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Pelosi Pans Planned Parenthood Special Committee

By JM Rieger and Emma Dumain

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At her weekly news conference Thursday afternoon, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi praised the six Democrats she appointed to serve on the new subcommittee to investigate Planned Parenthood.In criticizing the panel’s creation, she renamed it, “The Republican Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health.” “It’s a funny thing,” the California Democrat said. “We’ll see what their agenda is, but I do believe that hardworking families deserve better than wasting taxpayers’ money on select committees that diminish women’s health possibilities.” Read more.

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