Lindsey Graham

I think you lose a lot of credibility when you don't concede that a biological male has physical advantages over a biological female.

This is not okay. This is definitely not okay.

There's nothing wrong with you if you have a problem with Ms. Gaines feeling cheated.

Tell you that violent rhetoric has no place in this debate or any other debate.

My Democratic friends, if they could, would stop every State in the country from having laws regarding minors being transitioned.

I think the State has every interest in protecting minor children.

I find it curious that, in Europe, they're beginning to pause, pump the brakes, and slow down laws that would allow minors to be transitioned.

We're not talking about equality in marriage here today. We're talking about what are the boundaries, if any, in American society when it comes to minor children.

I think there are a lot of people in this country very much worried about where we're headed as a nation.

Title IX was passed in 1972 to ensure that women would have a place in college athletics.

This desire to level the playing field for women in 1972 was bipartisan.

There's definitely two sides to every story, and there's definitely two sides to this story.

There's nothing wrong with you if you have a problem with Ms. Gaines feeling cheated.

I think the State has every interest in protecting minor children.

This desire to level the playing field for women in 1972 was bipartisan. So, now we have an assault, I think, on that concept.

This is not okay. This is definitely not okay.

My Democratic friends, if they could, would stop every State in the country from having laws regarding minors being transitioned.

I think there are a lot of people in this country very much worried about where we're headed as a nation, particularly when it comes to young girls having to compete against biological males.

Tell you that violent rhetoric has no place in this debate or any other debate.

I find it curious that, in Europe, they're beginning to pause, pump the brakes, and slow down laws that would allow minors to be transitioned.

This noncontiguous policy is incentivizing this.

I'm willing to help them do more. I'm certainly willing to punish them if they don't.

This administration has to come to grips with the fact that their policies are failing miserably in this area.

I think it's broken, and I'd like to fix it.

The policies of this administration, Mr. Chairman, are not working.