are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the motion to reconsider is laid on he tail. the unfin. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on suspend the rules and pass h.r. 404. the clerk will report the title of the bill. to lerk: h.r. 4904 a bill require the office fs management and budget to offer licenses and. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of

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the speaker pro tempore: on this ote, the yeas are 365 -- the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 366, the nies are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed a without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the unfinished business is on the vote of the vote by mr. hardy and pass h.r. 1515 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. to clerk: h.r. 1815, a bill cilitate certain juniper projects to modify the boundries in the state of nevada and provide for the implementation of the conservation plan. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly

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the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 3 0, the nays are 7, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. poe: i. >> report to accompany a bill making appropriations for the departments of commerce and justice science and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 0, 2017 and for

other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the union calendar. purn to clause 1 of rule 21, all points of order are reserved. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i present a privileged report for printing undered rule. lerk clerk report to accompany a bill making appropriations for the departments of transportation and housing and shall ban and development for the fiscal year ending set 30, 2017. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the union calendar. pursuant to clause 1, rule 2 , all points of order. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia. >> mr. collins: i send to the desk a privilege red port for filing thished rule.

the speaker pro tempore: the clerk rill report the title. the clerk: resolution providing for consideration of h.r. 775 for ground level ozone standards and for other purposes. providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution, house concurrent resolution 89, expressing the sense of congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the united states economy and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution, house concurrent resolution 112, expressing the sense of congress opposing the president's proposed $10 tax on every barrel of oil. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. collins: i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition?

ms. ros-lehtinen: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. ross let men: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate a very dear friend, lauren morris shulman, on her retirement. for the past 3 years, i've had the pleasure of working closely with lauren on some of the most pressing issues regarding u.s.-israel relationships. serving as aipac's florida political director she's played a key role in building a stronger u.s. alliance with our closest ally, the democratic jewish state of israel. lauren has been a lifelong public servant having previously worked as a staffer in congress for a -- for the late claw shaw jr. and served at county and state levels in florida. lauren has a wealth of knowledge and experience that will surely be missed by all who have had

the pleasure to work with her but i'm certain that lauren is looking forward to this exciting next chapter in her life and will enjoy spend manager time with her husband, cliff, and their children, jake and samantha. i wish my good friend, lauren shulman, the best of luck and i congratulate her on her retirement. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. pll poe: mr. speaker, texas has been hammered by historical torrential rain and flooding. as the texas flood waters rose, soldiers from fort hood, kansas, were crossing owl creek in a 2 1/2 ton light medium tactical

vehicle when it became stuck in the low water crossing. suddenly the vehicle was swept over and sent downstream by fast moving water. nine american soldiers drowned in the massive floodwaters. today we remember them and here they are. colon ergeant miguel vazquez, 38, from new york. he just spent four tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. specialist christine armstrong, 2, of california. p.f.c. brandon banner, 22, of florida. p.f.c. zachary fuller, 24 of florida. private isaac de leon of texas, the youngest of all of them only in the army 17 months. ,rivate ed tee ray lauren gadse 20. former homecoming queen.

west point cadet mitchell whenry, 21 of indiana. yin-min sun of california. these are the nine that drowned recently in the texas floods. the soldiers were membered of the third battalion, 16th field army regiment, second armoredburybury gade combat team of the first cavalry division. they were volunteers who swore to protect the united states. they were a cut above the rest, ready to defend freedom at home and abroad. their lives were ripped from this world and their families all too soon. we are grateful for them and to their families for their service and sacrifices. these soldiers are the best of america. our thoughts and prayers are with the soldiers and their families that have been devastating by the floods of texas this spring. and that's just the way it is. i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, one year ago tomorrow, aerial grace's life was ended before it had a chance to begin. killed by the fail qur of though unsafe medical device essure. despite her tragic passing, there remains no legal recourse to seek justice and that's why on the one-year anniversary of her death, i'll introduce aerial grace's law to fix the broken law that prevents the family of aerial grace and thousands of others to be heard in court. mr. fitzpatrick: i will also try hange the laws about a

laparoscopic device that spread cancer throughout women's bodies slike is rap nell. the institutions and regulations designed to protect our constituents from unsafe devices in these cases and others have failed. it's time we take action to address them. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to pay tribute to a charitable organization in my district, the la casa center in howell, michigan. it's celebrating its 35th year of supporting victims of abuse, assault an violence. their goal is to advocate for and provide services to victims of violent crimes and works to educate the community on issues of domestic abuse, child abuse, and sexual assault. the services la casa provides are instrumental in assisting members of our community whether it comes in the form of shelter,

meals, counseling or education. mr. bishop: i've seen the work they do first happ and had the opportunity to tour the facility this year. their president and c.e.o. is bobette trent, a tireless advocate for those she serves. mr. speaker, i'm honored to have the opportunity to be here today and to pay tribute to such a charitable organization in my district. congratulations on the 35th anniversary of la casa and thank you for your dedication to our community. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise to recognize second lieutenant harold earls, captain metzegee and another who successfully climbed to the

. mmit of mountain in of them lost a leg battle. their goal in reaching mount everest is overshadowed by their ultimate goal of gaining support for veterans' mental health. they rised $109,000 to support mental health groups, give an our and stop soldier suicides. the entire trip including the long preparation period that lasted over a year. i want to congratulate these men for reaching the summit of mount everest and thank them for they are se various to our nation and to the cause of service men and women's mental health. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek

recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, despite our first winter in california in years, misguided federal agencies threaten to cut off the water supplies of millions of californians. mr. lamalfa: on one hand they direct the shasta dam releases be drastically cut, allegedly to prevent winter run salmon later in the season. on the other hand, the fish and wildlife service plans to spend as much as $150 million buying water to drastically increase shasta releases to the dell tark allegedly to protect delta smelt. dumping water in the middle of this year. that's right, mr. speaker. federal agencies are simultaneously demanding that more water be released for from vezzvoirs, not for human louis -- use and more watt behr kept by reservoirs, not for human

use. the only common theme of these contradictory policies is both give californians the short end of the stick. it's time this lunacy ends an federal agencies start making decisions based on fact, not the contradictory whims of unelected bureaucrats and to protect water usesters especially in the north states. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair announces the speaker's pimmitt pursuant to section 3-a of the evidence based policymaking act of 2016, public law 114-140, an the -- and the order of the house of january 6, 2016, of the following individual thopes part of the house to the commission n evidence-based policymaking. the clerk: mr. ron has kins of rockville, maryland, co-chairman. mr. bruce myer of chicago, illinois. mr. robert hahn of hills breaux beach, florida. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests.

the clerk: leaves of absence requested for ms. brown of florida for today, mr. curbelo of florida for today, mr. duffy of wisconsin for today and wednesday, mr. farr of california for june 7 through 10. ms. jackson lee of texas for today. mr. payne of new jersey for today. mr. swalwell of california for today. ms. mimi walters of california for today and wednesday. and ms. maxine waters of california for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speak ears -- speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader.

mr. gomeerlt -- mr. gohmert: as you know, mr. speaker, we have had some interesting discussions here on the floor in recent days about trance gender as a topic and as individuals of interest -- about transgender as a topic and as individuals of interest. and having talked a couple of man who has at one been through -- had been through a sex change operation told me was the best ex-p pert in the world on transgender, former head of psychiatry at johns hopkins, now retired, a diplomat with them, but he speaks for himself. but anyway, there was an article ublished back in 2014 that dr. has mchugh had updated and

been republished in the "wall street journal" on may 13, 2016. and it's entitled "transgender surgery isn't the solution: a drastic physical change doesn't address underlying psychosocial troubles." and since there are so many people who have opined on this subject who have not dealt riously with the issue, it seemed like it would be helpful to read from this article that was written by what one transgender explained was a great article from one of the world's, what he thought, was a world leading expert on transgender issues. but he says, this is dr. paul mchugh, obviously a brilliant

man, obviously a man who cares ry deeply about individuals, especially those who have this transgender as an issue. he says, the government and media alliance advancing the transgender cause has gone into overdrive in recent weeks. on may 30, talking about this year, 2016, a u.s. department of health and human services review board ruled that medicare can pay for the reassignment surgery sought by the transgendered. those who say that they don't identify with their biological sex. earlier last month, defense secretary chuck hagel said that e was open to lifting a ban on transgender individuals serving in the military.

"time" magazine, seing the trend, ran a cover story for its june 9 issue called, the transgender tipping point, america's new civil rights rontier. they are doing new favors to the public or transagainered by confausing their confusions in a right to defend rather than a mental disorder that deserves treatment and prevention. this sense of being, transagainered constitutes a mental disorder. he first is that the sex misalignment is and does not correspond with reality. and it can lead to grim

sikecoling call outcomes and let me insert here in the article, having talked to him in the last couple of weeks, he was aware and he pointed out that the the latest diagnose gnostic tatistical manual that evolves over time in line with the new scientific training and information available, renames or names or renames as required as they believe is appropriate, different conditions that may be e diagnosed and accepted diagnoses and in the fifth edition of the dsm it has called

from calling it a mental isorder to calling it a ginder disfor yeah. of youis the opposite of for yeah and it means that someone is generally dissatisfied with their biological sex. and the doctor said that he thinks that disfor yeah probably better word ks because it makes more clear what the situation is, it is someone hoe is not satisfied with their biological sex. his article goes on, the

transgender sufferers, a disorder of aassumption and puts disordered the transformation is the what is iven in nature, namely one's maleness or femaleness. they are held by those who suffer from conditions, where the assumption did he parts from they al refacility that e overweight and with body disorder and often socially krim saying, i'midual is

ugly. these have come to believe that some of their conflicts or problems will be resolved if they can change the way that they appear to others, such ideas work like ruling passions and subjects mind and tend to be accompanied by an krget. . goes on, for the transagendaered, this argument holds this is a conscious subjective sense that being in one's mind cannot be questioned by others. and tolerance of this personal

truth, but after firmation of it. here rests the support for transgender equality, the demands for government payment for medical and surgical treatments and for access for public roles and privileges. the doctor makes really important points as he goss forward. ith this argument, advocates for the transagenda are have persuaded california, new jersey and massachusetts to pass laws barring sigh kytu terrorists, to ar th permission from transgender minor. he government can intrude to

seek help in guiding their children, indicates just how powerful these advocates have become. he goes on. psychiatrists must challenge the concept that what is in the mind cannot be questioned. disorders of the consciousness represents the domain. declaring them off limits would eliminate the field. talking about sigh ky try. an how in the 1990's, accusation was deemed un uestionable of the recovered memory phrase. says -- yes

the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary? >> the house has agreed with the amount cht house to the smat amendment and that is to act.nize the toxic control the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. gohmert: and the document hear , he says he won't it but controlled and follow-up studies revealed problems with this movement. when children who reported transgender feelings were trabblingd without federal will or surgical treatment at vand , 70% to 80% sity

lost those feelings. ome 25% did have persisted feelings. what differentiated those individuals remains to be discerned. about 10 days ut we grew upall, girls irls who were tomboys and were quite beautiful ap quite feminine and didn't need any liberals forcing them to go to e boy's rest room and they identified. hopkins we at johns

university, which in the 1960's medal first american center was to go into to study and launched a study comparing outcomes s with the of those who did not. and i would insert, i remember reading that johns hopkins medical center had been the first hop in the united states operations.ng sex i don't remember reading that they ever stopped. and i'm reading from the article, knows of the sargically patients described themselves as

satisfied by the results but the the adjustments were no better an knows though that had the surgery. troubled roducing a patient seemed inadequate reason organs. ating normal it now appears that our decision was a wise one. mr. fer, i never remember reading anywhere or articles talking about johns hopkins said look rgs we are having no better results from those who had the surgery. this was johns hopkins and they re trying to advance the

operations. and this forward-looking people caring institution decided years more harm be doing than good and no one can acows them of trying to make more money, because obviously they would make more money and not make money from stopping the sex-change operations, but apparently those in charge of those in charge of johns hop kins took seriously the idea that doctors should first do know harm. goes on and points a a 2011 at the insfouth statute in sweden produced the results

regarding the transgender, evidence that should give advocates pause. the long-term study up to 30 years, followed 324 people, they got hundreds in their data base, following for 0 years, those who surgery and inment after having the surgery, they increasing rience mental difficulties. eir suicide boff the nontransgender population. this rument has no explaining but probably reflects the

growing sense of is lation reported by the aging transgender after the surgery. challenges tainly the prescription. there are people on the floor that are pushing for civil rights, equality for the transagendar let them go into whatever rest rooms and represents the gender they are at that particular time. that e studies have shown en someone has a general dissatisfaction with their iological sex that doing the urgery to make them that sex

gives them 0 times more likelihood of committing suicide. i know there is nobody on the other side of the aisle that is pushing this that wants them to commit suicide at the rate of nontransgender people. but this is where this goes. i don't believe our president wants people to commit suicide at 20 times the rate of nontrans gendered people. yet what hes but what he is urging right now the best study in the world indicates will be the outcome. what this president is doing in pushing people who at one point in their lives have a general dissatisfaction or disforea with

their - dysphoria with biological sex is causing more damage for these individuals down the road than he'll be around to do anything about. it's not enough to say, i care more than you do for those who want men to go in girl's dressing rooms and bathrooms. when you're doing the kind of arm that this -- that the best studies in the world are showing has been done. back to dr. mchugh's article, he says there are subgroups of the transgender and for none does reassignment seem apt. one group includes male prisoners like private bradley manning the convicted national security leaker, who now wishes to be called chelsea. facing long sentences and the

rigors of a men's prison, they have an obvious motive for wanting to change their sex and hence their prison. given that they committed their crimes as males, they should be punished as such and after serving their time they will then be free to reconsider their gender. another subgroup consists of young men and women su september to believe suggestion from the, quote, everything is normal, unquote, sex education amplified by the internet chat groups. these are the transgendered subjects most like anorexia nervosa patients. they become persuaded that seeking a drastic physical change will banish their psychosocial problems. diversity counselors in their schools, rather like cult

leaders, may encourage these young people to distance themselves from their families and offer advice on rebutting arguments against having transgender surgery. treatments here must begin with removing the young person from the suggestive environment and offering a counter message in amily therapy. that's not me, that's what one transgender gentleman who has the sex change operation says knows more about the sex change operation than any m.d. in the world, dr. paul mchugh. dr. mchugh said he thinks there are some others that know more but they support his positions. on what he's saying. which helped him come to these positions. but dr. mchugh gos on, then

there's the subgroup of very young, often prepubescent children who notice distinct sex reels in the cull her and exploring how they fit in begin imitating the opposite sex. misfwided doctors at medical centers, including boston children's hospital, have begun prescribing by puberty delaying hormones, even though it stunt theirs growth. given that 80% of such children would abandon their confusion and grow naturally into an adult life if untreated, these medical interventions come close to child abuse. a better way to help these children, with devoted

parenting. at the heart of the problem, this psychiatrist says, at the heart they have problem is confusion over the nature of the transgendered. quote, sex change, unquote, is biologically impossible. dr. mchugh says. people who undergo sex reassignment surgery do not change from men to women or vice versa. rather they become femme niced men or masculinized women. or masculinized women. to do this surgery is to collaborate with and promote a mental disorder or mental disfazea, dysphoria, if you'd

rather. then this article, from walt haier, having visited with walt i have imminent respect for this man who underwent a sex change operation from man to woman years ago. e's now in his 70's. this is his article, published in "the daily signal," may 16 of this year. he says, president barack obama, the titular head of the lgbt movement, has added to the firestorm of confusion, misunderstand, and fury surrounding the transgender bathroom debate by threatening schools with loss of federal funding unless they allow students to join the sex segregated restroom, locker room, and sports team of their chosen gender. without regard to biological reality. i know firsthand what it's like to be a transgender person and

how misguided it is to think one can change gender through ormones and surgery. walt haier says his, talking about president obama's, action comes after weeks of protest against the state of north carolina for its so-called anti-lgbt bathroom bill. as someone who underwent surgery from male to female, and lived as a female for eight years before returning to living as a man, i know firsthand what it's like to be a transgender person and how misguided it is to think one can change gender through hormones and surgery. and i know that the north carolina bill and others like it are not anti-lgbt. he says, l is for lesbian. it's not anti-lesbian because lesbians have no desire to enter a stinky men's restroom.

lesbians will use the women's room without a second thought. so the law is not anti-l. g is for gay. gay men have no interest in using women's bathrooms so the law is not anti-g. b is for bisexual, the b in the lgbt have never been confused about their gender. theirs is also a sexual preference only that doesn't affect choice of restroom or locker. but he says the north carolina law is not anti-t because the law clearly states that the appropriate restroom is the one that corresponds to the gender stated on the birth certificate. therefore, a transgender person with a birth certificate that reads female uses the female restroom. even if the gender noted at birth was male. so you see, the law is not anti-lgbt. what then is all the uproar

about? walt haier goes on , he says, what has arisen is a new breed emerging among young people that falls outside the per view of lgbt. the gender nonconformists. gender nonconformists who constitute a min us kuhl fraction of society want to be allowed to designate a gender on a fluid basis, based on their feelings at the moment. walt haier says, i call this group, gender defiant, because they protest against the definition of fixed gender identities of male and female. the gender defiant individuals are not like traditional transgender or transsexual persons who struggle with gender dysphoria and want hormone therapy, hormone blockers, and eventually gender reassignment surgery name don't want to conform, comply, or identify

with traditional gender norms of male and female. they want to have gender fluidity. flowing freely from one gender to another by the hour or day as they feel like it. mr. speaker, coming from a transgender individual who had sex change surgery, this is quite an article. he goes on to say, under the cover of the lgbt, the anti-gender faction and its supporters are using the north carolina bathroom bill to light a fuse to blow up factual gender definitions. he does not grasp the biological fact that genders are not fluid but fixed. male and female. obama is championing the insanity oeliminating the traditional definition of gender. he does not grasp the biological fact that genders are not fluid but fixed, male and female.

and here i'd like to also insert parenthetically, this is not from walt haier, but in talking with dr. mchugh, who had headed up psychiatry for so many years at johns hopkins, cares deeply about people who are confused over gender, he was pointing out, he brought up the mmpi and ask if -- asked if i knew what was, it's the minnesota multiphasic index, as i recall. but it's a personality test and as far as i know, it's the most complete testing anybody has done on personality and it has different scales in there and as dr. mchugh pointed out, scale five is masculine at one end,

feminine at another end and based on the questions that are asked, the mmpi score gives an indication on the male-female scale as to where someone is in that scale. s nothing to do with biological sex. apparently, most of us, may have different places on that scale at different ages. and there's nothing abnormal about that. and people are to be comforted and counseled, not have laws passed that they can't get help from their parents they can't get help from loving counselors, they can't get help from psychiatrists. as dr. mchugh pointed out, when these states like california and new jersey pass laws that some

confused minor with no biological indications of a problem, so the problem is all in the mind, when you pass laws saying, you can't get counseling for what's all in the mind as dr. mchugh says, sarcastically, you might as well outlaw all of psychiatry because what they deal with are things that have not presented normally, they biological,sented a scientific issue. fwing back to walt haier's article -- going back to walt haier's article , he says, gender nonconformists who constitute a min us kuhl fraction of society want to be allowed to designate gender on a fluid basis based on their feelings at the moment he said,

i call this group gender defiant because they protest against the fixed gender identities. the gender defiant individuals are not like traditional transgender or transsexual persons who struggle with gender dysphoria and want hormone therapy, hormone blockers and eventually gender reassignment. they don't want to conform, comply, or identify with traditional gender norms of male and female. under the cover, and i know i've read this, but this is so critical. under the cover of lgbt, he says, the anti-gender faction and its supporters are using the north carolina bathroom bill to light a fuse to blow up factual gender definitions. going on, using the power of his position, talking about our president, influence the elimination of gender, overruling science, overruling

genetics and biblical beliefs, is obama's display of political power. one fact will remain, no matter how deep in the tank president obama goes for the gender nonconformist, genetics and god's design of male and female, no matter how repugnant that is to some, cannot be changed. biological gender remains fixed no matter how many cross gender rmones are taken or cosmetic surgeries are performed. no law can change the genetic and biblical truth of god's design. using financial black mail to achieve the elimination of gender will become obama's ugly legacy. that's from a guy who has had the surgery who has had the hormones, he's been through it all.

and walt and walt haier has had a blog. he's overcome his alcohol addiction. and i ask him, i don't think he'd mind me repeating, said, you know, we learned from the swedish study over 30 years, people that have had the sex change operation are 20 times more likely to commit suicide. i said, did those thoughts enter your mind, suicidal thoughts? and he indicated he had tried to commit suicide. i didn't elaborate. but this is a man that no knows -- that knows. and so is dr. paul mccue. to try to make this a new civil rights issue holds these people .p for political football

and everybody knows footballs get changed out from game to game. some political football will be the new football in another game. and i doubt that the people in this room that have been using transgender as a football will go back like the swedish study or the johns hopkins study did and see the damage that's been done. 80% if left untreated have and very normal lives normal mental affect down the road, if they're left untreated. but my friends who support this want to make them a political football. we have this article then from

june 3, melody wood wrote, the headline is, six men who disguised themselves as women to access bathrooms. she reports the obama administration has unlawfully rewritten law meddling in state and local matters and imposing bad policy on the entire nation. americans agree that while we should be sensitive to transgender individuals, others also have rights of privacy, safety and their own beliefs. that deserve respect and shuzz not simply be pushed a-- and should not simply be pushed aside. especially when transgender persons can be accommodated in other ways. the risk to the privacy and safety of women and girls is real. there have been numerous cases in recent years of men either cross dressing or claiming to be transgender in order to access women's bathrooms and locker rooms for inappropriate

purposes. here are six examples. in 2009 a sex offender named richard rendler was arrested for waking -- wearing fake breaflts and a wig -- breasts and a wig while loitering in a rest room in a shopping sent. . he had previously been arrested -- center. he had previously been arrested on charges of child molestation and indecent -- indecent exposure. in 2010 hernandez was arrested. he had disguised himself as a woman on two separate occasions to get inside a u.c. berkeley locker room. once in the locker room hernandez allegedly used his cell phone to photograph women. 2013, jason pomar was arrested for cross dressing in order to gain access to women's rest rooms at a macy's department store in palmdale, california. pomar snuck a video camera into secretly videotape women while they use the rest room. in 2014 christopher hambrook,

who faked being a transgender person named jessica, was jailed in toronto, canada, hambrook preyed on women at two toronto shelters and had previously preyed on other women and girls as young as 5 years old to his oldest -- to as old as 53. his case in particular shows the importance of protecting the privacy and safety of some of our most vulnerable citizens , the homeless and others who seek emergency shelter. and yet the obama administration recently proposed a rule that would impose a gender identity mandate here as well. in 2015, two spying incidences were recorded in virginia. one at a mall, one at wal-mart. both instances involved a man in women's clothing who used a mirror and camera to take pictures of a mother and her 5-year-old daughter and a 53-year-old woman while they were in neighboring rest room stalls. the suspect wore a pink shirt

and a long wig to present himself as a woman. in 2016 a man used a woman's locker room at a public swimming pool in washington state to undress in front of young girls who were changing for swim practice. when seattle parks and regular reaction staff asked him to leave, the man claimed the law has changed and i have a right to be here. the man was apparently referring to washington state law that allows individuals to use the bathroom that correspondents with their gender identity, however the man made no attempts to present as a woman. as these examples illustrate there are people who will abuse transgender policies, although the obama administration wants o keep its focus on bathrooms, its trance gender directive goes were -- transgender directtive goes much farther and requires male students who identify as women get unfettered access to women and girl showers at school gyms. what are women and girls to do when a biological male wearing

a wig and makeup walks into an open shower next to them and they're shocked by the intrusion? according to the administration's directive, quote, the desire to accommodate others' discomfort, unquote, is no reason at all to prevent transgender people from accessing the intimate facilities of their choice. moreover, the directive prevents schools from requiring transgender people to have surgery, take hormones, have a medical diagnosis and even act or dress in a particular way before having the right to be treated exactly like a person of the opposite sex. the logical effect would be to silence women and girls who might otherwise speak out to prevent serious crimes from happening for fear that they would be accused of bigotry if they make the wrong call. the interest and desires of transgender persons, especially adults, should not be placed over the privacy and safety of women and girls. there are ways of accommodating

transgender people with private facilities without endangering and silencing women who could be hurt by policies allowing anyone unfettered access to their lockers, showers and bathrooms. that's from melody wood and it also reminds me, back years ago when the issue of hate crimes was arising, and we were going to punish people more severely ased on what was in their mind s. did they choose a person, a a im based on they being member of an identifiable group that created a problem for me as one who has sentenced felons up to and including the death penalty, because it -- from the testimony we heard over and

over, those who are -- used to called under the old d.c.m. sociopaths became anti-social personality disorder. but they knew right from wrong. they just chose to do wrong and they would pick victims at random, they didn't really care. and the people that testified in my court repeatedly made clear that if someone has this anti-social personality disorder, formerly sociopath, psychopath, they had less chance of being reformed and coming out of prison and shying away from wrongdoing. the less chance of reforming them. whereas testimony indicated in different cases that if someone committed an act in the heat of passion, often it was a

one-time crime, had to be punished for its own crime's sake, but that they were not likely to ever commit that crime again. there were some who committed crimes, they were not anti-social personality, but they had been brought up to hate a specific group or people and they committed some act or ime against them and always made sure it didn't -- sure, it didn't matter whether they picked their victim because of sexual orientation, if they committed an assault of any kind, up to and including murder, i made sure they were punished severely for the crime they committed because every person deserves to be protected from an assault. so, hate crimes comes in and says, oh, and those who chose a person based on the hatred that they were taught, there were indications, there have been some great successes with

confrontations between them, after they were sentenced, with victims or victims' families. in which the person who was not anti-social personality would weep and would recant and apologize, beg forgiveness, and they would never have that kind of hatred again and they would begin associating with people, whether they were of a different race, cre, d -- creed, color, gender, they had a better chance of being rehabilitated. yet the hate crime law came in and said, we -- if -- in fact, under the federal law, if you convince a jury, just raise a reasonable doubt as the defendant, no, no, i didn't pick that victim because they were this, that or the other, i just wanted to shoot somebody that day, you raise a reasonable doubt that you may have randomly picked the victim, it's a complete defense to the federal hate crime law.

that's a messed up law. i also gave the example that based on so many of the hate crime laws, you could someday -- and i was called crazy for all kinds of names for giving this example, but the example i thought many years ago was appropriate based on the hate crimes legislation, that you could have a situation where a mother and her young daughter standing on a street corner, somebody opens their trench coat and flashes the daughter, the mother, out of that protective instinct they have to protect the child, hits the flasher with her purse, well now the flasher -- and a lot of jurisdictions, that's a minimal misdemeanor. probably would never do any jail time. might have to pay a fine. might spend one day in jail. t because the woman hit him,

because of his sexual orientation toward flashing, then she is now guilty under many hate crime laws of committing a felony. and can get prison time. under these misguided hate crime laws. and i war ant that we would get -- warrant that we would get to this point. and then when i hear on the news some woman got mad when a guy came in, scared her, dressed as a woman, and she hit .im and she gets arrested this is what happens, this is the kind of miscarriage of justice you get when we don't base laws on facts. and then we have this article from rebecca keal, of course most of us heard this headline, we know the department of veterans affairs, the v.a. has had problems and people have been dying waiting to get the

treatment they needed. and yet now the v.a. proposes covering surgeries for transgender vets. they're not even taking care of the vets that need it when they need help. and now they're going to take up a procedure that johns hopkins says does more harm than good, that the best study in the world from sweden says they're going to be 20 times more likely to kill themselves, have we not lost enough veterans already, that the v.a. wants to make them 20 times more vulnerable to suicide than they already are? it's time to stop the nonsense. and i would submit, mr. speaker, having reviewed the mccue tion that dr. paul from johns hopkins had provided , and walt haier had provided, and i look into based on their

direction, one thing's imminently clear. the issue of transgender is not based on biological science, it's not based on medical science, the not based on physical science, it's not based on chemical science, there is only one science that this whole transgender issue before the congress is based on and that is political science. . i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. does the gentleman have a motion? mr. gohmert: i move that we do now hereby adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the motion is continued, accordingly,

work on a bill to help puerto rico with staff issues. follow the house live when members come back tomorrow. >> on american history tv on we show sunday morning thehington journal with " untold story of the campaign that started it all." and at 10:00, the 1976 republican national convention, and a close race between president gerald ford and former president reagan for the nomination. acceptance speech, and remarks by ronald reagan.

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