Jackie Speier: “If someone has already had the surgery, has transitioned, the likelihood of gender dysphoria drops dramatically.”

I thank the gentlewoman for her powerful comments. On top of everything else, we passed one law which was the Hyde amendment, that said you can't use Federal funds for medical abortions, so Medicaid was not made available for that purpose…

And I would also say, Under Secretary, while you are doing that education with women who are in boot camp, we really need it for the men as well, because, truly, we keep losing sight of the fact that there are two in this process.

I think there needs to be an absolute comprehensive review.

We respectfully ask that you summarize your testimony in 5 minutes or less.