![think-progress:
Who’s sitting at the witness table at the GOP hearing right now on birth control for women.
Five men.
Also, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) walked out of the hearing in protest of Chairman Darrell Issa’s refusal to let Democrats call any witnesses. Issa refused to allow Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown student, where Holmes teaches and describes as “the foremost Catholic university in the country,” because Fluke was “not qualified” in Issa’s opinion. Issa is Catholic. Holmes responded, “women impacted by the [policy] are the most qualified to speak.”
Said Maloney,
“What I want to know is, where are the women? I look at this panel, and I don’t see one single individual representing the tens of millions of women across the country who want and need insurance coverage for basic preventive health care services, including family planning. Where are the women?”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzhx08yvI61ql6jblo1_500.png)
Who’s sitting at the witness table at the GOP hearing right now on birth control for women.
Five men.
Also, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) walked out of the hearing in protest of Chairman Darrell Issa’s refusal to let Democrats call any witnesses. Issa refused to allow Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown student, where Holmes teaches and describes as “the foremost Catholic university in the country,” because Fluke was “not qualified” in Issa’s opinion. Issa is Catholic. Holmes responded, “women impacted by the [policy] are the most qualified to speak.”
Said Maloney,
“What I want to know is, where are the women? I look at this panel, and I don’t see one single individual representing the tens of millions of women across the country who want and need insurance coverage for basic preventive health care services, including family planning. Where are the women?”
