{"id":78373,"date":"2015-10-27T06:39:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T10:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=78373"},"modified":"2015-10-27T00:50:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T04:50:09","slug":"pro-abortion-congressman-democrats-may-boycott-planned-parenthood-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-congressman-democrats-may-boycott-planned-parenthood-hearings\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-abortion congressman: Democrats may boycott Planned Parenthood hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In remarks to the Huffington Post, Congressman Xavier Becerra, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/democrats-may-boycott-house-panel-investigating-planned-parenthood\">condemned<\/a> the House Energy &amp; Commerce Committee&#8217;s Select Panel on Planned Parenthood as a &#8220;farce.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While predicting Democrats would ultimately send five members to take part in the panel, Becerra expressed a temptation to instead &#8220;boycott it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cFor those who wish to be responsible with our government, who believe our government is supposed to be doing oversight under the Constitution and really try to fulfill our role, it is tough to say that we are just going to distance ourselves because we know it is a political show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, outgoing Speaker John Boehner <a href=\"\/news\/breaking-boehner-appoints-members-planned-parenthood-investigative-panel\/\">announced<\/a> that the panel would be chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, and its remaining Republican members would be Joe Pitts, Diane Black, Larry Bucshon, Sean Duffy, Andy Harris, Vicky Hartzler, and Mia Love.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/liveaction.org\/petition\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg\" alt=\"DefundAd-400b\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg 400w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The panel <a href=\"\/news\/u-s-house-votes-to-create-special-panel-to-investigate-planned-parenthoods-sale-of-baby-parts\/\">will take over<\/a> for the committee in investigating Planned Parenthood&#8217;s harvesting and sale of aborted babies organs, and whether the abortion giant has <a href=\"\/news\/a-guide-to-how-planned-parenthood-is-breaking-the-law\/\">broken federal laws<\/a> in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Becerra&#8217;s voting record is 100% pro-abortion, <a href=\"http:\/\/votesmart.org\/candidate\/evaluations\/26754\/xavier-becerra#.Vi7-MKI7CRs\">according to<\/a> Planned Parenthood and NARAL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In remarks to the Huffington Post, Congressman Xavier Becerra, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, condemned the House Energy &amp; 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