DeGette Joins with Colleagues, Will Serve on GOP Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined five of her Democratic colleagues who will serve on the House Republicans' new Select Committee to Attack Women's Health. This new, select, committee is the fourth in the House to investigate Planned Parenthood over alleged sales of fetal tissue by Planned Parenthood Affiliates.

"I am proud to join a group of my Democratic colleagues and look forward to working with them to conduct an honest investigation that upholds the Energy and Commerce Committee's long tradition of legitimate oversight," said Rep. DeGette. "After multiple investigations found no evidence of wrongdoing or unlawful activity by Planned Parenthood, I will work to ensure this select committee pursues the facts and avoids, yet another, taxpayer funded witch hunt. The stakes for the over five million men and women who receive reproductive health care from Planned Parenthood every year are simply too high for partisan foolishness."

Planned Parenthood has provided education, information, and services to men and women across the country for 98 years. Their affiliates and doctors serve over five million patients every year, preventing an estimated 516,000 unintended pregnancies annually.

Rep. DeGette will be joined by Democratic Reps. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Jackie Speier (CA-14), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) on the Select Committee.