Rep. Joseph Pitts

Sponsorship Analysis

Pitts is a far-right Republican leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Pitts to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

Committee Membership

Joseph Pitts sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Health
  • Member, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Pitts’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 2012: To improve the integrity and safety of interstate horseracing, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 1549: Helping Sick Americans Now Act
• H.R. 1099: To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
• H.R. 869: White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2013
• H.R. 693: Sugar Reform Act of 2013
• H.R. 297: Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013
• H.R. 5459 (112th): To suspend temporarily the duty on certain smooth nonwoven fiberglass sheets.

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Voting Record

From Jan 1997 to May 2013, Pitts missed 291 of 11,135 roll call votes, which is 2.6%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
• Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills