Republican Rep. Nancy Mace (S.C.) introduced a measure to ban transgender women from using the women’s bathrooms at the Capitol, just weeks after the state of Delaware elected the first openly transgender member of Congress .
The resolution , if adopted, would prohibit those in Congress, officers and employees of the House of Representatives from using single-sex facilities “other than those corresponding to their biological sex.”
Mace said Tuesday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) would include the measure in the House rules package next year, meaning it would almost certainly take effect.
“The speaker has said he’ll put it in the House rules package,” Mace told HuffPost after leaving a House Republican meeting where her proposal was favorably discussed. “If he doesn’t, I intend to amend the House rules package and/or bring a privileged motion to the floor.”
Mace said she introduced the resolution “100%” specifically in response to the arrival of Representative-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who made history earlier this month when she won Delaware’s lone seat in the House.