Amendment No. 1 Offered By Mr. Massie

Floor Speech

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Mr. CLYDE. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of Representative Norman's amendment, which would prevent my constituents' hard-earned taxpayer dollars from funding woke earmarks and handouts to leftist NGOs that undermine President Trump's agenda and, alarmingly, support taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for children.

Buried in the minibus package is $14.3 million in earmarks for special interest projects across the country. At a time when our national debt is skyrocketing well past $38 trillion, Members of Congress should be focused on reining in wasteful spending and funding the essential functions of our government, not divisive handouts to NGOs.

Particularly concerning are the millions of dollars in earmarks going to so-called gender clinics and hospitals that push puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and even perform life-altering surgeries on vulnerable children.

This is not healthcare funding. This is not healthcare. It is promoting an ideology that harms children, sidelines parents, ignores common sense, and contradicts President Trump's executive order to restore biological truth and prevent the mutilation of our Nation's children. Plain and simple: Americans' taxpayer dollars should not be funding child mutilation.

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Mr. CLYDE. Mr. Chair, I urge all my colleagues to adopt Representative Norman's amendment to stop this woke and weaponized funding.

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