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Schakowsky To Serve As Ranking Member on Committee to Attack Women's Health

November 4, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement after Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced the Democratic Members who will serve on the partisan Committee to Attack Women’s Health, including that Representative Schakowsky will serve as Ranking Member on the Committee:

“This Committee to Attack Women’s Health is the latest Republican effort to roll back women’s reproductive rights with a partisan and unwarranted attack on Planned Parenthood. There are already three committees conducting needless and redundant investigations and this is yet another waste of taxpayer dollars on a partisan witch hunt. Democrats need to participate in order to defend the truth and the rights of all women. And that includes the decision to get their medical care at a Planned Parenthood clinic. As Ranking Member I look forward to working with Representatives Diana DeGette, Jerrold Nadler, Jackie Speier, Suzan DelBene and Bonnie Watson-Coleman who have all been tireless advocates for women’s reproductive rights."