[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 193 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H9706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IRREVERSIBLE PROCEDURES ON VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DANGEROUS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, from the beginning, our Nation's founding 
was based upon the idea of defending our borders and defending our 
people within it.
  Yet, in a complete 180 from the original purpose, our top government 
officials want our tax dollars to fund irreversible gender reassignment 
surgery for children.
  Chemical castrations, mastectomies, and hysterectomies for sex 
reassignment on minors are life-altering decisions that are permanent 
and should not be taken lightly. Moreover, the government has no 
business paying for them with our tax dollars. It is not only 
irresponsible but also flat-out dangerous and encourages irreversible 
and sterilizing procedures on young people.
  Mr. Speaker, 80 percent of young people who experience gender 
dysphoria move on from that when they become adults.
  Some doctors and teachers--sometimes even parents--pressure 
vulnerable children into these invasive surgeries to keep in line with 
their woke agenda. Adults have no business forcing these decisions upon 
young people or making them themselves. Indeed, we have run legislation 
here saying that this should not be a discussion for minors, they must 
be at least 18 years old if they want to go through these procedures.
  It is unacceptable the way adults, media, and government are putting 
children entrusted in their care in these situations directly in harm's 
way with irreversible, life-changing, and even suicide-inducing 
decisions.

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