Biden understands it should be reclassified. He said from 1-3. It ought to be classified from 1-420.

Gender-affirming surgery, the Republicans think the government should make these sensitive decisions.

Limiting access to healthcare, wedging the right-wing ideology into the exam room, and substituting their personal beliefs for the professional judgment of doctors, they are causing needless suffering.

These bans pose a serious threat to the health and safety of transgender young people across the country, and I urge the Members of this Committee to reject any Federal attempts to replicate that harm.

If it is bad for politics, it is bad for people, you should use science.

I insist on pronouncing today, your life is worth it.

I'm going to help you. I'm going to call the Secretary, who is one of my colleagues. I'm going to call him today, and we're going to get this moving.

I will not sit here and allow the trans community to be abused or in essence to be rejected.

Those standards have been in place for a long time. They are not new. What is new is this recent massive overreach by State lawmakers to ban medical care for transgender youth.

First, I would like to quote Judge Moody from Arkansas, a Federal judge.

Healthcare bans conflict with medical expertise. They rob parents of their right to make decisions for their children.

Government should not stick its nose into a parent's decision to seek gender-affirming care for their children.