{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases/capito-statement-on-scotus-decision-upholding-west-virginia-law-protecting-girls-sports", "Capito Statement on SCOTUS Decision Upholding West Virginia Law Protecting Girls\u2019 Sports", "2026-06-30", "2026", "2026-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WV", "Shelley Moore Capito", "C001047", "www.capito.senate.gov", "capito", "https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "CHARLESTON, W.Va. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) applauded the decision from the Supreme Court of the United States in State of West Virginia v. B.P.J., upholding West Virginia law requiring that each athlete\u2019s participation in the athletic or sporting event be based on the athlete\u2019s biological sex for an official or unofficial school-sanctioned athletic or sporting event.\n\n\u201cI applaud the Supreme Court for upholding West Virginia\u2019s common sense law to protect girls\u2019 sports. As an athlete myself and the mother of a daughter who played a college sport, I believe strongly that allowing biological males to compete in women\u2019s sports undermines the very fairness and protections Title IX was designed to provide. With the athletics landscape in our country rapidly evolving, we must recommit ourselves to protecting female athletes and ensure they can always compete on a level playing field. I\u2019m proud to continue championing this issue for young girls across West Virginia, and I congratulate our leaders back home for the decisive victory today,\u201d Senator Capito said.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nSenator Capito has been a staunch supporter of women sports. Some of her legislative efforts in the space include:\n\nProtection of Women and Girls in Sports Act: Senator Capito has been a cosponsor of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act since 2021. This bill ensures Title IX provisions treat gender as \u201crecognized based solely on a person\u2019s reproductive biology and genetics at birth\u201d and bans recipients of federal funding from operating, sponsoring, or facilitating athletic programs that permit a male to participate in a women\u2019s sporting event. On March 3, 2025, the Senate voted on a motion to proceed to this bill, but it failed (51-45).\n\nLetter to the NCAA: On the same day as the vote on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, Senator Capito joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) to NCAA President Charlie Baker applauding the organization\u2019s updated policy barring biological male students from participating in women\u2019s sports following President Trump\u2019s Executive Order titled, \u201cKeeping Men Out of Women\u2019s Sports.\u201d The letter also urged the organization to take additional steps to protect the safety and privacy of female athletes.\n\nW.V. v. B.P.J. Amicus Brief: In September, Senator Capito joined an amicus brief with U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), and 11 other senators arguing that Congress\u2019s clear and unambiguous intent in Title IX was that \u201csex\u201d meant biology, not gender identity.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-01T06:34:07Z", "2026-07-01T06:35:35Z"]], "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://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases/capito-statement-on-scotus-decision-upholding-west-virginia-law-protecting-girls-sports"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5056882984936237, "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"}