[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 19, 2023)] [House] [Pages H1881-H1884] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Date: 2023-04-19
Chamber: HOUSE
Mr. MURPHY: this evening, I will be talking on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. I have been a physician now for over 30 years and have dealt with a lot of different types of individuals, and there is a difference medically between men and women. There is a difference biologically between men and women. There is a difference chromosomally between men and women. There is a difference genetically between men and women. At age 5, it is an absolutely normal thing for young children to question who they are. It is absolutely normal. We all go through that phase. Sadly enough, our left colleagues now want to put pressure, either from teachers, counselors, or whatever, that they may be disillusioned, that they may not understand who they are, to try to push them in one direction. What has happened? We now have this huge conglomeration of individuals who don't understand their biological sex. We have been preached to by the left for 3 years, ``Follow the science. Follow the science,'' even though the science was wrong. Right now, they don't want to follow the science. It comes down to the science of gender, and they refuse to allow that truth to be told. They don't want to hear about the true biological and genetic differences between XY and XX chromosomes. As a physician, I can say there is an absolute genetic difference in mitochondria, spindle cell formation, and everything else in a genetic XY male from an XX female. It is how they develop. Regardless of any type of hormonal manipulation, an XY male has a competitive advantage over an XX female--period, point blank. It is fact. It cannot be refuted. Sadly enough, the left doesn't want to hear that. They want to push the fact that the choice of a gender will get to decide a competitive advantage. They want to trample over the rights of women and allow men to compete in women's sports. It is an absolute absurdity. I honestly cannot believe that this is an actual issue that we are debating in the United States of America. It is common sense. I won't point out any specifics, but what would happen if a male from the NBA decided he wanted to compete in the WNBA? Would that be fair? Absolutely not. What would happen if somebody like Michael Phelps wanted to compete in women's athletic sports, in swimming? It would be absolutely unfair, but the left is not horrified if something like that would happen in high school or college.  Ten years ago, I would say Democrats and Republicans would never have dreamed we would be going down this path of lunacy, trying to erase women's sports, that a young girl who at the age of 5 or 10 would be competing so hard for her dream at age 18 or 22 to compete in the Olympics for a gold medal or any other medal might have that taken away by a biological male. However, here we are. It is a sad state. It is time for the adults in the room to bring common sense back to this country. Now, I am not downgrading or denigrating the desire for those individuals to compete in sports. I understand that, but what is fair is fair. It is absolutely unfair for a biological male to compete against a biological female in high school or any other type of sports.  {time}  1830  We are bringing common sense and a sense of normalcy back to women's sports and women's rights against the unscientific madness of the left. Mr. Speaker, I would ask my colleagues to vote for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.