Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023

Floor Speech

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Mrs. McCLAIN. Mr. Chairman, I stand here today enraged that we are debating a bill to protect women and girls in sports.

I am enraged not because I disagree with the legislation, in fact, I fully support the legislation. I am enraged by the fact that we have reached a point in this country where we have to talk about a bill to protect women and women's sports is even necessary.

When Congress passed Title IX in this very Chamber a half a century ago, I thought it was supposed to be a victory for women across the United States.

At what point did we throw it away and make it meaningless?

Do we not care about women?

Did we forget about the women and the young girls?

Listen, as a wife, as a mother, as a female athlete, and as a coach of female athletes, I take offense to this, because now 50 years later, we are in the same Chamber, debating the merits of protecting women's sports, once again.

The left's hypocrisy on this issue has resulted in women being demolished in competitions, physically brutalized going up against stronger opponents. They are losing individual games, State championships, and NCAA's championships to biological males that have decided to become a woman.

That is their right, but what about the women's rights? What about the rights of the young girls? Do they not have any rights anymore?

Let's be clear about something: My Democratic colleagues can see what is going on and what is happening, and I believe they know that this is wrong, as well. That is why they hide behind it and don't deal with the real issue.

Because of that reason, I am enraged today that we are debating a bill that should not require any debate at all.

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