Overview

• USA Fencing Chairman Damien Lehfeldt committed to banning transgender athletes from women’s events if Congress amends the Ted Stevens Act, citing compliance obligations.
• Fencer Stephanie Turner and former volleyball player Payton McNabb testified about feeling betrayed and suffering injuries, respectively, in competitions involving transgender athletes.
• The hearing, led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, featured heated exchanges, including accusations of misrepresentation and partisan disputes over the subcommittee's remit.
• Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Melanie Stansbury, criticized the hearing as a platform for spreading division and distracting from broader national issues.
• Lehfeldt apologized for past inflammatory comments comparing concerned parents to the Ku Klux Klan but defended USA Fencing’s current inclusivity policy under existing federal requirements.