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Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act passed in the US House of Representatives. Rep. Greg Suby, R-Florida joins me to talk about his work on the issue and why he thinks biological men should not be allowed to compete in women s sports.
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hello everybody welcome back to the games for girls podcast very exciting week i'm sure you
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have by now heard the news because as of yesterday the protection of women and girls in sports act
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passed in the u.s house thank goodness uh but don't get too excited if you can remember last
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year last session it passed uh but it went nowhere because chuck schumer and the senate democrats
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blocked it entirely uh very excited for today's guest but before we get into that
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today's episode uh the wonderful guest that we are interviewing is representative congressman greg
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suby uh he has a bunch of titles he's from the great state of florida he is a member of the republican
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study committee which uh this this committee was they were really like the first ones uh to to want to
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hear my voice at the federal level we did a round table i mean years ago at this point so i appreciate
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all of the work that they're doing and of course he is a u.s army veteran uh we thank him for his
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service check out the interview here with congressman greg suby well congressman suby thank you so much
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for joining the gains for girls podcast uh i was just telling you prior to to recording that the last
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time i saw you you were wearing a cowboy hat which i know is a staple for you uh please know that is
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always welcome on the gains for girls podcast uh but just very grateful for you i'm grateful for
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for everything that you've done not just on this topic but of course in your time in the u.s house
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and so you introduced this bill last year here you are you've introduced it again it was one of trump's
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top issues that he campaigned on actually it was a top priority in the new house in the house rules
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package so tell us very briefly what the protection of women and girls in sports act does
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yeah it protects girls and women's sports and protects title nine back to the way it was supposed
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to be um you know title nine was created by congress in the 50s over 50 years ago um to to specifically
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protect uh women's sports and create a an avenue for women to compete with other women and obviously
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the current biden administration has attacked that allowed biological men to compete in women's
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sports which i think is absolutely atrocious and um we've worked on this bill for years when the
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democrats were in control of the house they tried to pass what was called the equality act it
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actually redefined women women didn't have a definition so that they could do this progressive
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liberal ideology all across the country and i filed an amendment to that bill in the judiciary
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committee and every single democrat voted against it and i said you know what this would be a good
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standalone bill to stand with women to stand with women athletes and say look we don't believe that
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biological men should be competing in women's sports and uh it's time that we take a stand on
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this and you're right this was a huge election issue not just for trump but republicans and across the
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country because even democrats and independent women don't think that men should be in their daughter's
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locker rooms so it is an 80 percent issue across party lines and because the democrats and joe biden
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and kamala harris were so left on this issue um it really turned people off and became a mainstream
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issue for the for the campaign for just about any race in the country and so i'm very happy to see
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that we're taking it up very early in the congress i mean this is really the first uh real week of votes
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under a new rule and uh it's one of the first bills that are going to get an opportunity uh this first
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bill that's going to pass you're right uh the american people spoke on november 5th and uh they
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want trump they want uh his cabinet picks they want the america first agenda and i've said this many
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times i certainly believe that people turned up to the polls to embrace donald trump but more so and
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to your point i think people turned up to the polls to reject absurdity and that is clearly what the
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democratic party has become entirely and thoroughly absurd they want men and women's sports they believe
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that men can get pregnant they believe that men can breastfeed they believe that tampons belong in
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in boys bathrooms so i mean what are you expecting the 119th congress are you expecting more democrats to
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to essentially double down on their position uh the stance they have made very clear over the past four
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years or are you starting to see and hopefully you will see more of these democrats beginning to to
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slowly distance themselves from their previous voting record oh yeah they democrats are distancing
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themselves from these type of issues because they know it's so toxic for them at home you've seen
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democrats talk about this issue favorably now and say hey maybe it's not a good idea to have biological
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men and women's sports so you're seeing them peel this back because they saw how bad the issue was for
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them in this past election cycle even in florida you're seeing democrats change parties to republicans
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you're seeing the democratic party itself really analyze the where they were on these very progressive
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left issues because they saw that they were completely out of touch with the american people
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completely out of touch with mainstream america and the bottom line is is we need to protect women's
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sports this bill does that uh since it's passed the house i'm hoping that it'll get a quick uh judicious
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hearing in the senate and we'll move its way to the to the president when trump gets inaugurated he can
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shortly after the election we saw two democrat colleagues of yours uh they announced their
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support for keeping men out of women's sports one of those was congressman moulton
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uh which was kind of surprising to me given he was a sponsor of the equality act like you said but he
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came out and said look i'm a dad you know i have daughters i don't want a man on the court or on
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the field with them uh so how are you feeling now after this vote seeing bipartisan support it's a big
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step from from last year where uh which i know you remember i remember it fell entirely on party lines
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with 219 republicans voted in favor of protecting women and girls in sports and last year all 203 every
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last one of them every last democrat who voted you know mothers and fathers of their own daughters
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they voted in opposition but now you've seen bipartisan support it's a big step yeah it was
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actually shocking to me last congress that not a single democrat voted for this bill uh so it's nice
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that there's some democrats that have some common sense are actually seeing uh the movement of this
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issue and how the mainstream america and americans all across party lines want to protect women's
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sports uh so it's great that it got bipartisan support that'll help it as the bill moves through the
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process into the senate hopefully there'll be some democratic senators that you'll see support the
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bill when it gets into the senate and moves the process over there because if it's not part of
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reconciliation you need 60 votes over there we only have 53 republican senators that means seven
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democrats are going to have to break party lines but the best part of this is regardless of the votes
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there is actually going to be a vote in the senate which chuck schumer prevented from happening this
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whole last congress so let's put these democrats on the board in the senate and see where they're at
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see if they they want to protect women's sports or not and it'll put all of those democratic senators
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on the board going in to their elections in 2026 absolutely uh which there's some hope uh even just
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this week we saw in the senate a vote to to move to proceed with uh the consideration of the lake and
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riley act uh and there were several democrats who hopped on board so hopefully it's there's some more
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partisanship there uh and again to your point last fall uh ahead of the election in partnership with
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independent women's voice uh something that was important to me and i hadn't seen done before
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uh was a scorecard that scored our our federal elected officials on how they stand with women it was
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really a first of its kind resource that again tells americans who stands with women and who does
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not we're allowing people to masquerade behind the the the phrases the catchphrases and and words
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they use you know saying they defend women's rights when in reality uh that's been made very clear that
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they have not and so this scorecard had pivotal impact uh it delivered a 90 win rate for those who
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were riley gains approved uh and so i was i was honored to put my name uh you know behind such a
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significant effort why do you think it's important for americans american voters to have access to this
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information and why has it been so hard to know which leaders up until this point do stand with
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women and which ones do not yeah it's great for voters to get that information because a lot of
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voters are working two jobs they're working every day they're a firefighter or a policeman or a teacher
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or whatever the case may be and they don't have time necessarily to do the research on the
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candidate so when uh you're putting out that type of information on an issue that is very important
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to them that issue is important to them but they may not have the time to research it so if they're
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finding out uh in a quick manner where their their candidate sits on this issue and that's going to be
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a determining factor for them as to how they're going to vote it's very helpful for them i i have
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constituents all across my district that use all sorts of different types of voter guides to help make
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their determinations on how they're going to vote so this obviously is a very important issue uh moving
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forward into the country it's very helpful to them absolutely all of this momentum uh this bill of
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course passing in the house going on to the senate uh you mentioned the the federal judge uh vacating
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joe biden's radical rewrite of title nine nationwide all of this momentum it makes a lot of people
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maybe like you said you're you're you're common sense everyday american who's working jobs who's
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busy with their family you know they have a lot going on and understandably so they might think that
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we've we've won the war the fight is over but you and i both know uh that's not the case of course with
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the new administration there's a lot to be hopeful for but really we're just getting started
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uh and so with this new administration coming on board what are some of the things that you are most
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optimistic about well one they're going to protect they're going to protect title nine they're not
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going to use the rulemaking process to redefine what a woman is like the biden administration did
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uh so they're actually going to protect title nine they're going to keep men out of women's sports and
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there's things that they can do from an executive perspective to protect that i hope also they
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encourage the ncaa to take up the same position that we're advocating for uh and so there's other
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things that they can also do from the administration side that if you're a college or university
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and you're going to allow trans or biological men and women's sports we can take away their federal
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funding so there's a lot of tools in the toolbox of the administration to be able to advocate for
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these type of issues by using uh the money that these universities get uh so that's one way that
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they can do it and also trying to get this i i think it's very important that this thing get a vote
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in the senate and that uh we have an opportunity if that thing can get if this bill can get through the
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senate and the president sign it it is now in law and nothing future administrations would be able
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to do would be able to thwart uh the true intentions of title nine it would protect women's sports
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indefinitely that's right yeah and you mentioned the ncaa uh we have seen charlie baker the president
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of the ncaa testify many times before the senate uh basically saying he's not beholden to federal law
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the ncaa does not have to abide by federal law therefore i believe just as you said if they don't have
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to abide by federal law why in the world are they receiving federal funding um congressman stubby
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very grateful for you what are last question for you what are some other priorities you have during
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the 119th congress well for me personally it's all the things that trump trump ran on it's the border
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uh it's passing his tax package it's making everyday americans lives easier it's uh unleashing energy
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dominance and energy uh um you know drilling here in our country and not being reliant upon foreign oil
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there's all these things that trump ran on that i ran on that the republicans are going to put forward
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and one of the very first things we're going to do is the tax package we had a hearing on that this week
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that's something that we're going to work at very quickly we hope to have a house tax package pass very
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early on so they can go to the senate and within a year that can pass so that people are are feeling
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the effect the positive effects of that going into next year in a campaign year so there's a lot of
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things a lot that the president can do but there's a lot that we're going to get done in the house
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uh from energy to the border uh to wit to saving women's sports so i want to thank you for your
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advocacy on this issue and i look forward to a great congress um republican house republican senate
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and donald trump in the white house absolutely absolutely well very grateful for you and everything
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you've done uh and thank you for your service as well goodness gracious always mean to to say that
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uh and i hope i get to see you again soon so thank you time well come on by as always thank you guys
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