Overview

• Incoming Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, has criticized a new Capitol policy banning transgender individuals from using restrooms aligned with their gender identity.
• House Speaker Mike Johnson announced the policy, which aligns restroom use with 'biological sex,' following a resolution introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace to expand similar restrictions to federal buildings and schools.
• McBride labeled the focus on transgender issues as a diversion from substantive concerns like the cost of living, health care, and economic inequality that impact Americans daily.
• She emphasized her commitment to working on issues such as lowering health care costs, expanding paid family leave, and addressing housing and child care challenges for her Delaware constituents.
• McBride urged her Democratic colleagues to counteract dehumanizing rhetoric but to avoid being drawn into culture wars that detract from addressing critical policy priorities.