Republicans Say They've Found Evidence Of Possible Illegal Conduct Over Fetal Tissue Profits

The Democrats, however, say the report is based on documents that were obtained illegally, and have led to "inaccurate and misleading" conclusions.

Congressional Republicans say they have evidence that suggests an unnamed abortion provider and an unnamed fetal tissue company may have run afoul of federal laws that ban them from profiting from handling fetal tissue. (Haberkorn, 4/19)

Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, the Senate passes a bill to help breastfeeding mothers —

The Senate on Tuesday approved an aviation bill that requires major airports to provide lactation rooms for breastfeeding mothers, a provision pushed by Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri. Under the bill, large and medium hub airports would have two years to install the lactation rooms and could use federal funds from the Airport Improvement Program, which is supported by airline passenger fees. (Tate, 4/20)

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