{"id":80142,"date":"2019-05-18T07:58:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T14:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=80142"},"modified":"2019-05-18T08:08:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T15:08:12","slug":"congressman-mcclintock-on-opposition-to-h-r-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=80142","title":{"rendered":"Congressman McClintock on Opposition to H.R. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Rep. McClintock delivered the following statement on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 5:  Ms. Speaker: There are some fundamental principles we should all be able to agree on.  Don\u2019t hurt other people; respect the right of doctors to do no harm; respect the right of parents to protect their children.  The bill before us today could have affirmed the right of every adult to declare their own gender consistent with these principles.  Unfortunately, it violates these principles in the most fundamental ways.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOhNCDS2ubM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t speculation.  Many states have already adopted similar laws, and we\u2019re now seeing firsthand the result of them.<\/p>\n<p>This bill harms people in so many ways, destroying safe spaces for women, undermining women-owned businesses, intimidating the free exercise of conscience, but let me focus on just one aspect: destroying women\u2019s sports.  Wherever these laws are imposed, biological males have begun to dominate women\u2019s competitions.  <\/p>\n<p>Listen to 16-year old Selina Soule of Connecticut.  She tells the story of qualifying for the prestigious Middletown Invite.  \u201cEight of us lined up at the starting line \u2026 but when six of us were only about three quarters into the race, two girls were already across the finish line\u2026What just happened?  Two boys identifying as girls happened.  Fair is no longer the norm. The chance to advance, the chance to win has been all over for us \u2026 I missed the chance to compete in the New England championship this past season because of this.\u201d  She goes on to say, \u201cThe CAAC won\u2019t listen to my voice, but I hope Congress will\u2026HR 5\u2026will endanger women and girls of all ages, by opening up every sports team in the country to any male who self-identifies as female.  This policy will take away our medals, records, scholarships and dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We know this will happen because it already has.  And we know it\u2019s the intent of the bill because Congressman Steube offered an amendment that \u201cNothing in this act may be construed to require a biological female to face competition from a biological male in any sporting event.\u201d  The Democrats voted it down on a party-line vote.  Sorry Selina.  If you\u2019re looking for fairness from this majority, you\u2019ve come to the wrong place.<\/p>\n<p>This bill could have protected the professional judgment of doctors, but it doesn\u2019t.  At our hearing on May 1, the bill\u2019s author said, \u201cWhat HR 5 does is to ensure that transgender people, including young people, are not denied care because of their gender identity.\u201d  What is care for gender identity?  Cross sex hormones, puberty blockers and surgery.   Refuse to provide it \u2013 on the self-diagnosis of a child \u2013 and you\u2019ve broken the law.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Johns Hopkins University, that pioneered sex re-assignment surgery, stopped the practice because they saw the long-term harm it did to their patients.<\/p>\n<p>And we know that\u2019s the intent of the bill, because I offered an amendment that \u201cNothing in this Act shall be construed to require health care providers to affirm the self-professed gender identity of a minor\u201d and the Democrats voted it down on a straight party-line vote.  <\/p>\n<p>Listen to one anguished parent, Elaine, tell her story: \u201cLet me explain to you how this works.  If you take your child to a clinic to seek help, affirmative care means the \u2026 professionals must accept a child\u2019s professed gender identity\u2026Under \u201cconversion therapy\u201d bans, questioning a child\u2019s professed gender identity is now illegal.  So, if a little boy is 5 years old and believes he is the opposite sex, affirmative care means going along with his beliefs.  Parents are encouraged to refer to him as their \u201cdaughter\u201d and let him choose a feminine name.  Teachers are told to let him use the girls\u2019 bathroom at school.  Therapists will reassure parents that social transition is harmless and reversible.  Is it really harmless to tell a child who still believes in the tooth fairy that he is the opposite sex?  \u2026 If a 10-year-old girl is uncomfortable with her developing body and suddenly insists she is a boy, affirmative care means blocking this girl\u2019s puberty with powerful drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We know this will happen because it already has.  And we know this is the intent of the bill because Congressman Mike Johnson offered an amendment that \u201cNothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act may be construed to deny a parent\u2019s right to be involved in their minor child\u2019s medical care.\u201d  The Democrats voted it down on a party-line vote.  <\/p>\n<p>Elaine goes on to say: \u201cI am speaking out because I love my daughter.  And it is because of her that I know what I have told you is true. She has been a victim of \u201cgender affirming\u201d medical procedures, and I was powerless to stop doctors from harming her.\u201d  Sorry, Elaine.  The House majority doesn\u2019t care and isn\u2019t listening.  <\/p>\n<p>This is the brave new world that House Democrats propose under the name \u201cequality.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Rep. McClintock delivered the following statement on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 5: Ms. Speaker: There are some fundamental principles we should all be able to agree on. Don\u2019t hurt other people; respect the right of doctors to do no harm; respect the right of parents to protect their children. 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