[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 101 (Friday, June 14, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E636]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. TONY GONZALES

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 14, 2024

  Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas. Mr. Speaker, during a series of votes on 
June 13, 2024, on amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2025 (H.R. 8070), I intended to vote ``yes'' on the 
Rosendale Amendment No. 52, (Roll Call No. 262), but inadvertently 
voted ``no.''
  This amendment would prohibit TRICARE from covering, and the 
Department of Defense from furnishing, gender transition surgeries and 
gender hormone treatments for individuals that identify as transgender.
  I strongly believe that our U.S. military should play no role in 
these activities.

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