There will be many losers because H.R. 5 bows to the political expediency that silence calls for for fairness.

This bill will cause suffering that is far-reaching and, in many cases, enduring.

For me, this is about looking at a bill and saying what is right or wrong about this bill.

H.R. 5 erases civil rights protection for biological women.

The ideology-driven H.R. 5 is content to see women, lesbians, and families become the collateral damage of identity politics.

H.R. 5 gives us a definition of gender identity that is based on stereotypes.

I am hopeful that these documents, along with all of the other questions raised by my colleagues today, will give pause to those who are championing the embrace of this radical trans ideology over biological reality.

What does that say about this movement that the lawyers drafting this bill are unable to define gender identity without relying on stereotypes?

Again, I support protecting individuals from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, but this legislation creates more problems than it solves.

What should we tell a woman-owned business that loses out to a Government contract because a man decided to identify as a woman in order to win that contract?

What has made the American experiment work? What has saved us from the poisonous hatreds that are consuming other nations has been a tolerance and a respect for diversity enshrined in the freedom of religion clauses of our Bill of Rights.