DeLauro Statement on Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) delivered the following statement today on the floor of the House of Representatives on the Majority’s attempt to launch yet another politically-motivated, taxpayer-funded Select Committee: the Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health.

DeLauro’s remarks can also be viewed here.

“I rise in strong opposition to this resolution. It is beneath the dignity of this chamber to participate in an ideological witch hunt, especially one based on entirely false allegations. The Chair of the House Oversight Committee spent hours last week cross-examining Planned Parenthood’s President about these claims, and even he has publicly admitted that they have no merit.

“So let us call this proposed committee what it really is: the Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health. The Majority wants to kill Planned Parenthood. And if they succeed, many low-income women will have nowhere left to go for breast cancer exams, pap smears, and a range of other lifesaving services. So this resolution tells these women flat out: We do not care about your health. We do not care if you die.

“The hypocrisy of the Majority is breathtaking. One moment they condemn all government spending – even on health care for some of our poorest families. And now, they plan to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on a politically-motivated witch hunt. I urge colleagues to vote against this disgraceful resolution.”

Yesterday DeLauro joined her colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Boehner about the recent hearing in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee with the President of Planned Parenthood. That letter can be viewed here.


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