Pro-Choice Caucus Leaders Blast GOP Plan to Create Committee on Planned Parenthood

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Source: Reps. Louise Slaughter and Diana DeGette

“Nothing More Than a Taxpayer-Funded Witch Hunt Intended to Rationalize Their Efforts to Restrict Americans' Access to Health Care”

As House Republicans announced plans to create a select committee to investigate Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice Caucus co-chairs Reps. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) today released the following statement:

"Our country has urgent issues that must be addressed, starting with preventing another partisan government shutdown in just a few days' time. Instead, House Republicans have unveiled plans to create a Benghazi-style committee to attack Planned Parenthood, proving that GOP efforts to restrict access to health care are snowballing out of control. Trotting out heavily edited videos to justify another publicly funded smear campaign against Planned Parenthood is the lowest form of political pandering and will do nothing to solve the very real problems facing our nation.

"Republicans have already wasted millions of dollars on their attempts to take away Americans' health care and millions more fabricating a scandal over Benghazi even after three committees found the charges were baseless. And with multiple committees looking into Planned Parenthood without finding any laws broken, Republicans are returning to a tactic that wastes taxpayer money and produces no substantive information. While Republicans apparently can't find the money to fix our crumbling roads, bridges, and schools, they're jumping out of their seats to waste millions of taxpayer dollars on yet another political stunt.

"This move by Republican leaders is nothing more than a taxpayer-funded witch hunt intended to rationalize their efforts to restrict Americans' access to health care. We urge Republican leaders, in the strongest possible terms, to not waste the House's time, money, or dignity on this craven political ploy."

Read more: https://louise.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pro-choice-caucus-leaders-blast-gop-plan-create-committee-planned

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House Democrats Blast Republican Plan to Create Committee on Planned Parenthood

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/09/27/house-democrats-blast-republican-plan-create-committee-planned-parenthood.html

[pangaia]

1. YEA, LOUISE !! YOU GO GIRL !

I wish she were my rep. But I am one district over with some idiot puke.. But she's 'my gal!' Love her....

[pangaia]

2. We need bernie Sanders....

and hundreds more like him on his.. sport jacket tails. Republicanism will mean the death of humanity. Republicanism should be illegal !

[drm604]

3. She has it exactly right.

They waste our money on investigations that have no purpose other than to create the public impression that something needs investigating.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Remember

when GWB was president and Republicans kept hyping on how
Democrats should not investigate because it would cost millions?

Full circle.

[azureblue]

5. a committee

to force its religious beliefs on America.......

[Dont call me Shirley]

6. Marsha Blackburn, another self-hating woman-hating female.

[riversedge]

7. Right. More wasting of tax dollars.