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In an October 11th roundtable sponsored by the Rotary Club Joe Pitts showed his compassion for the less fortunate by stating: "My own personal philosophy is that the purpose of government is not to meet the needs of the people. The purpose of government is to provide an atmosphere in which people can meet their own needs and in free society we have the freedom to succeed, the freedom of opportunity."

In the wake of the Foley scandal Pitts was http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/100506/news1.html">among the first to come to the aid of Dennis Hastert, issueing a joint press release with fellow leader of the Republican Study Committee, Mike Pense: ''Regardless of our reservations about how this matter was handled administratively, we believe Speaker Hastert is a man of integrity who has led our conference honorably and effectively throughout the past eight years. Speaker Dennis Hastert should not resign.''

Joe Pitts is also head of the Congressional "Values Action Team" formed by Tom Delay in 1988 to "unite conservative Members [of Congress] with pro-family coalitions by establishing legislative goals, identifying key tasks for Members and coalitions to perform, and executing action items that would lead to conservative victories."

Joe Pitts is one of the leading proponents of legislation limiting legal access to contraception.

Joe Pitts also supports a click here that would rewrite federal tax law to allow churches and other houses of worship to use their tax-exempt resources to support political candidates, entitled the "House of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act." This bill would allow partisan political activities in American houses of worship and permit religious institutions to endorse or oppose candidates for public office. The bill was drafted by the American Center for Law and Justice, the Reverend Pat Robertson's legal group. Among those who have lobbied for its passage are Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, D. James Kennedy and James Dobson. Joe Pitts co-sponsored the legislation along with Tom Delay.

I could go on, but you get the picture. It is time to retire Joseph Pitts

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