The Leader’s Floor Lookout: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Washington,
January 14, 2025
Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor today:
Defending Women’s Sports from Woke Policies
Despite claiming to support women, Democrats continue to push woke policies that take away opportunities for them to achieve athletic success. Last year, the Biden Administration finalized a radical Title IX rule that would have prevented schools that receive federal funding from banning biological males from competing in female sports. Hardworking female athletes who have trained their whole lives to achieve their dreams have been forced to compete against transgender biological males under the guise of inclusivity. Furthermore, allowing biological men into women’s locker rooms and bathrooms takes away spaces from women and girls where they have a right to feel safe and puts them at risk. No woman or girl should have to share a bathroom with or change in front of a biological male. It’s a scientific fact: Men and women have biological differences that make competing on the same sports team unfair and potentially dangerous. Allowing biological men to compete in women’s sports not only takes opportunities away from hardworking female athletes, but also places them in a position where they could more easily be injured. Educational institutions have a duty to protect the safety of the women and girls that attend them, and ensure those women have the same access to athletic and educational opportunities as men – and yet liberal administrators and Democrat politicians continue to shirk those responsibilities for the sake of appealing to radical woke activists. Women's and girls’ sports exist for a reason – it is unfair to allow biological males to compete in the same category and commandeer spots on teams, scholarship funds, and titles meant for biological women. H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, introduced by Rep. Greg Steube, prevents schools from allowing biological males to compete in school athletic programs for women or girls by stating that sex in an athletic competition must be defined by genetics at birth, and withholding federal funding from schools that facilitate athletic programs where biological men compete against biological women. House Republicans will keep working to make sure women and girls have the opportunity to compete on a fair playing field by requiring schools to comply with the Title IX recognition of a person’s genetics at birth. |