{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcguire.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-john-mcguire-cosponsors-protects-act-2025", "Rep. John McGuire Cosponsors the PROTECTS Act of 2025", "2025-01-29", "2025", "2025-01", "Republican", "House", "VA", "John J. McGuire III", "M001239", "mcguire.house.gov", "mcguire", "https://mcguire.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative John McGuire (VA-05), cosponsored the PROTECTS Act (Protecting Resources Of Taxpayers to Eliminate Childhood Transgender Surgeries), legislation that was introduced by Rep. Rich McCormick.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s simple, federal funds should not be used to give children sex change operations,\u201d said Rep. John McGuire. \u201cI\u2019ve long believed that we must protect our children and surround them with the resources and support they need. This legislation shields children from life-altering and traumatic experiences associated with gender transition procedures and protects their mental health and development. I am proud to join Representative McCormick on this legislation to protect children.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs a physician and father, I will never stop fighting to protect all children by ensuring these dangerous medical procedures are not funded by American taxpayers,\" said Rep. Rich McCormick.\n\nThe PROTECTS Act of 2025 prohibits federal funds from being used to provide gender transition procedures to minors. It does include a few practical exceptions for individuals with medically verifiable disorders. President Trump's Executive Order, that was announced last night, is very similar to McCormick's bill as it will stop federal funds from being used for such procedures. Rep. McCormick stated that, \"Executive Orders serve a purpose when immediate action is useful, but it is incumbent on us in Congress to go through the legislative process and codify it into law. This executive order is similar to my PROTECTS Act, and I look forward to my bill being passed.\"\n\n\u201cForcing so-called gender transition surgeries on minors is premeditated child abuse, plain and simple,\u201d said Rep. Andrew Clyde. \u201cThese radical procedures cause permanent, irreparable damage that no child should endure. It\u2019s disturbing that these dangerous experiments are being pushed on America\u2019s youth, and it\u2019s outrageous that federal funds are being used to support such harmful practices. The PROTECTS Act will stop this madness by ensuring Americans\u2019 hard-earned tax dollars do not fund the cruel, life-altering mutilation of children.\u201d\n\n\u201cRadical woke ideology has attached itself to America\u2019s children like Velcro,\u201d said Rep. Mike Collins. \u201cThe PROTECTS Act safeguards minors from dangerous, irreversible gender transition surgeries and prohibits American tax dollars from being used to finance these terrible procedures. I want to thank my fellow Georgian, Rep. Rich McCormick, for utilizing his medical background and reintroducing this crucial bill.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe radical left has preyed upon our young people by telling them that, if they are unhappy with their bodies, they need to undergo life-changing medical interventions that cause irreversible bodily harm,\u201d said Rep. Brad Finstad. \u201cI am proud to join Rep. McCormick in introducing the PROTECTS Act, commonsense legislation that keeps federal taxpayer dollars from funding these despicable, experimental gender transition procedures on our sons and daughters.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe PROTECTS Act is a critical step in ensuring taxpayer dollars are not used to fund harmful and experimental surgeries on minors,\u201d said Rep. Lance Gooden. \u201cI stand with Rep. Rich McCormick in defending our children and ensuring federal funds are not weaponized to promote a radical agenda that harms families and erodes our values.\u201d\n\n\u201cFederal funds should never be used to provide gender transitions for children,\u201d said Rep. Michael Guest. \u201cI am proud to support this legislation that protects our children from woke propaganda that damages them for life.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe attack on children has reached its peak, and supporting laws that keep them safe is the common sense choice Americans voted for on November 5th,\u201d said Rep. Abraham Hamadeh. \u201cThe PROTECTS Act prohibits federal funds from being used to provide gender transition surgeries to minors, shielding them from the permanent and avoidable damage these procedures cause. Preying on children for political purposes is reprehensible, I\u2019m proud to support a bill that puts an end to the attempts to corrupt and harm the next generation.\u201d\n\n\u201cMany of our government health care agencies are woefully underfunded,\u201d said Rep. Dusty Johnson. \u201cGovernment funds should not be used to cover transgender surgeries on minors when we have outstanding obligations to the healthcare needs of our seniors, veterans, and Native Americans. This bill is common sense, and I\u2019m grateful for Congressman McCormick\u2019s leadership on this issue.\u201d\n\n\"Our children are being put at risk by radical gender transition ideologies that promote irreversible and experimental medical procedures at the taxpayer's expense,\u201d said Rep. Anna Paulina Luna. \u201cThese mutilation treatments are not only abhorrent but also dangerously misguided. Rep. McCormick's PROTECTS Act will ensure we act swiftly so that no American taxpayer is financing this harmful practice.\"\n\n\u201cThe mutilation of children should be unfathomable,\u201d said Rep. Andy Ogles. \u201cUnfortunately, many people living in America not only support transiting minors but also using taxpayer dollars to pay for it. I applaud and am proud to cosponsor Rep. McCormick\u2019s bill to block federal funding for so-called medical procedures that mutilate children.\u201d\n\n\u201cThere is no excuse for misusing taxpayer dollars to fund experimental and irreversible procedures on minors, especially when these decisions are made before they reach maturity and can fully understand the profound ramifications of such a life-altering decision,\u201d said Rep. Beth Van Duyne. \u201cFar too often, we see survivors of these childhood surgeries come forward and share their regret that no one stood up for them or warned them of the dire consequences. I\u2019m glad to join my colleagues in reintroducing this bill to protect young children from further abuse by harmful, experimental surgeries while they suffer from treatable mental disorders.\u201d\n\n\u201cNot a single taxpayer dollar should go toward funding gender reassignment surgeries for children,\u201d said Rep. Tony Wied. \u201cThese irreversible procedures are nothing short of mutilation of American children. I commend Rep. McCormick for introducing the PROTECTS Act, and I\u2019m proud to co-sponsor this important legislation.\u201d\n\nThe PROTECTS Act of 2025 is also being supported by four outside organizations, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), Frontline Policy Action, Family Research Council, and Family Policy Alliance.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T17:10:36Z"]], "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://mcguire.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-john-mcguire-cosponsors-protects-act-2025"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.2000266946852207, "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"}