{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-nancy-mace-backs-protect-childrens-innocence-act-calls-end", "Congresswoman Nancy Mace Backs Protect Children\u2019s Innocence Act, Calls To End Irreversible Procedures On Minors", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Nancy Mace", "M000194", "mace.house.gov", "mace", "https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 17, 2025) \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) delivered remarks on the House floor in strong support of the Protect Children\u2019s Innocence Act, legislation which would make it a felony under federal law to perform chemical or surgical gender-transition procedures on minors, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.\n\nMace condemned what she described as efforts to normalize irreversible medical procedures on children and urged swift action to protect minors from permanent harm.\n\n\u201cThere is a lie at the heart of this debate we have to correct \u2014 no child is born in the wrong body,\u201d Mace said. \u201cThere are only two biological sexes, male and female. They are assigned at birth, and cannot be changed.\u201d\n\nCongresswoman Mace\u2019s full remarks are below:\n\nThank you, Madam Speaker.\n\nI rise in strong support of the Protect Children\u2019s Innocence Act.\n\nAnd when we\u2019re talking about shameful \u2013 shameful is castrating a kid.\n\nShameful is chopping off the breasts of an underage girl, and that is what the Democrats are doing today.\n\nIt is obscene. It is disgusting. You\u2019re seeing in real time Democrats wanting and defending grooming of children. And it is abhorrent.\n\nThere is a lie at the heart of the debate we\u2019re having today that I have to correct \u2013 no child is born in the wrong body.\n\nThere are only two sexes \u2013 male and female. There are no others.\n\nEvery child is created in the Lord\u2019s image, and we cannot remain silent while demonic forces are here today on the floor.\n\nThe Left, here to groom children and defend it.\n\nChildren are innocent, and for too long Democrats have tried to mainstream satanic, irreversible procedures which DESTROY the bodies of young children and often lead to kids being sterilized for life.\n\nIt leads to disease. Leads to cancer. Leads to suicide.\n\nDemocrats say protect trans kids. I came here today to the floor of the House of Representatives to say there is no such thing as a trans kid.\n\nTransgenderism is a mind virus perpetrated by the far-left to groom young children.\n\nThis is not gender-affirming care, it is genital-destroying child abuse.\n\nThis chemical and surgical mutilation of children has devastating consequences on their physical and mental health and so many live to regret it. Many live to detransition if they make it out at all.\n\nThis is sick. This is disgusting. And we cannot allow the left to prey on underage kids any longer.\n\nI yield back.\n\nLINK TO WATCH REMARKS: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7u0ESIqH8-c\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-nancy-mace-backs-protect-childrens-innocence-act-calls-end"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.2054069451987743, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}