Rep. Katie Porter Fights for Accountability in Organ Recovery, Grills Lobbyist

 

Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) are supposed to swiftly retrieve organs from donors. Yet, they're often havens for waste and abuse, in part because they can manipulate data to escape accountability, while vacationing on private jets—literally. Congresswoman Katie Porter (CA-45) called out an industry lobbyist for this during a recent Oversight Committee hearing.