[inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] bringing to a close this event looking at Family Planning and public policy. If you missed any of it, see it in our video library. To to cspan. Org. News related from capitol hill, the hill report planned parenthood said yesterday it would no longer accept compensation for procuring tissue for medical research bending to pressure from abortion activists who accused group profiting from the action. Even so House Republicans are planning ahead with the probe despite the group abandoning most conversal aspect the fetal tissue ram. Top republicans including outgoing Speaker John Boehner are dismissing the move as Public Relations gambit. They have been the target of investigations after the antiabortion group, center for medical progress released undercover videos where planned parenthood officials appeared to discuss compensation for medical parts of. Look for the road to the white house later today. Remarks from florida senator and pre
Get bought back or fixed after a certain number of months . We certainly will be encouraging consumers to i understand that. Youll get the word out as best you can. Thats right. But i dont anticipate epa going after individuals. But it is a possibility . I dont think that is a possibility. Let me tell you one of my concerns is, and doesnt have anything to do with you all, its a restore rhetorical quest yesterday we had an epa official in and the cap and trade scheme which they kept resisting calling it that, but it talks about putting a limit on emissions and then being able to make trades, so it sounds like cap and trade. And what was interesting about it, i had a list of quotes from lisa jackson in 2011, Gina Mccarthy 2011, 2013, 2014, said they were never going to consider and in fact it wasnt allowed under the law to do a cap and trade scheme and then im looking at something that is strict cap and trade deem. So im a little concerned not for me. Ill do what i need do to make my car
Parenthood provides. I thank you for your testimony and i thank the chairman for their time. There are six minutes remaining in this vote, so the committee will stand in recess and reconvene immediately after the votes. The House Judiciary Committee is taking a break now. The committee looking at the operations of planned parenthood today. And as the hearing today chairman Bob Goodlatte and congressman john conyers paid tribute to congressman edwards who n california who has died. While recess is in place, well show their opening statements. They include, of course, comments about planned parenthood. Good afternoon. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on planned parenthood exposed, examining abortion procedures and medical iktings at the nations largest Abortion Provider. And ill begin with my openings statement. Before i go to the statement on that id like to take a moment to remember the life of former congressman William Donelan don edwards who passed away this month at the
Abortion procedures and medical ethics in the nations largest Abortion Provider and i will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. Before i go to the statement on bad i would like to take a moment to remember the life of former congressman William John Edwards who passed away this month at the age of 100. Don edwards was first elected into congress in 1963 where he had a distinguished career working on the Voting Rights act , the Civil Rights Act and served on the House Judiciary Committee during the investigation of the watergate scandal. During this time don edwards served the former congressman Caldwell Butler who i worked for at the time. When don edwards left office in 1995 after 32 years of congressional service, he was succeeded by our own zoe lofgren and her 15 district that i rate i had the opportunity to serve for two years with congressman edwards myself and appreciate his service. Its now my pleasure to ask a member to share a few words about our former collea
The reason why this is important is because the number one complaint that we received was the failure of vfg and its agents to redisclose the redirect risk. Because its illegal to sign away your pension, they could direct the escrow company, the Pension Company to redirect the funds back to a different account and no longer to that es ko account or if the pensioner got into financial trouble, the pension would get caught up and no longer go to the escrow account. They were no longer getting that monthly return. They were never warned that this was possible. A lot of the investors were Senior Citizens and thats how this was packaged to them. They were safe. You get a return each month. Some were told it was government insured, which was patently false. Another miscommunication and lie from vfg was the failure to disclose the fees involved in these type of products and youve heard some about that. They failed to disclose a fee break down on both sides. A pensioner never knee what their p