FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—One year after President Donald Trump signed the executive order banning biological men from competing in women’s sports, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., will host the Republican Women’s Caucus to celebrate.
The event coincides with National Women and Girls in Sports Day and will also celebrate Team USA’s success in the ongoing Winter Olympics.
“Under President Trump and House Republicans, the days of women’s sports being undermined by woke, unfair politics are over,” Emmer told The Daily Signal.
The lunch, co-hosted by Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., will connect lawmakers and movement groups to plan and discuss how Congress can continue to support female athletes.
Attendees will discuss multiple pieces of legislation, including the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act that passed in the House over a year ago but is still awaiting a vote in the Senate, with lawmakers.
“For too long, hardworking female athletes had their titles stolen, their roster spots robbed, and, tragically, some even endured life-altering injuries—all in the name of a progressive ideology that denies basic biology. Republicans say, ‘No more.’ We’ve gained a lot of ground in this fight, but we will not stop until every American girl has the opportunity to succeed in her sport,” Emmer told The Daily Signal.
Other lawmakers in attendance will be Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla.; Rep. Sheri Biggs, R-S.C.; Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas; Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind.; Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y.; and Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla.
Payton McNabb with Independent Women and Macy Petty with Concerned Women for America will also join the lawmakers to discuss how to further protect girls sports from transgender ideology.
McNabb was brutally injured on the volleyball court by a male athlete competing in women’s sports. Petty is also a former volleyball player.
As an NCAA athlete who was also forced to compete against a biological male, Petty now travels the country with McNabb advocating for women’s sports.
“Women’s sports exist because women fought for the right to compete on equal footing,” McNabb told The Daily Signal.
“Protecting those spaces is about responsibility—to the athletes who came before us and the girls who will come after. I’m thankful for Whip Emmer’s leadership and for his commitment to ensuring women’s sports remain fair and protected,” she continued.
May Mailman, director of the Independent Women’s Law Center and former White House senior adviser, told The Daily Signal that “protecting those opportunities against men asserting a right to eliminate girls’ bodily privacy, safety, and fairness remains a critical issue.”
“I’m thankful for all the work that President Trump and Republicans in Congress, sadly without any Democrat support, have put in to ensure continual progress for women,” she continued.
Penny Nance, CEO and president of Concerned Women for America, told The Daily Signal that “this National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee is celebrating a year full of wins for female athletes thanks to Speaker [Mike] Johnson and Whip Emmer’s leadership.”
“Congress must end its tacit stamp of approval for national governing bodies like the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, USA Volleyball, USA Fencing, and others that ignore biological reality and deny women and girls fairness, safety, and opportunity for the sake of gender ideology,” Nance added.
“As we celebrate this historic National Girls and Women in Sports Day, CWALAC is excited to work with House leadership to continue shoring up protections for women and girls in sports,” she concluded.
