Today, House Republicans’ “witch hunt” against women’s health access continues, with their wasteful Select Committee holding its second hearing of the year this afternoon. Vulnerable Congressman Jeff Denham voted in favor of creating the committee last October, despite the fact that multiple investigations cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing pertaining to the misleading videos created by anti-choice activists who have since been indicted.
Denham said he would defund Planned Parenthood, despite the lifesaving health services its centers provide to over 800,000 California women and their families.
The Republican Select Committee’s efforts to villainize Planned Parenthood are a retread of the repeated, politically-motivated attacks on the organization that are the hallmark of Denham’s House Republican conference. The Republican-led committee Denham voted to create is abusing its power to pursue their anti-women’s health agenda, and it’s wasting hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars.
“Jeff Denham voted for the House Republicans’ Select Committee and their politically motivated and wasteful anti-women’s health agenda,” said Barb Solish of the DCCC. “Central Valley families deserve a Member of Congress who will do everything they can to protect access to women’s healthcare.”