WASHINGTON, DC - House Speaker John Boehner today announced the Republican appointments to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Select Investigative Panel that will focus on the abhorrent practices of big abortion providers. Full committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) will lead the Select Investigative Panel. Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) and committee member Dr. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) were also appointed to the panel.
“No issue is more deserving of our undivided attention than protecting the dignity of human life," said Select Panel Chairman Blackburn. “This will be a broad based - information gathering - fact finding mission - to answer questions about how we treat and protect life in this country. This is a discussion that this country must have. This is a discussion that we should not shy away from."
Following are the Republican members of the Select Investigative Panel appointed by the House Speaker:
* Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Chairman (R-TN)
* Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA)
* Rep. Diane Black (R-TN)
* Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN)
* Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI)
* Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD)
* Rep. Vicki Hartzler (R-MO)
* Rep. Mia Love (R-UT)
The Energy and Commerce Committee, along with the House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has been investigating the practices of Planned Parenthood and several tissue procurement companies in the wake of a series of grisly videos released over the past several months. See Also
* OPINION: Rep. Blackburn in US News & World Report: An Investigation in Defense of Life
