Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is pushing to extend her proposal to ban transgender women from using female bathroom facilities on Capitol Hill to be enforced in all federal buildings.
Mace introduced a bill Wednesday that would prohibit transgender women from using any “private, protected facilities” such as bathrooms or locker rooms on all federal property. The legislation comes after Mace vowed to expand on her initial resolution targeting Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first transgender member of Congress.
“The radical Left would rather call me an extremist than admit they are wrong,” Mace said in a statement. “The radical Left says I’m a ‘threat.’ You better believe it. And I will shamelessly call you out for putting women and girls in harm’s way. Women fought for these spaces, and I will not let them be erased to score political points with a small but loud activist class.”
Mace introduced her first bill Monday, hoping to attach it to the new House rules legislation that will be voted on next year. If it is included in the rules legislation, which House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has not yet agreed to, the change would be voted on when the House reconvenes in January for the 119th Congress to adopt a new rules legislation to dictate how the lower chamber operates.
If it is not included in the rules legislation, Mace has threatened to file the bill as a privileged resolution, which would force a vote on the measure within two legislative days.
Regardless, the rule would apply to bathrooms in the Capitol and House office buildings and be enforced by the House sergeant-at-arms. The means of enforcement or punishment for violations is not yet clear.
However, in the past, leadership has resorted to fining members, such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) setting up $5,000 fines for first offenses and $10,000 for second offenses for members who refused to walk through metal detectors after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
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“Women and girls shouldn’t have to give up their safety or privacy just because the Left wants to win points with their activist base,” Mace said. “This isn’t controversial — it’s common sense. I’m going to continue defending women and girls from these harmful, out-of-touch, and straight-up weird policies.”
Mace has vowed to continue expanding her efforts to block transgender women from using female-designated facilities, suggesting she may later introduce legislation that would extend similar restrictions to public schools that receive federal funding.