Dems pressure GOP to call off special panel on Planned Parenthood
Source: the Hill
Dems pressure GOP to call off special panel on Planned Parenthood
By Peter Sullivan - 10/02/15 04:31 PM EDT
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Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.) and 17 other Senate Democrats, including the chamber’s No. 3 Democrat, Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), wrote to Republican leaders in both chambers on Friday asking that the committee not be created and linking it to the coming election of a new Speaker.
“We understand that the House will soon have new leadership,” the senators write. “We urge you to use this change of guard as an opportunity to end the effort to create a special committee to investigate Planned Parenthood, put aside political attacks on women’s health, and use the committees you are entrusted with to focus on the work women, families and communities across the country sent us here to do.”
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The Senate Democrats delivered their letter a day after House Democrats seized on a comment from House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who told CNN, referring to Planned Parenthood: “I'm not suggesting they broke the law.”
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The Senate Democrats’ letter on Friday sharply criticized Republicans for their handling of the hearing, saying, “We believe the mistreatment of Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards was unacceptable.”
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/255808-dems-to-gop-call-off-special-planned-parenthood-committee
I would love to see Republicans set up a Select Committee on all big CEO's and their lavish incomes. What the F** is this double standard!!!
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