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Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement today in response to the Obama Administration’s mandate on gender-neutral school bathrooms:

“Unfortunately, President Obama has chosen to set aside not only common sense, but also common decency, which violates the privacy and modesty of every child in America.  It is unconscionable to force upon tens of millions of American elementary, middle and high schools students mixed gender bathrooms and changing rooms.  It is the epitome of high-handed Washington overreach for the federal government to force local schools to permit a 12 year-old boy – who happens to identify as a girl – to use changing rooms and bathrooms with five year-old girls!  Schools across America should not be threatened if they fail to adopt the Obama Administration’s radical gender-neutral bathroom policies.  This is yet another reason why the bloated and wasteful Department of Education should be dismantled and this dangerous agenda must be stopped.”