Political Quotes

“When we use the term ``biological men,'' we are actually following the science because for years the left has said follow the science. When you are born a biological male, you are born with physical advantages over women. We do want to study the psychological effect on women in sports, in their locker rooms. We want to study what is going on and how it negatively impacts women. Women should not be ignored in this situation, whether they are in the classroom, or on a sports team, or in the private sector. As I mentioned before, I know and have met with plenty of transgender individuals. This is not against the LGBTQ community. We are pro-women today, and that is what this amendment is about, protecting women and girls against biological men who want to compete against them. I don't think any of us have any discontent if transgender girls wanted to have their own sports teams and compete at that level because the physical differences between biological men and biological women are very different. We want to make sure that we are going to protect them, and that we don't have any other women going through what Riley Gaines went through. It was wrong then; it is wrong now. I am proud of this amendment and the work that we are doing to protect women and girls. As I said before, I have broken many glass ceilings, and I don't want to see those achievements taken away from biological women who have worked so hard to get to where they are today.…”