Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I want to make it abundantly clear exactly what this motion to recommit does, so I am going to read it. It is very short. ``Nothing in this act or any amendment made by this act may be construed to diminish any protections under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.'' The threat that this bill poses for women's sports at every level is profound. As described by the Nation's leading expert on sports, sex, and biology, Professor Doriane Lambelet Coleman, she states: ``There is a significant performance difference between males and females. . . . Testosterone is the primary driver of that difference. There is a wide gap, no overlap, between the male and female testosterone ranges. . . . There is no scientific doubt that testosterone is the reason that men as a group perform better than women in sports. Indeed, this is why men and women dope with androgens. . . .'' Requiring that biological females face competition from biological males will mean the end of women's sports in any meaningful sense. As tennis great Martina Navratilova has written in The Washington Post: ``In its current form, the Equality Act would do significant damage to title IX and to the Amateur Sports Act, which governs sports outside of educational settings. The new legislation would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act by redefining `sex' to include `gender identity.' Without an exception, the definition would apply to all amendments to the 1964 act, including title IX.…”