FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republicans are calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to clarify the stance of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ administration regarding irreversible gender-transition surgeries for kids.
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., the chairman of the Anti-Woke Caucus, sent a letter to Becerra on Tuesday co-signed by GOP Reps. Claudia Tenney of New York, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, and Jeff Duncan of South Carolina.
The letter highlights the Biden administration’s conflicting rhetoric surrounding attempted gender-transition procedures for children.
“This radical, dangerous administration has done everything possible to promote unproven and damaging gender-transition surgeries, including pressuring a medical association to eliminate age requirements and sending the Justice Department to crack down on…