Quotes
If you think this bill is about protecting women and not simply a ploy to get on Fox News, you've been fooled,
Mace's former communications director, Natalie Johnson, wrote on X, formerly Twitter
He's a biological male pretending to be a woman,
she said of her future colleague
There’s no job I’m afraid to lose if it requires me to degrade anyone
He posted on TwitterThis effort to distract from the real issues facing this country hasn't distracted me over the last several days, as I've remained hard at work preparing to represent the greatest state in the union come January,
she went onI can't believe we're even having to do this,
Tuberville added
Title IX is the best thing to come out of this building in 50 years,
Tuberville, a former coach, saidThis movement from the beginning has been about saving America, but mostly about protecting our children,
Schilling said in his opening remarks
Here, today, we're protecting young ladies and men from genital mutilation, 'cause this is what this is,
Marshall told the panelI’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families,
McBride said in a statement
Like all members, I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them,
she saidServing in the 119th Congress will be the honor of a lifetime — and I continue to look forward to getting to know my future colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Each of us were sent here because voters saw something in us that they value. I have loved getting to see those qualities in the future colleagues that I’ve met and I look forward to seeing those qualities in every member come January. I hope all of my colleagues will seek to do the same with me.”
She continuedWe’re not going to have men in women’s bathrooms,
Johnson told the Associated Press news agency
What are they talking about there, on day one, is where one member out of 435 is going, where she is going to use the bathroom?”
Representative Katherine Clark, the second-highest ranked Democrat in the House, said during a press conference TuesdayIt is important to note that each member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol. Women deserve women’s only spaces.”
He added
Here, I am using a women’s restroom in North Carolina that I’m technically barred from being in. They say I’m a pervert, they say I’m a man dressed as a woman. They say I’m a threat to their children. They say I’m confused, they say l’m dangerous. We’re all just people trying to pee in peace.”
Accompanying the photo of herself in front of bathroom stalls, she postedWe’re all just people trying to pee in peace.”
She posted on Bluesky a selfie taken in a women’s bathroom, sayingThis is not just bigotry, this is just plain bullying,
New York Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said ... according to Axios
They’re threatening to kill me over this. Men who want to use women’s restrooms are threatening to kill me over this issue,
Mace told News Nation’s On Balance on Tuesday
The banning of trans people from women’s bathrooms in the Capitol represents the beginning of extreme anti-trans talking points brought to life at the federal level,
trans activist and TransLash Media founder Imara Jones told The Independent in a statementI literally just got out of meetings with members of Congress & used the bathroom on my way out. Trans women are women—full stop, ... We’re every bit as ‘biologically female’ as cis women & @SpeakerJohnson‘s statement doesn’t change the fact that women’s spaces include trans women.”
she wrote on X