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Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., announced nan DOGE Committee, nan House subcommittee focused connected delivering authorities efficiency, will clasp a proceeding connected keeping men retired of women’s sports. 

Burchett posted a video to his X relationship explaining important initiatives this week, starring pinch this hearing. 

"We’re seeing really crazy that’s gotten pinch Riley Gaines and nan remainder of nan unit that really put it retired to nan public," Burchett said. 

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Rep Tim Burchett wearing a tan overgarment successful a room

Rep. Tim Burchett (Getty Images)

"The president has issued an executive order, which immoderate group are ignoring. We’re going to perceive immoderate really horrific stories of young ladies who really had their careers stolen from them, and immoderate of them, their health."

Burchett has been proactive anterior to President Donald Trump’s executive order, "No Men successful Women’s Sports," being signed. 

Burchett voted in favour of H.J.Res. 165, which would overturn a Biden management norm that allowed men who identified arsenic women to beryllium protected nether Title IX of nan Civil Rights Act. 

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"Title IX of nan Civil Rights Act was passed to protect women from being unfairly denied opportunities successful acquisition and sports. Allowing men to compete successful women’s sports takes trophies, changes, and moreover careers distant from hardworking female athletes." Burchett said during his statement remarks connected nan House level successful July 2024. 

The measure yet passed, 210-205. 

Trump’s executive order was signed successful February connected National Girls and Women successful Sports Day, which celebrates female athletes successful women’s sports and those committed to providing adjacent entree to sports for each females. 

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President Donald Trump, joined by woman and women athletes, signs nan "No Men successful Women’s Sports" executive bid successful nan East Room astatine nan White House connected Feb. 5, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"This doesn't person to beryllium long. It's each astir communal sense," Trump said earlier signing nan order.

"The warfare connected women's sports is over," he added.

One time later, nan NCAA revised its gender eligibility argumentation to restrict information successful nan women's class to only biologic females. However, nan caller argumentation has been criticized by immoderate women's sports activists for not going acold enough.

Still, respective states, including California and Maine, are not abiding by nan executive order. 

Trump precocious said astatine nan University of Alabama during its graduation ceremony, wherever he gave a shoutout to nan school’s SEC-champion women’s way and section team. He utilized that to segue into his vow to "defend women’s sports."

"As agelong arsenic I'm president, we will ever protect women's sports. Men will not play successful women's sports," Trump said earlier nan crowd erupted successful cheers. 

Tim Burchett

Rep. Tim Burchett  has been proactive anterior to President Donald Trump’s executive bid being signed. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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"No way. They opportunity it's an 80-20 issue. No, it's a 97-3 issue, I think," Trump added. "No, men will not beryllium playing successful women's sports. I said that, and I classified it pinch a very powerful executive order, arsenic you know. It's done." 

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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