Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced that the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives will hold a hearing on The Pricing of Fetal Tissue beginning at 10:00am Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in HVC-210 at the U.S. Capitol.
The release of videos last summer raised the question of whether abortion clinics and middleman tissue procurement businesses were profiting from the sale of baby body parts, organs and tissues.
Pursuant to H. Res. 461, the Select Investigative Panel has subpoenaed the business and accounting documents of several organizations to determine if they were in violation of 42 USC § 289g-2, which prohibits the transfer of any fetal tissue for valuable consideration that exceeds the reasonable costs associated with the procurement. This hearing will further examine information about the pricing of tissue and whether abortion clinics and middleman businesses were making a profit from the transfer of fetal tissue in violation of federal law.
“When questions are being raised about the possibility that a federal statute has been violated, Congress has a duty to the taxpayers to find the facts and get to the bottom of what is actually going on," Blackburn said.
WHAT: Select Investigative Panel Hearing on The Pricing of Fetal Tissue
WHEN: 10:00am ET on Wednesday, April 20, 2016
WHERE: HVC-210, United States Capitol
The Majority Memorandum, a witness list, and witness testimony will be available HERE as they are posted. A live webcast will also be available at the same link on the day of the hearing.
