it would be an understatement to say that the transgender guidance goes beyond what Title IX, which was passed in 1972, actually requires.

It's impossible to know even all the agencies that regulate your business, let alone know all of the regulations.

And I think that my time is nearly out, but I would like to ask a concluding question to Ms. Heriot, because you put the most provocative testimony out here in front of this panel.

I thank the witnesses for not only your testimony but your deep and diligent due effort on here on this.

This turns, in my opinion, on the difference between immutable characteristics and mutable characteristics.

I am just thinking about how the Americans with Disabilities Act in a way changed by what life.

Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote on 5/18/2016. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: ``Yes'' on rollcall No. 200. Stated against:

By law, Farm Credit lenders cannot take deposits.

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I would push back on that, because that is not a myth in Iowa, because I hear it from small businesses all the time.

But I would like to push back from the other side to say--and yes, I would agree that perhaps we do have more people that have insurance, but they have extremely high deductibles.

I have heard those stories over and over again. Chuck Grassley and I both do a 99 county tour across Iowa.