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A first since '77: Women to lead House committee probe of Planned Parenthood
Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, listens to an opening statement by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Washington in September. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
By Jim Galloway
Nov 9, 2015The Hill newspaper reports that Republicans and Democrats in Washington have stocked the House select committee that will investigate Planned Parenthood with something new and different: Women.
These two paragraphs are the jaw-dropper:
The only other House committee in history to have a woman serving as chairman and ranking member was the House Select Committee on the Beauty Shop. That panel existed from 1967 to 1977, and oversaw the operations of a salon on Capitol Hill. The panel was later folded into the House Administration Committee.
About the Author
Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.
