Taxpayer's Friend" (4/9/02)
Rep. Pitts votes to eliminate "death" tax (4/4/01)
The Death Tax Must Go (4/3/01)
Rep. Pitts votes for family tax cuts (3/29/01)
Rep. Pitts votes for Bush budget (3/28/01)
Speech on Marriage Tax Penalty Repeal (3/27/01)
Strengthening Families, by Rep. Joe Pitts (3/26/01)
Speech on the President's tax relief plan (3/21/01)
Rep. Pitts votes for tax cuts (3/8/01)
Cutting Taxes is the Right Thing to Do (3/6/01)
"Rep. Pitts renews effort to save farmland" (3/6/01)
Rep. Pitts named "Taxpayer Hero" (3/1/02)
The Return to Fiscal Sanity (2/27/01)
Rep. Pitts votes to eliminate 'death tax' (6/9/00)
Rep. Pitts urges President to sign marriage tax penalty repeal (7/20/00)
See Congressman Pitts' Tax Relief page
"Fairness" Hurts Free Speech (8/17/07)
Transition to Digital Television (8/10/07)
A Decent Idea (6/16/06)
Congressman Pitts praises enactment of Broadcast Decency Bill (6/15/06)
Congressman Pitts hails passage of Broadcast Decency Bill (6/7/06)
Rep. Pitts' Wireless Privacy Amendment Passes House Committee (3/9/06)
Rep. Pitts praises introduction of family friendly cable packages (12/12/05)
Rep. Pitts: Congress must show leadership on wireless directory (3/3/05)
Rep. Pitts joins bipartisan majority in vote to clean up public airwaves (2/16/05)
Sprint opts out of wireless directory (1/13/05)
Report from the Congressional Research Service on wireless issues for Congress (12/22/04)
Wireless industry: "I can't tell you that we won't change our minds" (9/29/04)
Senate Committee takes up Pitts wireless 411 privacy bill (9/21/04)
Rep. Pitts welcomes wireless 411 inquiry from telecom leaders (9/16/04)
Rep. Pitts: wireless study confirms need for privacy protections (8/20/04)
Pitts: Unanswered questions warrant hearing on cell phone database (5/27/04)
Pitts renews call to protect privacy of wireless numbers (3/18/04)
Restoring the public trust (3/12/04)
Rep. Pitts votes to clear up airwaves (3/11/04)
Bill enabling FCC to clean up airwaves sails through committee (3/3/04)
Rep. Pitts praises Howard Stern’s removal from the airwaves (2/26/04)
Rep. Pitts announces effort to protect privacy of wireless numbers (11/20/03)
Rep. Pitts: "Court's decision is a vindication of common sense" (6/26/03)
Rep. Pitts supports Pledge and Prayer Amendment (4/9)
Rep. Pitts urges passage of Ten Commandments Defense Act (4/9/02)
The Case of James Madison v. Stewart Dalzell (3/12/02)
Rep. Pitts Remembers Victims of 9/11 (9/11/07)
Rep. Pitts Supports Terrorist Tribunal Bill (9/27/06)
Rep. Pitts Marks Fifth Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks (9/11/06)
Rep. Pitts Votes to Improve Border Security (9/14/06)
A Day in Iraq (5/19/06)
Three Years in Iraq (3/24/06)
Completing the Mission (12/2/05)
Rep. Pitts supports bill to strengthen border security (2/10/05)
Rep. Pitts supports 9/11 Commission bill; votes for intelligence reform (10/8/04)
Rep. Pitts calls Dr. Rice's testimony informative, direct (4/8/04)
House reaffirms commitment to Iraq (3/17/04)
House to Syria: Get out of bed with terrorists or face the consequences (10/15/03)
Rep. Pitts, House Committee address Syrian support for terrorism (10/8/03)
House plan protects nation from bioterrorism (7/17/03)
House approves plan to fund homeland security efforts (6/24/03)
Rep. Pitts urges EU to reconsider treatment of terror group (6/20/03)
What's Really Going on in Washington (7/24/02)
Blame Yassir Arafat (4/3/02)
Unlawful Combatants, Not POWs (1/29/02)
Rep. Pitts reactions to State of the Union (1/29/02)
Rep. Pitts lauds passage of House aviation security bill (11/2/01)
House honors heroes of 9/11 (10/31/01)
Anti-terrorism bill becomes law today (10/26/01)
Rep. Pitts votes for anti-terrorism bill (10/12/01)
Rep. Pitts votes to improve intelligence gathering (10/6/01)
The Return of Good and Evil (10/3/01)
Rep. Pitts praises Bush Address (9/20)
REP. PITTS RESPONDS TO ACTS OF WAR (9/12)
See also Defense
See also Homeland Security
Rep. Pitts supports CAFTA (7/28/05)
U.S. - Morocco Free Trade Agreement (7/22/04)
State workers receive tax credits to aid in health costs (4/23/04)
Rep. Pitts to China: play by the rules (10/30/03)
Rep. Pitts Reintroduces Legislation to Save America's Small Transit Systems (1/30/07)
Rep. Pitts Introduces Bill to Save Federal Funding for RRTA, BARTA (9/20/06)
Transportation bill funds projects in Chester County; protects public transit in Lancaster, Reading (3/10/05)
Transportation bill funds projects in Lancaster County; protects public transit in Lancaster, Reading (3/10/05)
A threat to public transit in our area (4/2/04)
House transportation bill invests $14 million in 16th District (4/2/04)
Lancaster transit provider scores huge federal grant for bus terminal (3/19/04)
BARTA check presentation (2/23/04)
Pitts, Gerlach unveil BARTA grants (2/23/04)
Rep. Pitts’ Lancaster airport bill heads to President’s desk after Senate approval Friday (11/24/03)
House vote helps Lancaster Airport (10/30/03)
Rep. Pitts' bill would save federal funding for RRTA, BARTA (7/14)
Rep. Pitts' bill would restore commercial air service to Lancaster (5/1/03)
Rep. Pitts votes to help RRTA (9/9/02)
Rep. Pitts fights for RRTA autonomy (7/24/02)
Transportation bill has funding for Red Rose Transit Authority (6/26/01)
Rep. Pitts votes for Transportation Authorization (5/19/01)
State workers receive tax credits to aid in health costs (4/23/04)
Pennsylvania secures federal assistance for displaced workers (10/1/03)
See Jobs
Hope in any language (4/16/04)
Promoting healthier families to fight poverty (4/8/04)
Rep. Pitts votes to continue welfare reform (5/16/02)
End the Welfare Marriage Penalty (3/7/02)
Rep. Pitts lauds zero-funding of UN agency complicit in forced abortions (7/22/02)
Maternal and Child Health Consortium receives federal grant (6/26/01)
Rep. Pitts holds women's health conference (9/11/01)
Speech on women's health issues (9/9/01)
See Congressman Pitts' Family Issues page
Retirement Security
Time to get Serious about Entitlement Reform (1/19/07)
Seniors can count on Pitts (3/12/04)
Rep. Pitts votes to protect people with disabilities, root out fraud in Social Security program (2/12/04)
Rep. Pitts back pension reform (5/14/03)
What's Really Going on in Washington (7/24/02)
Retirement Security is a Republican Priority (6/4/02)
Tax Relief
Rep. Pitts Earns Defender of Economic Freedom Award (5/9/08)
Rep. Pitts Named as 'Taxpayers' Friend' (4/8/08)
Rep. Pitts Opposes Largest Tax Increase in U.S. History (3/05/08)
Taking a Stand for the Taxpayer (3/16/07)
Congressman Pitts votes to prevent tax increase (5/10/06)
Unleashing the American Economy (5/5/06)
Rep. Pitts: Death should not be a taxable event (4/13/05)
Rep. Pitts recognized for efforts to lower taxes, control spending (10/13/04)
Taxes: Time to Reinvent the Wheel (8/13/04)
Pitts: “The last thing American families need is a tax hike” (5/21/04)
Rep. Pitts votes against tax increases for working families (5/13/04)
House acts to extend AMT tax relief for middle-income families (5/5/04)
House offers relief to guardsmen, reservists fighting war on terror (4/21/04)
Rep. Pitts supports permanent repeal of marriage tax (4/28/04)
Rep. Pitts calls for tax reform (4/14/04)
Make the tax relief permanent (2/24/04)
Rep. Pitts' votes make him "Hero of the Taxpayer" (2/12/04)
Rep. Pitts joins new effort to reform tax code (10/1)
Rep. Pitts votes to kill death tax for good...again (6/18/03)
Asking the wrong people to make sacrifices (6/18/03)
House passes tax relief (5/9/03)
Rep. Pitts named "Taxpayer's Friend" (5/9/03)
Rep. Pitts votes for constitutional amendment limiting tax increases (6/12/02)
Rep. Pitts votes to make marriage tax penalty relief permanent (6/13/02)
Rep. Pitts votes to kill death tax for good (6/6/02)
Daschle should reconsider his vow to hike taxes (4/18/02)
Remarks at Lancaster Taxpayers Rally (4/15/02)
Tax Relief Has Saved You Money (4/10/02)
Rep. Pitts votes to help displaced workers (3/8/02)
Refunds grow 12% as tax cuts take effect (2/22/02)
House passes third stimulus bill (2/14/02)
House votes to keep tax relief (2/6/02)
Free the Daschle Fifty! (1/24/02)
Senator, Stop the Politics and Cooperate (1/8/02)
Jumpstarting the Economy (10/6/01)
Rep. Pitts attends tax cut signing ceremony (6/701)
HOUSE PASSES HISTORIC TAX CUTS! (5/26/01)
Rep. Pitts votes to up IRA limits (5/2/01)
Rep. Pitts named "Taxpayer's Friend" (4/9/02)
Rep. Pitts votes to eliminate "death" tax (4/4/01)
The Death Tax Must Go (4/3/01)
Rep. Pitts votes for family tax cuts (3/29/01)
Rep. Pitts votes for Bush budget (3/28/01)
Speech on Marriage Tax Penalty Repeal (3/27/01)
Strengthening Families, by Rep. Joe Pitts (3/26/01)
Speech on the President's tax relief plan (3/21/01)
Rep. Pitts votes for tax cuts (3/8/01)
Cutting Taxes is the Right Thing to Do (3/6/01)
"Rep. Pitts renews effort to save farmland" (3/6/01)
Rep. Pitts named "Taxpayer Hero" (3/1/02)
The Return to Fiscal Sanity (2/27/01)
Rep. Pitts votes to eliminate 'death tax' (6/9/00)
Rep. Pitts urges President to sign marriage tax penalty repeal (7/20/00)
See Congressman Pitts' Tax Relief page
Telecommunications
"Fairness" Hurts Free Speech (8/17/07)
Transition to Digital Television (8/10/07)
A Decent Idea (6/16/06)
Congressman Pitts praises enactment of Broadcast Decency Bill (6/15/06)
Congressman Pitts hails passage of Broadcast Decency Bill (6/7/06)
Rep. Pitts' Wireless Privacy Amendment Passes House Committee (3/9/06)
Rep. Pitts praises introduction of family friendly cable packages (12/12/05)
Rep. Pitts: Congress must show leadership on wireless directory (3/3/05)
Rep. Pitts joins bipartisan majority in vote to clean up public airwaves (2/16/05)
Sprint opts out of wireless directory (1/13/05)
Report from the Congressional Research Service on wireless issues for Congress (12/22/04)
Wireless industry: "I can't tell you that we won't change our minds" (9/29/04)
Senate Committee takes up Pitts wireless 411 privacy bill (9/21/04)
Rep. Pitts welcomes wireless 411 inquiry from telecom leaders (9/16/04)
Rep. Pitts: wireless study confirms need for privacy protections (8/20/04)
Pitts: Unanswered questions warrant hearing on cell phone database (5/27/04)
Pitts renews call to protect privacy of wireless numbers (3/18/04)
Restoring the public trust (3/12/04)
Rep. Pitts votes to clear up airwaves (3/11/04)
Bill enabling FCC to clean up airwaves sails through committee (3/3/04)
Rep. Pitts praises Howard Stern’s removal from the airwaves (2/26/04)
Rep. Pitts announces effort to protect privacy of wireless numbers (11/20/03)
Ten Commandments
Rep. Pitts: "Court's decision is a vindication of common sense" (6/26/03)
Rep. Pitts supports Pledge and Prayer Amendment (4/9)
Rep. Pitts urges passage of Ten Commandments Defense Act (4/9/02)
The Case of James Madison v. Stewart Dalzell (3/12/02)
Terrorism
Rep. Pitts Remembers Victims of 9/11 (9/11/07)
Rep. Pitts Supports Terrorist Tribunal Bill (9/27/06)
Rep. Pitts Marks Fifth Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks (9/11/06)
Rep. Pitts Votes to Improve Border Security (9/14/06)
A Day in Iraq (5/19/06)
Three Years in Iraq (3/24/06)
Completing the Mission (12/2/05)
Rep. Pitts supports bill to strengthen border security (2/10/05)
Rep. Pitts supports 9/11 Commission bill; votes for intelligence reform (10/8/04)
Rep. Pitts calls Dr. Rice's testimony informative, direct (4/8/04)
House reaffirms commitment to Iraq (3/17/04)
House to Syria: Get out of bed with terrorists or face the consequences (10/15/03)
Rep. Pitts, House Committee address Syrian support for terrorism (10/8/03)
House plan protects nation from bioterrorism (7/17/03)
House approves plan to fund homeland security efforts (6/24/03)
Rep. Pitts urges EU to reconsider treatment of terror group (6/20/03)
What's Really Going on in Washington (7/24/02)
Blame Yassir Arafat (4/3/02)
Unlawful Combatants, Not POWs (1/29/02)
Rep. Pitts reactions to State of the Union (1/29/02)
Rep. Pitts lauds passage of House aviation security bill (11/2/01)
House honors heroes of 9/11 (10/31/01)
Anti-terrorism bill becomes law today (10/26/01)
Rep. Pitts votes for anti-terrorism bill (10/12/01)
Rep. Pitts votes to improve intelligence gathering (10/6/01)
The Return of Good and Evil (10/3/01)
Rep. Pitts praises Bush Address (9/20)
REP. PITTS RESPONDS TO ACTS OF WAR (9/12)
See also Defense
See also Homeland Security
Trade
Rep. Pitts supports CAFTA (7/28/05)
U.S. - Morocco Free Trade Agreement (7/22/04)
State workers receive tax credits to aid in health costs (4/23/04)
Rep. Pitts to China: play by the rules (10/30/03)
Transportation
Rep. Pitts Reintroduces Legislation to Save America's Small Transit Systems (1/30/07)
Rep. Pitts Introduces Bill to Save Federal Funding for RRTA, BARTA (9/20/06)
Transportation bill funds projects in Chester County; protects public transit in Lancaster, Reading (3/10/05)
Transportation bill funds projects in Lancaster County; protects public transit in Lancaster, Reading (3/10/05)
A threat to public transit in our area (4/2/04)
House transportation bill invests $14 million in 16th District (4/2/04)
Lancaster transit provider scores huge federal grant for bus terminal (3/19/04)
BARTA check presentation (2/23/04)
Pitts, Gerlach unveil BARTA grants (2/23/04)
Rep. Pitts’ Lancaster airport bill heads to President’s desk after Senate approval Friday (11/24/03)
House vote helps Lancaster Airport (10/30/03)
Rep. Pitts' bill would save federal funding for RRTA, BARTA (7/14)
Rep. Pitts' bill would restore commercial air service to Lancaster (5/1/03)
Rep. Pitts votes to help RRTA (9/9/02)
Rep. Pitts fights for RRTA autonomy (7/24/02)
Transportation bill has funding for Red Rose Transit Authority (6/26/01)
Rep. Pitts votes for Transportation Authorization (5/19/01)
Unemployment
State workers receive tax credits to aid in health costs (4/23/04)
Pennsylvania secures federal assistance for displaced workers (10/1/03)
See Jobs
Veterans
Paying a Debt of Gratitude (11/10/05)
Rep. Pitts supports Rep. Gerlach’s bill to set up area veterans’
cemetery (10/30/03)
Water Resources
White
Clay Creek Act signed into law! (10/24/00)
White
Clay Creek bill passes Senate (10/5/00)
White
Clay Creek Act passes House (9/18/00)
Subcommittee
Reports While Clay Creek bill (6/22/00)
Markup
Called for White Clay Creek bill (6/20/00)
See also Conservation
Welfare Reform
Hope in any language (4/16/04)
Promoting healthier families to fight poverty (4/8/04)
Rep. Pitts votes to continue welfare reform (5/16/02)
End the Welfare Marriage Penalty (3/7/02)
Women's Issues
Women's Rights in Iraq and America (8/26/05)Rep. Pitts lauds zero-funding of UN agency complicit in forced abortions (7/22/02)
Maternal and Child Health Consortium receives federal grant (6/26/01)
Rep. Pitts holds women's health conference (9/11/01)
Speech on women's health issues (9/9/01)
See Congressman Pitts' Family Issues page
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