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Caught Our Eye

Ex-staffer to help investigate Planned Parenthood

Posted by Sean Myers on March 1, 2016

A former public policy coordinator at Planned Parenthood Federation of America has returned to the Hill to help investigate Planned Parenthood over accusations it sold fetal tissue.

Vanessa Cramer in February joined Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) on the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Select Panel to Investigate Handling of Infant Lives.

Congress created the panel after a series of videos allegedly showed Planned Parenthood trying to sell baby parts to an investigator posing as an interested buyer. Democrats have decried the panel as a waste of time, while Republicans have pushed it to defund Planned Parenthood.

After spending several years at Planned Parenthood, Cramer split her next year on K Street with lobbying powerhouse DLA Piper and Sirona Strategies. Throughout, her lobbying work focused on health care issues, specifically Medicare and Medicaid.