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Senate Republicans, embroiled in the life-or-death legal battle over the severely brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, invited the Florida woman to testify to Congress in a procedural move intended to keep her on life support.
The Senate Health Committee has requested that Terri and her husband Michael appear at an official committee hearing on March 28. A statement from the office of House Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., on Friday said the purpose of the hearing was to review health care policies and practices relevant to the care of non-ambulatory people.
Frist's statement noted that it is a federal crime to harm or obstruct a person called to testify before Congress, thus stopping any action that could threaten the health of the woman.
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