On the recordMay 17, 2019
I appreciate the efforts of my friends across the aisle who believe that they are acting on behalf of equality. I realize that they believe that their way of approaching things includes much more wisdom than that of Moses, who is the only great lawgiver depicted in this Chamber with a full face rather than a side view. I would only submit we are not wiser at this time than Moses. I have heard comments from my friends, including my friend the former law professor saying he was impressed with the ability of the courts to sort out these civil rights issues. But as my friend Justice Scalia once told me: If you guys are going to screw up legislation over in Congress, don't come running to us all the time because you don't know how to make laws that are fair. That is what we have here. In an effort borne out of the best intentions, we want to help the feelings of people who are gender confused or just suffering gender dysphoria, the opposite of euphoria. We don't want to hurt their feelings. We are told that 25 percent of all women will suffer sexual assault. The literature is clear that women suffer post-traumatic stress disorder after sexual assault at three to four times the rate that soldiers do, and that they are traumatized and retriggered by being in a confined space like a dressing room or a restroom when a biological man comes into that private area. We are going to say to those women: You know what?…
