{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-banks-tuberville-file-amendment-to-protect-state-laws-banning-men-in-womens-sports/", "Hawley, Banks, Tuberville File Amendment to Protect State Laws Banning Men in Women\u2019s Sports", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Jim Banks (R-In.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) filed an amendment to the Protect College Sports Act to ensure the bill does not overturn any state laws banning men from women\u2019s sports. The amendment will provide a guarantee that state laws on the books that ban biological men in women\u2019s sports are fully protected. Senators Jim Banks and Tommy Tuberville joined Hawley in filing the amendment.\n\n\u201cBiological men should never be allowed in women\u2019s sports or women\u2019s locker rooms,\u201d said Senator Hawley. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to make sure state laws protecting women stand.\u201d\n\n\u201cIndiana has one of the strongest laws in the country that keeps biological men from competing in women\u2019s sports. As the father of three daughters, I can\u2019t support any legislation that would preempt Indiana\u2019s law. This amendment would make sure the Protect College Sports Act protects female athletes,\u201d said Senator Banks.\n\n\u201cProtecting girls and women\u2019s sports is the civil rights issue of our time,\u201d said Senator Tuberville. \u201cDemocrats have proven again and again they don\u2019t give a rip about protecting women from mentally ill men who wake up one day and decide to dress up like a girl. I\u2019m proud to stand with Senators Hawley and Banks in introducing this commonsense amendment to protect millions of female student athletes.\u201d", 1, "2026-08-07T06:11:19Z", "2026-08-07T06:12:42Z"]], "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.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-banks-tuberville-file-amendment-to-protect-state-laws-banning-men-in-womens-sports/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3840259052813053, "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"}