Providing Amounts for Further Expenses of the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

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Mr. EVANS. Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Illinois.

In the short 2 weeks that I have been here, Madam Speaker, I have observed a lot of interesting things take place.

But what I especially have observed at this particular point, Madam Speaker, is that the American taxpayers shouldn't be asked to spend another $800,000 on an unnecessary and dangerous selective investigation.
Don't take my word, Madam Speaker, look at the aspect of quotes from around the United States.

The Tennessean: ``Right now, the panel is creating the perception that it is embroiled in a wild goose chase.''
The New York Times: ``Neither the videos nor the many investigations that followed have found any evidence that Planned Parenthood offered to sell fetal tissue for a profit.''

``Elected officials should not use the power of the office to intimidate citizens who hold different points of view.'' The New York Times: ``Nor is there any reason to conduct this investigation . . . Republicans are pointlessly attacking a practice that could save lives and, in the process, potentially putting researchers' lives at risk.''

The Hill: ``The committee is abusing its power and the effect is very troubling for researchers and patients alike.''

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Mr. EVANS. The fact is Planned Parenthood does not sell fetal tissue for profit and never has. A Republican-led House panel is undeterred and conducting its own investigation and, more accurately, witch hunt.

Even more troubling is the considerable time and money that will be wasted on this political damage to health care and medical research.

Madam Speaker, this is not needed. We should be against it.

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