February 2012
47 posts
Pelosi Remarks at House Democratic Steering and...
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee held a hearing yesterday on the issue of women’s health. The committee heard testimony from Ms. Sandra Fluke, a third-year law student at Georgetown University, who was blocked from testifying at a recent Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA). Below...
Republicans prevent women from testifying at birth... →
malefeminists:
Ah, the old “freedom of religion” canard. Birth control isn’t about reproductive rights, right? Way to go, Representative Issa! From Think Progress, check out the gender diversity of the witness table!
Also, this beautifully sexist gem:
Issa also dismissed the Democrats’ woman witness as a “college student’ who does not “have the appropriate credentials” to testify before his...
January 2012
54 posts
