Supporting Commonsense American and Family Values

America is a nation founded on a framework of values centered around personal liberty, freedom, and community. Under the Biden administration, many of our timeless American values came under attack, as politicians and bureaucrats in Washington spent valuable time and resources on programs and initiatives that undermine the value of life, fail to protect our children, and push a dangerous woke agenda. Luckily, under President Trump’s bold leadership, we are restoring commonsense American values to our government and our nation.

Our Constitution is a pro-life document that recognizes the inherent value in life, individual rights, and freedom. However, in recent years we have seen increasingly dangerous rhetoric from the left endorsing radical policies such as abortion on demand, up until the moment of birth. We have seen this firsthand in New York, which experienced multiple violent attacks on CompassCare in Amherst, NY by the pro-abortion extremist group Jane’s Revenge. As a mother, I recognize the sanctity of life and the significant role pro-life facilities, groups, and individuals play in our society. That is why as a member of the Pro-Life Women's Caucus, I have worked closely with organizations such as the Susan B. Anthony List and National Right to Life to fiercely advocate for pro-life policies. To protect our freedoms, we must protect the life of those most vulnerable. 

There has also been a widespread push to undermine women’s sports. Many radical left-wing groups willfully ignore clear biological and athletic differences between men and women to allow biological men in women sports. Luckily, President Trump issued Executive Order 14021 entitled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports” to uphold women’s Title IX rights and protect women’s sports.

We have also witnessed efforts to promote radical gender ideologies and gender affirming care on children, risking lifelong physical harm with no scientific evidence supporting its use. These groups work to criminalize parents who do not force their children to undergo mutilating surgeries and ignore real issues by abusive individuals, like child sexual assault and child exploitation.

Lastly, the Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) movements have become a disease in our society. These theories teach individuals that our constitutional rights are inherently racist, and certain Americans are racist simply based on their race and ethnicity. They also seek to undo our expectation of merit, advocating for opportunities not to be distributed based on skill or work ethic, but someone’s victimhood status. These theories undermine our ability to work together as one people to debate and solve shared problems and build future prosperity. President Trump and I are committed to enacting policies to relegate CRT and DEI to the dustbin of history. 

I am backing a comprehensive plan that protects the rights of the sanctity of life, defends women’s rights, protects our nation’s children, and bans radical and racist ideologies like CRT and DEI. Together, we can work to protect life and the core values that our country was founded on.

Protecting the Sanctity of Life and Supporting Pregnant Women 

• Introduced H.R. 1104, the Unborn Child Support Act: This bill allows pregnant women to collect child support during the woman’s pregnancy. Child support is designed to give single parents the support they need to raise a child. However, women are not able to receive child support payments to pay for necessary expenses during the pregnancy, such as medical expenses. This important bill ensures that women are supported throughout their pregnancy and have the resources they need to carry the child to term.
• Cosponsored H.R. 2251, the Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act: This important legislation would make it illegal to perform an abortion solely on the basis of a Down Syndrome diagnosis. Discriminatory abortion based on an individual’s genetic code is a reprehensible, disgusting practice that must be brought to an end.
• Cosponsored H.R. 722, the Life at Conception Act: This bill makes it clear that all unborn children are entitled to the same Constitutional rights as any individual, ensuring that our most vulnerable are protected. Importantly, this bill makes it clear that this bill does not allow any woman to be prosecuted for the death of their unborn child. This bill will ensure protection for the sanctity of life and uphold Constitutional rights for all.
• Cosponsored and Voted for H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: This legislation codifies legal protections for babies after a failed abortion attempt and guarantees these children the same care as any other newborn. The bill would work to reverse the Biden Administration and left-wing extremists’ agenda to refuse to protect all children’s right to life. I was honored to support this bill when it passed the full House of Representatives and look forward to working with my colleagues to get this signed into law.
• Cosponsored H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: For years, the bipartisan Hyde Amendment has ensured that taxpayer dollars cannot be used to fund abortions, yet in recent years the Biden Administration has acted to bypass this principle to push their pro-abortion agenda. This commonsense bill codifies a ban on taxpayer dollars being used for abortions and stipulates that abortions may not be provided in a federal health care facility or by a federal employee. The legislation includes exemptions in instances of rape, incest, or where a physical disorder, injury, or illness endangers a woman's life unless an abortion is performed.
• Cosponsored H.R. 271, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2023: This legislation restricts federal funding for Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. or any of its affiliates or clinics for one year and transfers the funding to proven community health centers, which provide high quality care to underserved Americans. We should not allow funds for women’s health care to be co-opted by pro-abortion advocacy groups such as Planned Parenthood. 

Defending Women’s Rights

• Introduced H.Res. 536, Supporting the designation of the week including June 23, 2025, as "National Women's Sports Week" to celebrate the anniversary of the passage of title IX and the growth of women's sports: This resolution recognizes the incredible strides that Title IX provided for women’s rights and women’s sports and designates the week of June 22 through June 28 as National Women’s Sports Week. Women’s sports help young women and girls develop confidence, initiative and leadership skills, and athletic opportunities for women must be protected!
• Cosponsored H.R. 2378, the Defining Male and Female Act: This commonsense bill would define the terms “male” and “female” in U.S. law. As the Democrats try to redefine words like “male” and “female” to include individuals that do not meet that biological definition, it is crucial that Congress makes it clear that a man is a man and a woman is a woman.
• Cosponsored H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act: This legislation prohibits school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls. Under this bill, federally funded education and athletic programs that allow individuals of the male sex to participate in programs or activities that are designated for women or girls would be in violation of Title IX. This bill would make sure women are guaranteed the athletic opportunities provided to them by Title IX that generations of women have fought for.
• Cosponsored H.R. 1028, the Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act: This bill modifies the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, which created the U.S. Olympic Committee, to define male and female in commonsense ways and prohibit males from participating in women’s sports. In 1978 when this Act was passed, nobody could have imagined needing to explicitly prohibit men from participating in women’s sports, and yet now it is necessary. While the radical Left continues trying to destroy women’s sports, House Republicans are standing up to these radical actors and protecting our nation’s women!

Protecting Our Nation's Children and Holding Abusers Accountable

• Introduced H.R. 3205, the No Subsidies for Gender Transition Procedures Act: This commonsense bill prohibits gender mutilation surgeries from being deducted as a medical expense on tax returns and prohibits Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP funding from being used for these dangerous procedures. No taxpayer should ever be forced to subsidize individuals who wish to undergo these radical surgeries.
• Cosponsored H.R. 5636, the Protect Children’s Innocence Act: This legislation would make performing gender mutilation surgeries on minors a Class C felony. Performing these genital mutilation surgeries on our children is unconscionable, and we must hold individuals performing these dangerous surgeries on our children accountable.
• Cosponsored H.R. 3688, the Protecting Children from Experimentation Act of 2025: This legislation would prohibit gender mutilation surgeries for minors and create a new private right of action allowing minors who receive these procedures to sue the individuals that perform the procedure. No minor should be subjected to these radical procedures that cause life-altering damage to one’s body.

Combating Anti-American Ideologies

• Cosponsored H.R. 925, the Dismantle DEI Act of 2024: This comprehensive bill would eliminate taxpayer funding for DEI initiatives, including DEI offices, positions, grants, and trainings. We cannot allow our government to continue wasting taxpayer dollars on racist DEI initiatives that discriminate against individuals.
• Cosponsored H.R. 3518, the EDUCATE Act: This legislation prohibits any race-based mandates at medical schools. Our medical schools should be focused on educating the best medical professionals possible, not instituting racist quotas or standards that discriminate on the basis of a person’s skin color. These anti-American ideologies take us backwards in history, not forwards.
• Supported key provisions within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025: The NDAA provides guidance on how military funding can be spent and makes changes to the policies and organization of United States defense agencies. During its passage last year, I supported provisions that eliminated the Biden Administration’s woke policies, such as unnecessary funding for DEI education and wasting taxpayer dollars on sex reassignment surgeries and gender hormone treatments.

Honoring and Standing with the American Flag

• Introduced H.R. 1395, the Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Establishment Act: The American Flag is one of the most unifying symbols of our great nation, and Flag Day is an often-unrecognized holiday that celebrates Old Glory. This bill would create a new federal holiday dedicated to celebrating what makes the United States the greatest country in the world and celebrates the founder of America’s Golden Age, President Donald Trump.
• Cosponsored H.R. 1313, the One Flag for All Act: This bill ensures that federal government buildings do not fly flags that represent woke or radical ideologies and instead only fly Old Glory or other flags that represent our nation, such as military flags, POW/MIA flags, or historical flags. Our nation’s flag represents every American, and we should not fly divisive flags that divide us, but rather we should unify under Old Glory’s beautiful banner.
• Cosponsored H.R. 1421, the Make American Flags in America Act: This legislation requires any American flag flown on a federal government building to be made in America. This commonsense proposal will ensure that our flag truly represents what makes our nation great and is not used to undermine American manufacturers.

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