Member of Congress: Planned Parenthood probe a 'charade'

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Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Member of Congress: Planned Parenthood probe a 'charade'</h1>
                <h2><p>Democratic U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, who represents parts of the Eastside and northern Puget Sound regions, wants the disbanding of a congressional committee that she sits on, the seattlepi.com reports. That's the committee set up to investigate Planned Parenthood. “This Select Panel is clearly nothing more</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Jan 12, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>Democratic U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, who represents parts of the Eastside and northern Puget Sound regions, wants the disbanding of a congressional committee that she sits on,<a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Rep-DelBene-Abolish-my-committee-6880828.php?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org"> the seattlepi.com reports</a>. That's the committee set up to investigate Planned Parenthood. “This Select Panel is clearly nothing more than a charade and waste of taxpayers’ money," she says in a press statement.</p>
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, who represents parts of the Eastside and northern Puget Sound regions, wants the disbanding of a congressional committee that she sits on, the seattlepi.com reports. That's the committee set up to investigate Planned Parenthood. “This Select Panel is clearly nothing more than a charade and waste of taxpayers’ money," she says in a press statement.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi