Republicans' First 100 Days

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Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, this evening, I have some of the most influential leaders in the House Republican Conference to address some of the key issues we are addressing this week together in the people's House.

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Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Thank you, Doctor. I appreciate that. I am a proud cosponsor with you of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act because we recognize biology is not bigotry, it is reality. It is a very good bill, and we will pass it this week.

Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to yield next to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Owens), the Super Bowl champion.

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Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. I am so grateful for your expertise and wisdom and all the years you worked with troubled and incarcerated youth. This gentleman knows that of which he speaks.

Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to yield next to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa).

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Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Thank you for drawing attention to it because energy security is national security, as we say all the time.

Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to yield next to my great friend, the great gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Tiffany).

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Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. From one father to another, I thank you for those strong words. We will do that. That is our obligation.

Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield next to my friend and classmate, the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Kustoff).

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Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend who is always a voice of great credibility and reason.

You're exactly right, and I am glad you highlighted that the first 100 days of this Congress under Republican leadership has been remarkably successful. As you said here, this week and in the days ahead, our important work has really just begun. We have a lot more to do.

Mr. Speaker, in my remarks this evening, I would speak very briefly as a father.

We have to defend women's sports. My wife, Kelly, and I have been blessed with four amazing children. Two of them are bright, beautiful young women who were high school athletes themselves. But today, radical transgender ideology is threatening the very same opportunities that my girls had, and all of our girls have had.

This week, Congress is going to send a clear message: We will not stand by and tolerate the erosion of fair and equal competition in women's sports.

We know that right now women's freedom to play sports at competitive, collegiate, and professional levels epitomizes how far we have come in breaking down so many boundaries.

How in the world have we gotten to this point where women's ability to compete on a fair playing field is in question?

Mr. Speaker, this week, Congress will vote, and we are going to pass out of this House the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.

We will address one of the major problems stemming from today's extreme liberal ideology, all of these activists.

Just in the last few years, we have seen countless instances of men competing in women's sports at all stages of competition. It is not fair.

Our legislation would simply aim to crack down on this backwards policy by prohibiting federally funded education programs or activities of any kind from allowing biological men and boys to participate in the programs or activities designed for women.

Biology is not bigotry. It is reality. Our legislation will make clear that one's gender, their sex, is based on their reproductive biology. It is our obligation; it is our duty and responsibility here to protect and defend the rights of women and girls across this country to compete and succeed in sports.

I am proud to cosponsor the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, and I am glad that that legislation will accomplish that very thing.

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