On the recordMarch 5, 2021
I started my career coaching high school football and girls and boys basketball 45 years ago, just a few years after title IX was enacted. It ensured young women had the same opportunities as young men and the same access to funding, facilities, and athletic scholarships. Title IX has given young women the long-denied platform that had always been afforded to men, and today America's female athletes are routinely the best performing on the world stage. My amendment, cosponsored by Senators Graham and Marshall, recognizes title IX's role in protecting women in education and in sports. Under this amendment, educational institutions would be prohibited from receiving funding if biological males are allowed to compete in women's athletics. This amendment safeguards fairness and equality for women. This amendment will ensure that education funding in the bill is properly directed to schools that are focused on COVID response and recovery rather than pushing a liberal agenda. I ask my colleagues to support this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
