{"id":126729,"date":"2016-09-22T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=126729"},"modified":"2016-09-22T11:37:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T15:37:59","slug":"house-panel-votes-hold-stemexpress-contempt-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/house-panel-votes-hold-stemexpress-contempt-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"House Panel votes to hold StemExpress in contempt of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It sounded more like a parliamentary temper tantrum than a congressional business meeting. Despite Democrats’ contentious opposition, the House Select Panel on Infant Lives<\/a> voted to hold the fetal tissue procurement company, StemExpress, and its owner Cate Dyer, in contempt of Congress for their failure to comply with Congressional subpoenas<\/a>. The recommendation now goes to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for a vote.<\/p>\n

The vote came after the Democratic opposition on the subcommittee tried every tactic it could to stonewall the process–then walked out of the proceedings in protest. Because a quorum was present, Republicans were able to pass the resolution 8-0.<\/p>\n

The hour-long business meeting was an exercise in contention as Chair Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee) convened the meeting and heard opening statements. The Democratic members lambasted Blackburn, the committee, and even Live Action News for its coverage of the news involving fetal tissue research.<\/p>\n