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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 530 

Supporting the termination of the Select Investigative Panel of the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives established 

pursuant to House Resolution 461, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 13, 2016 

Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, 

Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. DURBIN, 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. FRANKEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. 

HIRONO, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. 

MURPHY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, 

Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the termination of the Select Investigative Panel 

of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

of Representatives established pursuant to House Resolution 461, and for other purposes. 

Whereas Planned Parenthood provides high-quality, affordable health care for women, men, and young people, and 

is the Nation’s largest provider of sex education; 

Whereas Planned Parenthood provides sexual and reproductive health care, education, information, and outreach to 


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nearly 5,000,000 women, men, and adolescents worldwide 

in a single year; 

Whereas officials in 13 States have concluded investigations 

into Planned Parenthood affiliates having found no 

wrongdoing on behalf of Planned Parenthood, and officials in additional eight States have declined to open investigations citing a lack of any evidence against Planned 

Parenthood to suggest wrongdoing; 

Whereas the Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on 

Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

has found no wrongdoing on the part of Planned Parenthood; 

Whereas the Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on 

Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

has recently authorized an additional $490,000 in unnecessary spending, bringing the panel’s total expenditures 

to $790,000 thus far; 

Whereas the Zika virus is a looming public health emergency 

across the United States that has been linked to severe 

birth defects, including microcephaly, in children of 

women infected during pregnancy; 

Whereas the Zika virus is spreading rapidly across the Americas, with the Puerto Rican Department of Health reporting a one-week jump of 40 percent in the number of 

pregnant women on the island who were diagnosed with 

Zika; 

Whereas family planning services and sex education are the 

primary tools currently available to directly prevent the 

devastating outcomes of the Zika virus; 

Whereas the Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on 

Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 


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has turned their focus to investigating scientific researchers engaged in public health research, such as the Zika 

virus, using fetal tissue; and 

Whereas scientific researchers have reported the diminishing 

availability of fetal tissue for their critical research to try 

to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus, Alzheimer’s, and 

other diseases impacting Americans: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) supports the immediate termination of the 

3 Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on En4 ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

5 established pursuant to House Resolution 461, 

6 agreed to October 7, 2015; and 

7 (2) supports rescinding any unspent funds and 

8 making those funds available to the Department of 

9 Health and Human Services for efforts to combat 

10 Zika for women and children. 

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