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              GIRLS' SPORTS ARE UNDER THREAT IN CALIFORNIA

  (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, it keeps on happening. Girls' and women's 
sports are under threat. In my home State of California, in just the 
last few days, a male won in a division in State track championships 
for CIF.
  A male athlete competing in the girls' divisions took top finishes, 
taking opportunities away from the girls in sports and women in sports.
  Only afterward in this case did CIF revise the results and hand out 
medals to the girls who were pushed off the podium, which really tells 
you all you need to know.
  Now, the Department of Justice is stepping in. Assistant Attorney 
General Harmeet Dhillon has given more than 1,600 California schools a 
deadline: Reject this bylaw that allows athletes to compete based on 
gender identity rather than their biological sex, or they will face 
legal consequences. There is, indeed, a physiological difference 
between the two.
  We have seen this disadvantage in the Olympics, in boxing, 
volleyball. Mr. Speaker, there are so many examples in sports where 
girls who have trained hard have had their dream of getting to the 
Olympics or playing in college taken away because of these crazy 
policies.
  We need to stop this and have that ruling take place to reverse that 
trend. The Equal Protection Clause is what we need.

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