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Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, I came down today to talk about the trans bill that the majority is pursuing this week. This is one of a ton of trans-obsessed bills.

I am struggling, Mr. Speaker, because this is another bill where the Federal Government is going to tell schools what they can and can't do. They are worried about bathrooms and pronouns. I just don't get it because, as a kid, when I was growing up, I remember thinking when I learned about this, that Democrats were for the little guy and for empathy, but I liked that Republicans were for local control. They didn't want a big Federal Government being intrusive in our lives. That is just not the case anymore.

Mr. Speaker, this bill is focused on bathrooms and pronouns, and it is a crazy turn of events for the party to be telling local communities what they can and can't do, and it is one of 126 trans-obsessed bills introduced in this Congress. That is an insane number. The majority has already passed nine. If this bill passes, it will be the tenth trans- obsessed bill that the majority has passed.

Imagine, Mr. Speaker, if the majority put a few bills on the floor to expand childcare, to expand preschool, to improve reading and math scores, to improve graduation rates, to improve enrollment in college and career training. That would really help schools.

Leave these trans kids alone. Stop going after schools because of their bathroom and pronoun policies. It is mean. It is expensive, and it is a distraction from the work of improving our schools and improving our economy.

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