Sean Duffy: “I thank the gentleman from Mississippi for yielding. Let's be really clear about what this is about. This is about…”

“I thank the gentleman from Mississippi for yielding. Let's be really clear about what this is about. This is about following the law. We negotiate, we vote, we pass laws, the President signs them, and they should be enforced. That is what this conversation is about, Madam Speaker. StemExpress has thumbed its nose against the select investigative panel and obstructed our efforts to bring light to the fetal tissue procurement industry. {time} 1530 Nearly a year ago, the panel requested information from StemExpress regarding where they procured their fetal tissue, whom they distributed the fetal tissue to, any communications instructing the company's employees to procure fetal tissue, and all accounting records and banking records related to fetal tissue. StemExpress, in response to that request, has given us none--zero--no document. So to compel StemExpress to provide the panel with this information, the panel issued the company a subpoena. Instead of complying with the subpoena, StemExpress only turned over limited information to the panel, and the information that they turned over to us was so heavily redacted that it was completely useless for investigative purposes. To date, the select panel has not received a single accounting or bank record from StemExpress. So they have failed to comply with our requests and our subpoenas in violation of the law.…”