The House on Wednesday passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that would criminalize gender confirmation procedures and medical care of minors.
Greene struck a deal with leadership last week to bring her bill to a vote in exchange for her support in advancing the NDAA rules.
It passed 216-211. Three Democrats — Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), Don Davis (D-N.C.) and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) — voted in favor of the majority of Republicans, while Reps. Mike Lawler, R-Pa., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, and Mike Kennedy, R-Utah. Kennedy) — Four Republicans voted against it, and most Democrats voted against it.
“Children are not guinea pigs. No more drugs. No more surgeries. No more permanent damage. We need to allow children to grow up and make life-changing decisions without adult manipulation! Congress must protect America’s children!!!” Green wrote on the social platform X before the vote.
The bill likely has no chance of passing the Senate, with Republicans needing support from Democrats to advance it.
Tensions between Greene and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) had been heightened over the bill before its passage. Greene criticized Roy, a member of the House Rules Committee, for proposing an amendment that she claimed would “undermine the commerce provisions” of her bill.
Roe’s amendment seeks to amend the bill to limit federal criminal liability in certain circumstances “by defining when prohibited conduct falls within federal jurisdiction,” the Rules Committee said.
But Greene argued on
“What is Chip Roy doing???? This guy wants to be Texas Attorney General but refuses to protect children???!!!” she added.
Roy responded, “The Constitution is important and we should not abuse it to use ‘interstate commerce’ to empower federal authorities.”
However, he ultimately said in a statement Wednesday that he would not introduce the amendment “to avoid creating any confusion about the extent of Republican unity in protecting children from these grotesque procedures.”
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