US House of Representatives Passed its first bill In the 119th Congress on Tuesday, the Women and Girls Protection in Sports Act voted.
Every Republican representative voted for the bill, but only two Democrats, Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Vicente Gonzales, D-Texas, voted to pass it. The remaining 206 houses Democrats all Voted against. Rep. Don Davis, DN.C. Voted “Present”.
After the bill’s passage, Republican congressional representatives and women’s rights advocates condemned Democrats who voted against it at a press conference on Capitol Hill.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said it was “disgraceful” that only two Democrats voted to pass the bill.
“We had two Democrats in, but that’s a shame, there should be many, many more. In fact, I say every member of this body voted for common sense and women’s protection. But for some reason. “For politics, I guess, they chose not to,” Johnson said.
“The American people sent a clear message in November that they want us to return to sanity, but some of our friends in the other party seem to be ignoring that plea.”
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Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, a prominent advocate for the rights of female athletes who sued the NCAA for allowing trans athletes to compete as women, He also criticized the 206 Democrats who voted against the bill.
Gaines took aim at Democrats who argued against the new law on the grounds that it would result in teenage girls being screened for sports eligibility.
“We hear about things like genital exams, we hear about girls being asked what’s in their underwear, we hear about internal and external anatomy, inspections, Taliban-like enforcement. , have to hire predators. And going forward, spreading fear mongering about predators, but that’s what Democrats do best,” Gaines said.
House Minority Leader Hakeem JeffriesDN.Y. sent a post on Blusky on Tuesday criticizing the legislation, making baseless claims that the law would “expose horrific child predators on girls and young women.”
Jeffries’ office has not offered a substantial explanation of how the law would do that. A spokesperson for Fox News Digital asked for comment Just said“The post speaks for itself.”
Gaines also criticized those who said the bill was a “waste of time.”
“I’ve heard that this bill is a waste of time, and let me tell you the message I got when I heard it, is that I’m a waste of time. Girls across the country, just like me, A waste of time. Your daughters are a waste of time for all but two of the House Democrats.”
Riley Gaines, now a spokeswoman for the Independent Women’s Forum, celebrated Leah Thomas’ fifth-place finish in the 200 freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in March 2022. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)
Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., who reintroduced it to the House after unsuccessfully trying to pass it in 2023, pointed to Democrats’ track record of enabling and celebrating trans inclusion in women’s sports.
“Democrats have, for years, tried to deauthorize biologics. [men] to compete in our nation’s women’s collegiate activities,” Steuby said.
“It’s absolutely ridiculous that we actually have to pass a bill that says only women can be in women’s sports!”
The Biden administration, along with other Democrats, has taken massive steps over the past four years to enable trans athletes in women’s and girls’ sports.
On January 20, 2021, hours after President Biden took office, he issued a Executive order “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Identity or Sexual Orientation.”
The order included a section that read, “Children must be able to learn without worrying whether they will be denied access to restrooms, locker rooms, or school sports.”
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Some on the left have called for an end to trans inclusion efforts. (Photos via Mark Carrison/Getty Images)
Biden issued a clarification rule clarifying that Title IX’s ban on “sex” discrimination in schools covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and “pregnancy or related conditions” in April. The administration insisted that the code did not address athletic ability. However, more than one expert Evidence presented told Fox News Digital in June that it would eventually put more biological men in women’s sports.
Democrats have proposed other federal legislation that would allow more transgender players to be included in women’s sports. They include Equality Actwhich was proposed in 2019 and has been revised to “force public schools to allow biologically male players who identify as transgender on girls’ sports teams.”
In March 2023, Democrats proposed a transgender bill of rights. A resolution “Recognizing that it is the duty of the federal government to develop and implement a transgender bill of rights.” Resolution Specifically, the federal law called for ensuring that biological males can “participate in sports on teams and in programs that best align with their gender identity; [and] Use school facilities that best align with their gender identity.”
However, that stance appeared to reverse in the November election, as Trump and Republicans targeted Democratic opponents with TV ads about their support for trans inclusion.
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Oh National exit polls 70 percent of moderate voters polled by the Legislative Action Committee of Concerned Women for America (CW) “opposed Donald Trump’s allowing transgender boys and men to play games for girls and women and transgender boys and men.” “Bathrooms” are important to girls and women’s sports. And 6% said it was the most important issue, while 44% said it was “very important.”
“It was a new opportunity to put party politics behind us and finally put people first over Washington politics. But unfortunately, it was almost a party-line vote, with only two Democrats endorsing and protecting Title IX’s protections.” Ready for,” CWA legislators. strategist Macy Petty told Fox News Digital.
“This vote was not about a complex policy issue, but a self-evident truth that civilization has recognized since its creation. When abandoned, as we have seen, women and girls are doomed. There are consequences that require moral clarity to justify, and that’s hard to come by here in Washington.”
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