On a vote of 218 to 206, the US House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that protects women’s and girls’ athletic teams and competitions from being invaded by male athletes who mistakenly believe that they are females.
Congressman Nick Begich III voted in favor of the bill.
Last year, when the bill was attempted, Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, voted against it, along with all other Democrats.
“For generations, women have fought tirelessly for equal access in athletics and this important piece of legislation reaffirms our commitment to that fight,” said Congressman Begich. “This bill is essential to protecting female athletes and ensuring that sports programs remain fair and competitive for all.”
The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act says that if schools allow males who identify as females to compete on female-only teams, they’ll lose their federal funding.
This is 180 degrees from where the Biden Administration has been. Biden’s Education Department last year passed a new interpretation of the 1972 Title IX law and said if boys can’t play on girls’ teams and use girls’ bathrooms, the schools will lose their federal funding.
This week, another federal judge threw out the Biden Title IX interpretation in a ruling that applies to all states. In December, the Biden Administration, seeing the writing on the wall, quietly withdrew its own rule just before Christmas.
Congressman Begich said the legislation is not about exclusion, rather the bill is focused on upholding the principle of fairness.
“All athletes deserve equal opportunities to succeed. But we cannot allow the rights of female athletes to be impeded in the name of political correctness,” he said. “This bill is a necessary step to ensure that women and girls can continue to compete on equal terms and that their hard-won progress in sports is protected for future generations.”
Florida Rep. Greg Steube, the bill’s sponsor, said it’s progress that at least two Democrats voted in favor of his bill, while last time he tried to get the legislation through, not a single Democrat supported it. His past bill died in the Senate, which was controlled by Democrats; the Republicans are now in charge of the Senate.
A local parallel exists in the Alaska Legislature: After boys and men started taking over girls and women in athletic competitions, Rep. Jamie Allard of Eagle River tried to get similar legislation through the Alaska Legislature in 2023, but although it passed the House, it was stopped in the Democrat-controlled Senate — just as the US House bill last year was stopped by Democrats in the US Senate.
“Nationally 70% of Americans agree with females in sports having a level playing field and not having to compete against males who have physical advantages due to their male hormones. The US House just passed the bill. It’s time for the Alaska legislature to support our female athletes, too,” Allard said.
A national exit poll conducted in November by the Concerned Women for America’s legislative action committee revealed that 70% of moderate voters aligned with President Donald Trump’s opposition to boys and men using female bathrooms and competing against females in competitions that are separated by sex.
The two Democrats in the US House who voted for the bill are both from Texas, where steers may be castrated, but that still doesn’t make them cows.
What a waste of time and money
In what way? Explain, please.
Thank god we booted out Mary!
Getting headlines on cultural wars appparently is more important than working on a balanced budget
It’s not a culture war unless both sides fight. Before now, it has been culture change. Now it’s culture war.
Both are equally important, Frank.
Right.
Is that all you got?
Ohh.. balanced budget. I notice you did not write a single comment along those lines during the previous administration. I guess it is OK for you when leftists waste congressional time, right?
Yes.It is.
Executive orders on Title IX trump headlines any day, and they don’t balance the budget either.
Unlikely.
Is this a sign that some common sense will be making a comeback?
“Steers may be castrated but that doesn’t make them cows.” Suzanne, you are a gift!
Yes ….. touche’ Suzanne (as they say in La France)
HOLD THE LINE
I thank Suzanne for choosing to refer to males as men and boys, and females as women and girls. She discards the phony term, transgender. We must return to this type of clear and honest language.
Speaking of clear and honest language, that does not include the vulgar phrase, “grow some b–ls, which has no place on a conservative website. Vulgarity should remain in the domain of leftists and not in that of proper conservative patriots.
You’re right. Gonads was the better term. Testicles is good but ick. Stones would work, too. – sd
Love it, keep calling it what it is, never hide from the truth. We or I appreciate your candor. Thanks…..
One persons vulgarity is another’s apt descriptor. I thought it was liberals who were supposed to be so sensitive about words?
A bit picky there. That phrase is very common. Granted, it is not classy in any way, but it is very common.
I admit I am the first to hope for decorum, but sometimes you just have to call a spate a spate to convey the message! What else could have been used?
Having the guts
Intestinal fortitude
gumption
a backbone
nah….this is about mostly MEN deciding whether or not women get to keep their sport, bathrooms and lockers to themselves, so they better grow a pair!
Great! Someone has to support real women! It’s not men deciding, but supporting.
Tacky, for sure, but to quibble with it makes you sound like a self-righteous, virtue signaling Democrat. Are you?
Frank when have you and fellow democrats been concerned about a balanced budget~LMAO!!
About as much as Republicans. Does that help answer your question?
No.
It does not.
It is a non-answer. it is deflection, something that leftists have cultivated into an art form.
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When was the last time the democrats were concerned about a balanced budget?
Proof was their pork filled, 1700 page omnibus bill put forth in December? That balanced budget the dems and rinos had shot down. Yeah they only worry about how much money they can spend and have kicked back to them.
This is such an obvious thing that it makes one wonder why it even has to be legislation. Just because these boys and men pretend to be girls does not mean that the rest of us have to play along with their mental delusion. Enough is enough.
Ok, now cough
Love this, especially the last line
It will be interesting to see if Alaska’s senior senator will actually’grow some balls’. Will she be a true feminist first, or fall into ultra ‘inclusion’ dogma?
So glad to hear this mind numbing insanity is finally changing. It’s very unfortunate what women and girls have had to endure during the Biden administration. Hopefully companies like Planet Fitness will follow suit and stop forcing women to change in front of men in their locker rooms.
Love that last line! That was a great way to wrap up the article!
Anyone who has ANY disagreement with this topic has to ask themselves…Do you really want boys in the shower room with your Daughter or Granddaughter? Is it fair to deny the right to privacy and safety to the vast majority to kowtow to the altar of PC and put on the delusion of fighting ‘discrimination’ for very few people with obvious personal issues?
Just because Joe’s daughter claims to have showered with adult males growing up doesnt mean Joe can force regulation across America’s schools allowing this to happen at school.
Although there are plenty of supporters of his policy especially in the land of “fruits and nuts” it just doesnt fly in Alaska thanks to Jamie Allard who thanks to her military service gave her the strength and integrity to stand tall on this issue for Alaskans children stuck in public school systems where there is not enough control over what happens in the shower room.
Even though laws have to be put in place to stop the madness my children, grandchildren as well as my extended family’s children will NEVER set foot in ASD’s “public” school considering the lack of achievement that they call successful learning and handout diplomas that aren’t worth the paper they are printed on.
I understand (and agree with) the reason for this bill, but I’m not happy that it is being done at the federal level. I’d much prefer it be done at state or local level. More federal control (sigh).
This bill will set us back decades when as a youth I could only dream about the inside of a girl’s locker room.
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