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Judy Chu: The goal here is clear: to smear Planned Parenthood. Senator Joseph McCarthy would be proud of this Committee today.

On the recordSeptember 8, 2015
The goal here is clear: to smear Planned Parenthood. Senator Joseph McCarthy would be proud of this Committee today.
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Judy Chu
Democratic · California

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Chu accuses the committee of politically motivated attacks on Planned Parenthood, likening it to McCarthyism.

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