WASHINGTON (AP) – A top congressional Republican defended a House probe of Planned Parenthood for providing fetal tissue to researchers and gave no indication Monday that last week’s fatal shootings at one of the group’s Colorado clinics will affect that investigation.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters that a special committee GOP leaders created to investigate Planned Parenthood includes Democratic members and is “where all pieces of information can come forward. We’ll see how that plays out.”
Democrats have said they are participating in that panel to be in a position to defend Planned Parenthood.
McCarthy also contested remarks by Planned Parenthood defenders that harsh language by the group’s critics helped create a hostile political environment that could encourage people to react violently against the organization.
“This individual, this shooting, the thing that drove him most is he’s an evil, crazy man,” McCarthy said.