{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-lee-introduce-ban-on-federal-funding-for-child-mutilation-studies/", "Tuberville, Lee Introduce Ban on Federal Funding for Child Mutilation Studies", "2026-08-03", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Tommy Tuberville", "T000278", "www.tuberville.senate.gov", "tuberville", "https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) in introducing legislation to prohibit the use of federal funds for any research or publication promoting gender transitions for minors. The Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act will shield American children from permanent medical and psychological damage, in line with President Trump\u2019s pledge to keep tax dollars from child mutilation.\n\n\u201cThousands of America\u2019s children have fallen prey to the Radical Left\u2019s woke gender ideology,\u201d said Sen. Tuberville. \u201cAmerican families have been lied to for far too long as we know these surgeries cause irreversible harm. Subjecting healthy, developing children to damaging and harmful procedures without a grave medical purpose is BEYOND SICKENING. Taxpayers shouldn\u2019t be forced to pay for these extreme and reckless practices, or any of the left-wing propaganda promoting them. This vile attack on our children ends now with President Trump and his team. I\u2019m proud to join Senator Lee in this crucial bill to stop the abuse of America\u2019s children and enforce the President\u2019s pro-family agenda.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhy is the federal bureaucracy in the child mutilation business?\u201d said Sen. Lee. \u201cAmericans don\u2019t want to pay millions for these disturbing studies where hundreds of kids are experimented on with puberty-blocking drugs. President Trump rightly halted this attack on America\u2019s kids. Our bill will codify his agenda to keep federal dollars out of gender transition research involving minors.\u201d\n\nThe bill is cosponsored by Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), James Lankford (R-OK), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY).\n\nStudents for Life Action and the American Principles Project endorsed the bill.\n\nRead the bill here and a one-pager here.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nThe Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act prohibits the use of federal funds for any research, observational study, or publication, relating to gender transitions in individuals under the age of 18, which is conducted for the purpose of affirming a minor\u2019s asserted identity or perception of his or her sex, if such is incongruent with the minor\u2019s biological sex.\n\nSenator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans\u2019 Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-04T07:35:49Z", "2026-08-04T07:37:27Z"]], "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.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-lee-introduce-ban-on-federal-funding-for-child-mutilation-studies/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0680030100047588, "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"}