ms. bonamici: i yield to the gentleman from oregon ms. salinas. ms. salinas: as a mother to a former child athlete, i get the need to keep our daughters safe and ensure school sports are fair. sadly, there is nothing in this bill to improve the safety of our daughters or improve fair play. in fact, the bill subjects girlscies against, transgender all girls to harm ridicule and strips fairness from players and parents and school communities this. bill sets up an unfair playing field where any parent raise ago concern a transgender girl can be playing on a girl's team. it's rare. it's unfair to be girls who may be targeted because they grow faster, play harder, or might be more talented then their teammates. this is unfair to the school district who can't navigate the they threat of lawsuits but also can't afford losing federal funding. this bill is sun fair to the girl athletes who could be subject to genital inspection answer subject to humiliation leaving them with the legacy of trauma. this bill is unfair to the american people who are demanding tha

ms. bonamici: mr. speaker, i rise to speak against this extreme legislation that would criminalize doctors. as we've heard, killing a baby is already against the law. what we should be doing is working together to get accurate health care information to anyone who is pregnant or who wants to be pregnant. so here's a real story. from oregon. a county public health clinic closed and when a local woman missed her period, she went to a so-called crisis pregnancy center. she got a test and an ultra sound. the center said, you're pregnant, all is well, you should plan for a new baby. a month later she was hemorrhaging. she went to the emergency department where the doctor diagnosed a uterine polyp and early cancer. and that blurry ultrasound she got at the crisis pregnancy center, it was not a baby. it was impacted stool in her colon. she was obviously dangerously misdiagnosed. sadly, stories like this are notten uncommon -- is not uncommon which is why i'll introduce an act to prevent unfair advertising of