Carolyn Maloney, Eleanor Holmes Norton walk out of contraception hearing

[one_voice]

Two female Democrats walked out of a House oversight committee hearing on the contraceptive coverage rule Thursday morning, accusing Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) of manipulating committee rules to block female witnesses from testifying.

"What I want to know is, where are the women?" asked Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) before walking out. "I look at this panel [of witnesses], and I don't see one single individual representing the tens of millions of women across the country who want and need insurance coverage for basic preventive health care services, including family planning."

"What I want to know is, where are the women?" asked Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) before walking out. "I look at this panel [of witnesses], and I don't see one single individual representing the tens of millions of women across the country who want and need insurance coverage for basic preventive health care services, including family planning."

The five witnesses on the first panel were all male religious leaders or professors, including a Catholic bishop. Two women were listed on the committee website as witnesses for a second, later panel, also dominated by conservatives. The first panel, however, tends to draw the most attention at hearings.

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[marmar]

1. If sh*t could take a crap, there would be a pile of Darrell Issa in the toilet.

nt

[gratuitous]

2. Good for them

And will we hear about the reasons from our somnambulent bulldogs of the Fourth Estate? Cynical demagoguery seems to be just fine with our popular media as long as the victims aren't seen as powerful enough to warrant concern. But a contemplated raise in the tax rate for robber barons? To the barricades!

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. k&r

[Citizen Worker]

4. Another self inflicted wound by the republicans. Why didn't the rest of the democrats on the

committee get up and walk out?