{"id":93554,"date":"2016-04-28T15:36:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T19:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=93554"},"modified":"2016-09-01T16:25:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T20:25:01","slug":"quote-day-top-congresswoman-fetal-tissue-panel-paid-obstruct-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/quote-day-top-congresswoman-fetal-tissue-panel-paid-obstruct-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the day: Is top Congresswoman obstructing fetal tissue investigation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div>\n<p><em>Now, it\u2019s possible that [Rep. Jan] Schakowsky could take her responsibility to investigate the fetal organ trade seriously despite all these conflicts, but the record thus far dramatically suggests the opposite \u2014 a pattern of obstruction, rather obvious collusion with those under investigation, and grandstanding&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to Open Secrets, Schakowsky has, in fact, received $13,365 from Planned Parenthood. EMILY\u2019S List, a pro-abortion fundraising group that frequently gives out money in many contributions under the reporting threshold, has given Schakowsky $64,553 in reported contributions. The list goes on, including $9,500 from NARAL Pro-Choice America and $1,750 from National Organization for Women.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Schakowsky is just one of the handpicked Democratic members on the House panel who is supposed to investigate the legality of trafficking organs from aborted human babies. Her conflicts of interest include her family financially benefiting from messaging and campaign coordination projects for some of the groups under investigation, receiving copious campaign contributions from those same groups, and having a donor serve as a witness without disclosing their close relationship. <\/em><em>If Schakowsky\u00a0is somehow able to remain impartial while fulfilling her responsibilities, she may want to start demonstrating that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>~ Mollie Hemingway, <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/04\/28\/how-the-abortion-industry-bought-off-the-top-democratic-leader-investigating-planned-parenthood\/#disqus_thread\">The Federalist<\/a>, April 28, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now, it\u2019s possible that [Rep. Jan] Schakowsky could take her responsibility to investigate the fetal organ trade seriously despite all these conflicts, but the record thus far dramatically suggests the opposite \u2014 a pattern of obstruction, rather obvious collusion with those under investigation, and grandstanding&#8230;. According to Open Secrets, Schakowsky has, in fact, received $13,365 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":93555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[8580,5847,2091,4198,5232,4362,4462,14,7680,8477,3783],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Quote of the day: Is top Congresswoman obstructing fetal tissue investigation?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Schakowsky has received $13,365 from Planned Parenthood, $64,553 from EMILY\u2019S List, $9,500 from NARAL, &amp; $1,750 from National Organization for Women.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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