Louie Gohmert: “I rise out of concern for violence that has been done against women. As someone who has prosecuted such things and has…”

“I rise out of concern for violence that has been done against women. As someone who has prosecuted such things and has sentenced many men to prison for such things, I want to be part of the solution toward mitigating and stopping the violence against women, but I can't vote for this bill in its current form when politics, as my friends have said, have been played with it here, because I have heard the testimony repeatedly, as a judge, from experts. I have read the studies. The literature, psychiatric literature, indicates that the studies show that women who have been through sexual assault are more likely to experience post-traumatic stress disorder than even soldiers, on a percentage basis. One of the things that can trigger the trauma coming back is a man coming into a confined space like a restroom, like a dressing room, like a battered women's shelter, and they are living it again. Why would we do that? Why would we have a bill that forces that kind of trauma back on women who have been through enough? This bill, in the name of equality, says women are not going to be able to have a safe place from biological men. No. We are going to force them, and under this bill, there will be lawsuits. A homeless shelter, a shelter for battered women, and it is shocking how much of this still goes on, but they will be subject to lawsuits if this bill becomes law.…”