Nancy Mace
Representative for South Carolina · Republican · United States
“This amendment would prohibit the Department of War from covering or furnishing any chemical or surgical mutilation procedures through TRICARE--not one dime for cross-sex hormones, not one dime for taxpayer-funded puberty blockers, not one dime for taxpayer-funded surgeries, all in the name of gender-affirming care and this crazy gender w…”
“Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following new section: SEC. 7__. PROHIBITION ON COVERAGE OF GENDER-RELATED MEDICAL TREATMENT UNDER TRICARE.”
“``(4) The term `male' means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.”
“Mr. Chair, women and girls have fought for so long to have equal opportunities in education and athletics. As the first female graduate of the Citadel's Corps of Cadets, no one understands this more than I do. Unfortunately, these rights are now under attack. Over 900 medals have been stolen from women and girls by biological males.”
“If you think your kid is trans and you are the parent, your kid needs to be taken out of your household. It is insane to think--you are hearing these stories this week in the news how somebody's 2-year- old knew that, when they were born a girl, they are actually a boy and all this craziness. Children have creative imaginations.”
“Mr. Chair, you just heard it from California: cis man. I don't even know what a cis man is. That sounds ridiculous. Talking about pretend doctors, I think we had a pretend doctor testify on the Hill this week. The president of a prestigious university could not testify that only women can give birth to babies.”
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“Sexual attraction to being dressed as a woman has nothing to do with them thinking that they are a woman. In fact, they are mocking being a woman. They are mocking our femininity, and they are mocking the rights that we fought for for hundreds and hundreds of years. It has not been long since women actually got the right to vote. There are still ceilings to be broken in this country. It is not going to be done by some mentally ill man in a skirt. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.”
“Mr. Chair, I would encourage my colleagues on the left side of the aisle to read Martina Navratilova's X account today, talking about how confirming she was a woman was not invasive. It was a simple cheek swab. This is the fear politics of the left, and that says a lot about how far they have gone. To say that trans kids just want to be on a team with our little girls, if there is a tranny on a team with our daughters, they need to be kicked right off. If they are in a locker room with our girls, they need to be kicked right out. We have seen some really crazy stories of grown men with beards shaving at the sink with little girls in towels in the corner of the locker room scared to death and vulnerable to sexual predators. We all know the tranny thing really is about sexual gratification.”
“They are assaulting them at schools, in the locker rooms, in the bathrooms. This is the kind of thing that we don't want our very masculine, high-T warfighter having to worry about his little girl when he is out there killing the real bad guys. We want to keep them safe. As a survivor, I know what the vulnerabilities are for women in private spaces and how vulnerable we are at all ages. This bill would protect the little girls of our warfighters across the country. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”
“Mr. Chair, trans girls aren't real girls. Trans women aren't real women. Cis women, nobody knows what that is. It is not actually a thing. There are significant physical, biological differences between men and women. Biological men generally have greater muscle mass, bone density, cardiovascular capacity, physical strength than women, and the risk of physical injury is real. The irony and the hypocrisy to say that banning biological men from girls' locker rooms and sports makes them less safe is ludicrous. It is actually the trannies that are going into prisons or going into schools, going into locker rooms, going into bathrooms. [[Page H5006]] The LGBTQ-plus-plus-plus whatever it is, queer, these are the people that are putting women at risk. They are raping them in our prisons.”
“In 2024, a high school women's basketball team was forced to forfeit after a 6-foot bearded male athlete injured three of their players, leaving girls in pain and injury on the court. These are the predictable consequences of a policy which dresses up biological ignorance as compassion. I urge all Members to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.”
“Make no mistake, this is misogyny masquerading as progress. This amendment would prohibit biological males from participating in schools administered by the Department of Defense Education Activity. DoDEA schools serve the children of our warfighters, and they should not have to worry about their little girls having their private spaces invaded, having their accomplishments and opportunities stolen from them, and being injured competing against men. {time} 1950 We have seen countless women's volleyball teams across the country forfeit instead of having to face biological men and risk the same physical injuries experienced by Payton McNabb. In Massachusetts in 2023, a female field hockey player had her teeth knocked out by a biological male during a game.”
“Mr. Chair, women and girls have fought for so long to have equal opportunities in education and athletics. As the first female graduate of the Citadel's Corps of Cadets, no one understands this more than I do. Unfortunately, these rights are now under attack. Over 900 medals have been stolen from women and girls by biological males. This flies in the face of common sense and our most basic notions of fairness and women's rights. Even if some of my colleagues are too afraid to say it, every person in this room knows that men and women are biologically distinct. This truth has been obvious to every civilization in the history of mankind. Yet, mediocre male athletes are forcing their way into little girls' locker rooms and onto their courts and fields. Women and girls are being robbed of athletic opportunities.”
“(2) The term ``female'' refers to an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and uses eggs for fertilization. (3) The term ``male'' refers to an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and uses sperm for fertilization. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from South Carolina.”
“(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity from permitting males to train or practice with an athletic program or activity that is designated for females so long as no female is deprived of a roster spot on a team or sport, opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, or any other benefit that accompanies participating in the athletic program or activity. (c) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``athletic programs and activities'' includes all programs or activities that are provided conditional upon participation with any athletic team.”
“Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new section: SEC. 5__. PROHIBITION ON MALE PARTICIPATION IN FEMALE SPORTS AT DODEA SCHOOLS. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that no school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity permits a person enrolled at such school whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for females.”
“The other hormones are going to eventually give her breast cancer. It is just a crazy ideology. We need to follow actual science, follow biology, and not these doctors and universities that are training medical doctors, that are making millions and millions of dollars by keeping people on prescriptions, on medicines that drive them crazy, to shoot up schools, churches, and synagogues. All these tranny shootings, all these mass shootings, it is actually insane. They should not be serving in the military. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.”
“Mr. Chair, you just heard it from California: cis man. I don't even know what a cis man is. That sounds ridiculous. Talking about pretend doctors, I think we had a pretend doctor testify on the Hill this week. The president of a prestigious university could not testify that only women can give birth to babies. Someone who is supposed to be training medical physicians and medical doctors here in the United States couldn't say under oath, in Congress, that only women can give birth to babies. I don't think you can trust medical doctors that say being tranny is a thing. Treating somebody's low T or thyroid, if they are a man, that seems like a natural, biological thing, but not for a woman. If you give a woman a ton of testosterone, it erodes the lining of her bladder. She eventually becomes incontinent.”
“If you think your kid is trans and you are the parent, your kid needs to be taken out of your household. It is insane to think--you are hearing these stories this week in the news how somebody's 2-year- old knew that, when they were born a girl, they are actually a boy and all this craziness. Children have creative imaginations. They imagine that they might be a monkey. That doesn't mean you feed them bananas and leave them in a jungle because they think they are Curious George. It is insane. This is a mental health crisis. Anyone who is mentally ill should not be serving in our military, and they absolutely should not be serving in combat. Every dollar spent by the Department of War on chemical and surgical sex change procedures is a dollar not spent on preparing the readiness of America's warfighter. Mr.”
“Mr. Chair, testosterone treatment for men serving in our military isn't gender-affirming care. We want the most masculine, the most muscular, the toughest warfighters in the world because they are in the trenches. They are doing combat. They are the ones who are putting their lives on the line. The idea that chopping someone's penis off is risking military readiness is ludicrous. We are talking about mentally ill men that think having a menstrual cycle means bleeding out of your rectum. That is how crazy and insane this conversation is. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”
“They can cause cancer among those on whom these medical procedures are performed. This amendment restores common sense to military healthcare. It aligns the Department of War with the growing international medical consensus that these interventions, particularly for children, are extremely harmful. This amendment ensures that Defense health dollars are spent on advancing the health of our servicemembers and their families, not undermining it, and certainly not on advancing an ideology based on delusion. We [[Page H5004]] pay for our warfighters to mutilate the enemy, not to mutilate themselves. Mr. Chair, I urge all Members to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.”
“This amendment would prohibit the Department of War from covering or furnishing any chemical or surgical mutilation procedures through TRICARE--not one dime for cross-sex hormones, not one dime for taxpayer-funded puberty blockers, not one dime for taxpayer-funded surgeries, all in the name of gender-affirming care and this crazy gender woke ideology. The Federal Government and, particularly, the Department of War should not be in the business of funding the chemical and surgical mutilation of our citizens. This is not healthcare. It is the butchering of healthy bodies, and American taxpayers should never pay for it. Not only do these disgusting trans chemical, trans surgical interventions often cause permanent infertility, sterility, and sexual dysfunction, but they can actually increase depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.”
“Mr. Chair, let me be clear. There are two biological sexes: male and female. They are assigned at conception and cannot be changed. Biology doesn't care how many hormones someone pumps into their bodies or how they mutilate their bodies. Biological reality cannot be changed by medical intervention. In the Fiscal Year 2025 NDAA, Congress prohibited TRICARE from covering medical interventions to treat gender dysphoria, which would result in the sterilization of children. This was an important step, but there is more to be done. This language failed to prohibit the Department of War from chemically and surgically mutilating our servicemembers and their children and performing a number of sick procedures on our kids.”
“(2) In section 1079(a)(20), by striking ``that could result in sterilization''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from South Carolina.”
“``(4) The term `male' means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization. ``(5) The term `sex' means the biological determination as to whether an individual is male or female. ``(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to entitle an individual to medical care under this chapter for which they are not otherwise entitled to under this chapter.''. (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such chapter is further amended as follows: (1) In section 1077(b), by adding at the end the following: ``(4) Treatment prohibited under section 1076g of this title with respect to members of the armed forces and dependents of such members.''.”
“``(3) The term `gender-related medical treatment' means-- ``(A) with respect to a female individual, medical treatments provided for purposes of addressing the perception of such individual that the gender or sex of such individual is not female, including-- ``(i) surgical procedures, including-- ``(I) vaginectomy; ``(II) hysterectomy; ``(III) oophorectomy; ``(IV) reconstruction of the urethra; ``(V) metoidioplasty; ``(VI) phalloplasty; ``(VII) salpingo-oophorectomy; ``(VIII) scrotoplasty; ``(IX) implantation of erection or testicular protheses; ``(X) subcutaneous mastectomy; ``(XI) vocal cord surgery; ``(XII) pectoral implants; and ``(XIII) penile transplantation; ``(ii) exogenous doses of testosterone or other androgens; and ``(iii) puberty blockers, including-- ``(I) GnRH agonists; and ``(II) synthetic drugs that suppress the production of estrogen and progesterone or delay or suppress pubertal development in female individuals; and ``(B) with respect to a male individual, medical treatments provided for purposes of addressing the perception of such individual that the gender or sex of such individual is not male, including-- ``(i) surgical procedures, including-- ``(I) penectomy; ``(II) orchiectomy; ``(III) vaginoplasty; ``(IV) clitoroplasty; ``(V) vulvoplasty; ``(VI) augmentation mammoplasty; ``(VII) facial feminization surgery; ``(VIII) vocal cord surgery; ``(IX) chondrolaryngoplasty; ``(X) gluteal augmentation; and ``(XI) uterine transplantation; ``(ii) exogenous doses of estrogen; and ``(iii) puberty blockers, including-- ``(I) GnRH agonists; and ``(II) synthetic drugs that suppress the production of testosterone or delay or suppress pubertal development in male individuals.”
“``(c) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) The term `female' means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization. ``(2) The term `gender'-- ``(A) means-- ``(i) males, females, or the natural differences between males and females, unless such term is otherwise specified or used alone (rather than with or as an adjective modifying other words); and ``(ii) is a synonym for sex; and ``(B) does not mean gender identity, experienced gender, gender expression, or gender roles.”
“``(b) Exceptions.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to medical treatment provided for purposes of treating-- ``(1) a disorder of sex development, diagnosed by a physician after such physician has determined through genetic or biochemical testing that such minor does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action; ``(2) irresolvably ambiguous biological sex characteristics of such minor, including the presence of-- ``(A) 46 XX chromosomes with virilization; ``(B) 46 XY chromosomes with undervirilization; or ``(C) both ovarian and testicular tissue; or ``(3) an infection, injury, disease, or disorder caused or exacerbated by gender-related medical treatment.”
“Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following new section: SEC. 7__. PROHIBITION ON COVERAGE OF GENDER-RELATED MEDICAL TREATMENT UNDER TRICARE. (a) TRICARE.-- (1) In general.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1076f the following new section: ``Sec. 1076g. TRICARE program: prohibition on coverage and furnishment gender-related medical treatment ``(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided by subsection (b), medical care under section 1076 of this title with respect to members of the armed forces and dependents of such members does not include gender-related medical treatment, and the Secretary of Defense may not furnish any such treatment.”