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Vote Alert: Stop Government-Funded Sex Changes in the Military

Vote Alert: Stop Government-Funded Sex Changes in the Military

This vote was on an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act offered by Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., to stop the government from paying for sex-change operations for transgendered members of the military.

The purpose of the United States military is to secure the defense of this country against foreign threats. It is not a place for left-wing social experimentation.

By paying for sex-change operations with taxpayer dollars, Congress is permitting a transgender individual to sign up for the military and immediately start drawing paychecks while delaying deployment for up to two years of his or her service. During this time, the individual can receive up to two years of hormone therapy and must be certified “stable” in his or her new gender before deployment.

This time and these resources could be far better spent equipping and deploying soldiers in defense of this country who do not suffer from gender dysphoria. Sadly, Congress is acquiescing to the demands of the LGBT special interests rather than prioritizing the defense of this country.

The Hartzler amendment was defeated in the House of Representatives on July 13, 2017, in a roll call vote of 209-214.

To see how your elected officials stack up or other votes that compose the Liberty Score, view our full scorecard here.

Conservative position: YES


 

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Minority party (Democrats) in italics

 YEAs — 209

Abraham

Aderholt

Allen

Amodei

Arrington

Babin

Bacon

Banks (IN)

Barletta

Barr

Barton

Biggs

Bilirakis

Bishop (MI)

Bishop (UT)

Black

Blackburn

Blum

Bost

Brady (TX)

Brat

Bridenstine

Brooks (AL)

Brooks (IN)

Buchanan

Buck

Bucshon

Budd

Burgess

Byrne

Calvert

Carter (GA)

Carter (TX)

Chabot

Cheney

Cole

Collins (GA)

Collins (NY)

Comer

Conaway

Cramer

Crawford

Culberson

Davidson

DeSantis

DesJarlais

Diaz-Balart

Donovan

Duffy

Duncan (SC)

Duncan (TN)

Dunn

Emmer

Estes (KS)

Farenthold

Ferguson

Fleischmann

Flores

Fortenberry

Foxx

Franks (AZ)

Frelinghuysen

Gaetz

Gallagher

Garrett

Gianforte

Gibbs

Gohmert

Goodlatte

Gosar

Gowdy

Granger

Graves (GA)

Graves (LA)

Graves (MO)

Griffith

Grothman

Guthrie

Handel

Harper

Harris

Hartzler

Hensarling

Herrera Beutler

Hice, Jody B.

Higgins (LA)

Hill

Holding

Hollingsworth

Hudson

Huizenga

Hultgren

Hunter

Hurd

Jenkins (KS)

Jenkins (WV)

Johnson (LA)

Johnson (OH)

Jones

Jordan

Joyce (OH)

Kelly (MS)

Kelly (PA)

King (IA)

King (NY)

Kinzinger

Kustoff (TN)

LaHood

LaMalfa

Lamborn

Latta

Lewis (MN)

Long

Loudermilk

Love

Lucas

Luetkemeyer

Marchant

Marino

Marshall

Massie

McCarthy

McCaul

McClintock

McHenry

McKinley

McMorris Rodgers

McSally

Meadows

Meehan

Messer

Mitchell

Moolenaar

Mooney (WV)

Mullin

Murphy (PA)

Newhouse

Noem

Norman

Nunes

Olson

Palazzo

Palmer

Paulsen

Pearce

Perry

Pittenger

Poe (TX)

Poliquin

Posey

Ratcliffe

Renacci

Rice (SC)

Roby

Roe (TN)

Rogers (AL)

Rogers (KY)

Rohrabacher

Rokita

Rooney, Francis

Rooney, Thomas J.

Roskam

Ross

Rothfus

Rouzer

Royce (CA)

Russell

Rutherford

Schweikert

Scott, Austin

Sensenbrenner

Sessions

Shimkus

Simpson

Smith (MO)

Smith (NE)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smucker

Stewart

Stivers

Taylor

Thompson (PA)

Thornberry

Tiberi

Tipton

Trott

Turner

Upton

Wagner

Walberg

Walden

Walker

Walorski

Walters, Mimi

Weber (TX)

Webster (FL)

Wenstrup

Westerman

Williams

Wilson (SC)

Wittman

Womack

Woodall

Yoder

Yoho

Young (AK)

Young (IA)

Zeldin

NAYs — 214

Adams

Aguilar

Amash

Barragán

Bass

Beatty

Bera

Bergman

Beyer

Bishop (GA)

Blumenauer

Blunt Rochester

Bonamici

Boyle, Brendan F.

Brady (PA)

Brown (MD)

Brownley (CA)

Bustos

Butterfield

Capuano

Carbajal

Cárdenas

Carson (IN)

Cartwright

Castor (FL)

Castro (TX)

Chu, Judy

Cicilline

Clark (MA)

Clarke (NY)

Clay

Clyburn

Coffman

Cohen

Comstock

Connolly

Conyers

Cook

Cooper

Correa

Costa

Costello (PA)

Courtney

Crist

Crowley

Cuellar

Curbelo (FL)

Davis (CA)

Davis, Danny

DeFazio

DeGette

Delaney

DeLauro

DelBene

Demings

Denham

Dent

DeSaulnier

Deutch

Dingell

Doggett

Doyle, Michael F.

Ellison

Engel

Eshoo

Espaillat

Esty (CT)

Evans

Faso

Fitzpatrick

Foster

Frankel (FL)

Fudge

Gabbard

Gallego

Garamendi

Gomez

Gonzalez (TX)

Gottheimer

Green, Al

Green, Gene

Grijalva

Gutiérrez

Hanabusa

Hastings

Heck

Higgins (NY)

Himes

Hoyer

Huffman

Issa

Jackson Lee

Jayapal

Jeffries

Johnson (GA)

Johnson, E. B.

Kaptur

Katko

Keating

Kelly (IL)

Kennedy

Khanna

Kihuen

Kildee

Kilmer

Kind

Knight

Krishnamoorthi

Kuster (NH)

Lance

Langevin

Larsen (WA)

Larson (CT)

Lawrence

Lawson (FL)

Lee

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lipinski

LoBiondo

Loebsack

Lofgren

Lowenthal

Lowey

Lujan Grisham, M.

Luján, Ben Ray

Lynch

MacArthur

Maloney, Carolyn B.

Maloney, Sean

Mast

Matsui

McCollum

McEachin

McGovern

McNerney

Meeks

Meng

Moore

Moulton

Murphy (FL)

Nadler

Neal

Nolan

Norcross

O'Halleran

O'Rourke

Pallone

Panetta

Pascrell

Payne

Pelosi

Perlmutter

Peters

Peterson

Pingree

Pocan

Polis

Price (NC)

Quigley

Raskin

Reed

Reichert

Rice (NY)

Richmond

Ros-Lehtinen

Rosen

Roybal-Allard

Ruiz

Ruppersberger

Rush

Ryan (OH)

Sánchez

Sarbanes

Schakowsky

Schiff

Schneider

Schrader

Scott (VA)

Scott, David

Serrano

Sewell (AL)

Shea-Porter

Sherman

Shuster

Sinema

Sires

Slaughter

Smith (WA)

Soto

Speier

Stefanik

Suozzi

Swalwell (CA)

Takano

Tenney

Thompson (CA)

Thompson (MS)

Titus

Tonko

Torres

Tsongas

Vargas

Veasey

Vela

Velázquez

Visclosky

Walz

Wasserman Schultz

Waters, Maxine

Watson Coleman

Welch

Wilson (FL)

Yarmuth

NOT VOTING  — 10

Cleaver

Cummings

Davis, Rodney

Johnson, Sam

Labrador

Lieu, Ted

Napolitano

Sanford

Scalise

Valadao

Minority party (Democrats) in italics

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