ms. gaines is talking about. as a cisgender black woman my gender is not threatened by a-- as well. >> thank you for testifying today. for ms. robinson, do you know which women's sports consists of transgender participants? >> it's a small number. the williams institute about 300,000 trans youth total in the united states, but less than a percentage of a percent and when some of these laws pass in places like utah, they are putting into place broad sports bans that ban kids from playing as early as five years old. in utah specifically when the governor explored more about that piece of legislation, he last year called it cruel, but it only impacted four trans students in the state and only one trans girl so we know there's a small percentage of trans women that are actually playing in sports that these bills are targeting. >> so i hardly know what to say because i would think that a human rights belong to everyone and that trans rights are human rights and we must do more to assure that the trans community and the

riley gaines is the spokesperson for independent women's voice. ms. ines defends single-sex spaces for women, advocates for equality, stands up for women safety. she is a former 12 time all- american swimmer from the university of kentucky and has been a -- biological males participating in women's sports. she has challenge the rules of various sports leagues and about women's spaces and encourage other female athletes to join her cause. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator graham. here is what we will do. we will swear in the witnesses and each of them, five minutes for the statement then -- then i will ask the witnesses to please stand and raise your right hand. do you affirm the testimony you give will be the truth the whole truth, nothing but the truth, so help you god? let the record reflect that all answers have been to the affirmative and we will start with harleigh walker. ms. walker, the floor is yours. >> good morning. my name is harleigh walker, my pronouns are she/her, and i'm 16 years old from alabama. i want to take you all -- o

gain power and get the policy in place. you mentioned barbara boxer, and we did talk to ms. boxer last hour. she said something interesting, and aim i am curious if you hea any of this language from dianne feinstein yesterday. she said when i was going to retire and i announced my retirement, and she said, what are you going to do, and you have the best years of your life. did she still have that fighting spirit? >> absolutely. first of all, she asked me, when are you coming back to congress -- >> did she really? that is funny. >> she really did. she also said, let's cosponsor a series of dinners in washington for women. i said let's do it. and now i will organize the di-fein dinners in washington. and she said, what can we do for the country to make it better, and it was never about herself or her place or her this or that, and always. i just don't -- i can't think of anybody who brought all of the gifts that she did to the senate, and i hope that this young woman who just said i grew up with her will remember that, and remember this day. and we'll all not just mourn her, but celebrate an i

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ms. james is seeking to recover $250 million in ill-gotten gains. trump denies all wrongdoing.rt monday over donald trump's fraudulent business practices is where we start the hour with some of our favorite reporters and friends. "new york times" investigative reporter suzanne craig is back with us. also joining us, bloomberg editor tim o'brien. tim and view have been covering trump's finances for many years. they have probably forgotten more than i will ever now. andrew weissman with us and form attorney general for national security, mary mccord is back with us. lucky for us they are all msnbc contributors. i start with you. you weren't here when the judge was reacting. i spoke to your colleague when this really bombshell ruling came down, i guess bombshell for me, maybe it wasn't surprising for you. now we're heading into a trial on monday with the question of fraud settled, but these others big questions with the big impact on trump and his businesses very much on the line. what are you watching for? >> well, when i think about this now, i just think, you know, they're sayi

gain votes at the ballot box. this should be done responsibly. transgender people have been around for a long time and they have rights and they need to be respected. i read ms. scanlan's testimony. i wasn't here to hear it and i think penn didn't deal with your situation like they could have and should have and putting up some type of different barriers in the women's area of, of the locker room. but that's another another issue. things should be dealt with in a different way. this is an easy way for people to try to get points, pick on a minority group that is the most minority and least understood in our country. and it's gone on for, for centuries 100 years ago, it was african americans later. it was hispanics, then it was gay people. now, transgender people find a group that is not understood and it is easy to use to gain political power. if it's bad for politics, it's bad for people should use science. parents have rights in raising their children, athletes have rights. there's a connection. we need to figure out the right answer and to get the right answer, we need to ask the medical association and the psychiatric association to choose the people tha

gain anything positive from them and support a corrupt organization? i reserve. the chair: the gentlewoman from north carolina reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. mslee: yes, mr. chairman, i understand what this amendment does. and i don't accept the fact that it's a corrupt organization. i do know the importance of these meetings and conferences in terms of us coming together for solutions to lead us to global peace and security. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from california reserves. the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: mr. chairman, may i ms. foxx: may i inquire how much time i have left? the chair: 1 1/2 minutes. ms. foxx: mr. chairman, we have a terrific debt on our hands in this country. we don't need to be spending any money that is not absolutely necessary to spend. curbing attendance at meetings such as the clinton global initiative is a good way for us to chip away at that debt and to save the american taxpayers some money. i think this is an excellent amendment. i believe that my colleagues will see that it's an excellent amendment. and i will continue to advocate for its passage. i