Republicans claim Rep. Zack Space skipped out on sexual orientation study vote

Dan82 · Sep 18, 2010

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/09/republicans_say_rep_zack_space.html

Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are in a swivet over a bill that calls for the Department of Health and Human Services to voluntarily collect data on the "sexual orientation and gender identity" of participants in HHS programs.

It's sponsored by the only openly lesbian member of Congress, Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin, who says the federal government needs the information to better understand the health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals and address any health disparities they might experience.

The bill stipulates that all information would be provided on a voluntary basis and none of the data would be used "in any manner that adversely affects the individual."

During a Health Subcommittee markup of the bill, the committee's top Republican, Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, called the legislation "grossly intrusive" and said it would require children at school-based health centers to answer questions they'd be unlikely to understand.

Baldwin accused Barton of "disseminating inaccurate information about the bill in order to stoke the flames of fear and bigotry." Her office said the bill would not require participants, especially children, to divulge their sexual orientation or gender identity...

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Emberstone · Sep 18, 2010

wasnt joe barton the one who almost wet himself and broke into tears apologizing to BP over the oil spill, saying it was disgusting that BP was being held financially responcible for the catastrophic failure and subsiquent worst oil spill in american history that happened at their oil rig, and all the evidence so far was that there was serious negligence on bp's part to begin with?

does he have any crediblity left?

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