Political Quotes

“this amendment would create an outright blanket ban on trans kids in K-12 schools participating in any sport activity consistent with their gender identity in every single State. Let me just say this loud and clear: This amendment is as bigoted and dangerous as it is unnecessary. Of all the challenges facing our Nation, I am stunned this is how any Senator would ask this institution to spend its time. Trans kids deserve to be kids. They deserve to play sports, go to school, be with their friends. They should not have to worry about hateful rhetoric and laws that attack their very existence, and they definitely shouldn't live in fear of a Congress that is going to stipulate that their school won't get any Federal funding if their coach just simply lets them play sports with their friends. That is nothing to say that passing any amendment on this bill will guarantee a government shutdown. I urge my colleagues-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time expired.”