The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> voted on Wednesday night to approve Air Force General Charles &#8220;CQ&#8221; Brown, President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>’s pick to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Brown, who has previously been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watchdog-group-files-complaint-against-biden-joint-chiefs-nominee-over-race-based-hiring" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized for his comments</a> on mandating diversity throughout the military, was approved by the Senate by a vote of 83-11. The vote followed a months-long standoff between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). 
Tuberville had blocked mass approval votes on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Defense</a> nominees over the Pentagon’s policy of paying for travel for women in the military to get abortions. Schumer moved to vote on Brown’s nomination individually, a move which was only opposed by eight Republicans. 
“In the end, the Senate will overwhelmingly vote to overcome Senator Tuberville’s blockade of these three nominees, … and the abortion policy that Senator Tuberville abhors will remain in place,” Schumer <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/20/brown-confirm-joint-chiefs-chair-00117247" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “But the harm he is doing to the military and their families remains and, unfortunately, continues for hundreds of others.”
On Thursday, the Senate is expected to vote on Biden’s nominees to lead both the Army and the Marines. 
The Republicans who voted <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00234.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agains</a>t moving Brown’s nomination forward for a final vote were: Sen. Mike Braun (Indiana), Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), Sen. Josh Hawley (Missouri), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen. Roger Marshall (Kansas), Sen. Eric Schmitt (Missouri), Sen. Tuberville (Alabama), and Sen. J.D. Vance (Ohio). 
Citizens for Renewing America, a conservative policy group, said it was grateful to the Republicans who voted against moving Brown’s nomination forward. 
“CQ Brown not only has serious command and performance failures, he’s actively pushing race and sex quotas in the military, which is a blatant violation of the 14th Amendment. We hope more members join these patriots in the final vote,” group president and former Trump official Russ Vought <a href="https://twitter.com/amrenewcitizen/status/1704609260754157683" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
After the nomination was <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00235.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved forward</a>, three additional Republicans joined in the final vote against Brown. Sen. Ron Johnson (Wisconsin), Sen. Cynthia Lummis (Wyoming), and Marco Rubio (Florida) all voted against confirming Brown. 
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Brown has faced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watchdog-group-files-complaint-against-biden-joint-chiefs-nominee-over-race-based-hiring" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skepticism from conservative groups</a> who have pointed to previous comments and statements about hiring &#8220;for diversity” and calling the military a “white boys club,” suggesting that he would support diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in the military. 
“You can’t let it just be happenstance that brings in the diversity whether it be race, gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation, socio-economic background. You really have to spend some time thinking about it because you may miss an opportunity looking at the slate of candidates and then asking some hard questions,” Brown said previously. “As we’re looking at some key positions, who are diverse candidates and are we making sure we are grooming them so they have the opportunity?”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) set up votes on a trio of key <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/three-military-branches-lose-confirmed-leaders-amid-senate-impasse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">military nominations</a> after Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tommy-tuberville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tommy Tuberville</a> (R-AL) threatened to force action that would begin to crack the months-long standoff over a Pentagon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> policy.
In a post to X that followed an announcement on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Schumer claimed &#8220;Democrats are taking action&#8221; with his move to advance the nominations for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Army chief of staff.
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Majority Leader Schumer (D) says the Senate will vote on stalled military promotions individually:
“The Senate will overwhelmingly vote to confirm them &#8230; and the abortion policy that Sen. Tuberville abhors will remain in place. Sen. Tuberville will have accomplished nothing.” <a href="https://t.co/zBxzcJrGkZ">pic.twitter.com/zBxzcJrGkZ</a>
&mdash; The Recount (@therecount) <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1704560253826695173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We cannot allow Senator Tuberville to decide which of our brave service members get promoted and which languish,&#8221; Schumer added.
Schumer chose to file cloture on three of President Joe Biden&#8217;s military nominees after Tuberville made headlines on Tuesday for <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/09/19/congress/tuberville-plans-to-force-marine-corps-vote-holds-promotion-military-00116880" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly gathering enough support</a> from GOP colleagues to force a procedural vote on Gen. Eric Smith’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senator-holds-firm-in-stand-against-pentagon-abortion-policy-as-marines-lose-confirmed-leader" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nomination</a> to become commandant of the Marine Corps, which has lacked a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/10/top-marine-david-berger-retires-00105449" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed leader</a> since July.
Tuberville, a former college football coach, took a victory lap after Schumer announced the votes on Wednesday.
&#8220;One of us was bluffing. It wasn&#8217;t me,&#8221; Tuberville <a href="https://twitter.com/TTuberville/status/1704573360523346108" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on his personal account. &#8220;Democrats are taking the same action they could&#8217;ve taken months ago. As long as the Pentagon keeps the unlawful elective abortion policy in place, my holds will remain.&#8221;
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One of us was bluffing. It wasn&#39;t me. 
Democrats are taking the same action they could&#39;ve taken months ago. As long as the Pentagon keeps the unlawful elective abortion policy in place, my holds will remain. <a href="https://t.co/f497iygBDd">https://t.co/f497iygBDd</a>
&mdash; Tommy Tuberville (@TTuberville) <a href="https://twitter.com/TTuberville/status/1704573360523346108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The Senate began voting on the nominations later in the evening on Wednesday, confirming <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joint-chiefs-nominee-knocks-tubervilles-hold-on-military-promotions">Gen. Charles &#8220;CQ&#8221; Brown Jr.</a> of the Air Force as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and <a href="https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1704653601690304625">setting up confirmation votes</a> for the other two nominees on Thursday.
Tuberville first placed <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-demands-answers-from-the-pentagon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a &#8220;hold&#8221;</a> on general and flag officer nominations in February to protest a Pentagon policy allowing female service members <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/02/16/military-cover-travel-costs-and-offer-leave-troops-seeking-abortions-fertility-treatment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expense-paid travel and up to three weeks&#8217; leave</a> for an elective abortion that he claims is illegal. The Department of Defense has <a href="https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/dod_briefing_on_non-covered_reproductive_healthcare_policies.pdf">referred</a> to a Department of Justice <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/defense-department-travel-allowance-abortion/">opinion</a> to justify the policy.
In upholding his stance, Tuberville has objected to allowing the Democrat-controlled Senate from quickly approving the nominations in batches through a &#8220;<a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/research-tools/glossary.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unanimous consent</a>&#8221; agreement.
Despite pushback from the Biden administration <a href="https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-hirono-and-colleagues-call-on-mcconnell-to-help-end-reckless-hold-on-military-promotions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and other lawmakers</a>, Tuberville denied that his endeavor was hurting military readiness and he insisted that the Senate could still hold votes through regular order to approve individual nominations if necessary.
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🚨Senator Schumer just proved he could have moved these military promotions months ago.   He held our servicemembers hostage for purely political reasons. <a href="https://t.co/xJPpDr5P3h">pic.twitter.com/xJPpDr5P3h</a>
&mdash; Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJoniErnst/status/1704565839276454384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Hundreds of military confirmations have been held up so far, <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3492554/austin-praises-outgoing-chief-of-naval-operations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Department of Defense.</a> A recent Congressional Research Service report estimated it would take more than <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/tuberville-hold-700-hours/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">700 hours</a> of work to get through 273 confirmations on an individual basis.
&#8220;Senator Schumer just proved he could have moved these military promotions months ago,&#8221; Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJoniErnst/status/1704565839276454384" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Wednesday. &#8220;He held our servicemembers hostage for purely political reasons.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenTuberville?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenTuberville</a> addresses Schumer folding on military promotions: &quot;My hold is still in place. The hold will remain in place as long as the Pentagon&#39;s illegal abortion policy remains in place. If the Pentagon lifts the policy, then I will lift my hold. It&#39;s as easy as that.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/PorzPFztXU">pic.twitter.com/PorzPFztXU</a>
&mdash; Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1704601152002671074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Tuberville delivered remarks in which he said the Senate is dealing with a &#8220;lack of leadership,&#8221; arguing that the upper chamber could have been confirming one or two nominees each week over the last 200 days. He also said his &#8220;hold&#8221; remains in place until the Pentagon lifts its abortion policy.

Schumer Moves To Confirm Top Military Nominees After Tuberville Calls Audible

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Republican presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nikki-haley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a> says that while the Biden administration started the political battle over abortions for service members, she does not support Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) holding up hundreds of military promotions in protest of the administration&#8217;s policy allowing expense-paid travel and up to three weeks leave for an elective abortion.
Haley&#8217;s position on the issue puts her in line with former New Jersey Governor <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/4147500-christie-on-tubervilles-choice-to-block-military-promotions-i-dont-think-its-the-right-one/">Chris Christie</a>, who has also called out Tuberville on the campaign trail. Republican presidential candidates who support Tuberville&#8217;s actions include Florida Governor <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/31/desantis-says-he-supports-sen-tommy-tubervilles-block-on-military-promotions-blames-pentagon-00109115">Ron DeSantis</a>, former Vice President <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/25/pence-on-abortion-limits-we-just-cant-rest-or-relent-00103554">Mike Pence</a>, and pharmaceutical executive <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/vivek-ramaswamy-agrees-tommy-tuberville-military-hold">Vivek Ramaswamy</a>. Sen. Tim Scott&#8217;s (R-SC) office &#8220;would not say whether he supports Tuberville’s blockade,&#8221; The Post and Courier <a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/scs-shaw-afb-impacted-by-sen-tommy-tubervilles-blockade-of-military-promotions/article_814705e4-3dd9-11ee-8853-a774935aeef9.html">reported</a> late last month.
The “hold” on general and flag officer promotions blocks the Democrat-controlled Senate from approving the nominations quickly and in batches through a “<a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/research-tools/glossary.htm">unanimous consent</a>” agreement. Tuberville stressed that the Senate could still hold a vote to approve individual nominations, a process he said would be “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/10/politics/marine-corps-tuberville-nominations-hold/index.html">very easy to do</a>.”
Haley responded to the monthslong holdout when asked about the matter during a Sunday interview with CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper on &#8220;State of the Union.&#8221;
&#8220;I know you have criticized his decision,&#8221; Tapper said. &#8220;The military says this is hurting readiness. I know, as a military spouse, you know military spouses are really upset about this.&#8221;
&#8220;Why is the Republican Party tolerating this?&#8221; Haley asked.
Haley responded that she disagreed with the reimbursement policy for travel for abortion and said that she would put an end to it if she becomes president.
&#8220;Secondly, we don&#8217;t need to be using military families as political pawns,&#8221; she said. &#8220;That&#8217;s a mistake.&#8221;
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&#8220;The military members and families, they sacrifice enough. They don&#8217;t need to be a pawn in Congress,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;But look at the political games that continue to play. Chuck Schumer could still get this done if he went through and listed each member and had Congress vote on each member.&#8221;
She later noted that it was the Biden administration that started the entire situation, but &#8220;I&#8217;m not saying Senator Tuberville is right in doing this, because I don&#8217;t want to use them as pawns.&#8221;
&#8220;But if you love our military, if you are so adamant about it, then go and make Congress, Republicans and Democrats, have to go through person by person,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Do you honestly think they won&#8217;t say, OK, this is ridiculous, let&#8217;s put an end to it?&#8221;
&#8220;They will. But show your true grit by going out there and saying, fine, if you all are going to play the military for the pawns like this, let&#8217;s go member by member,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Let&#8217;s make them pay the price. Let&#8217;s make them do their job. Let&#8217;s make them suffer so that they know what they&#8217;re doing to these military families. This isn&#8217;t about making it convenient for Congress. This is about making sure you&#8217;re doing right by members of the military. This is making sure you hold the Department of Defense accountable.&#8221;
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&quot;You think the military is political now? You really want to have the US Senate voting on somebody being promoted?&quot;
CNN&#39;s Jake Tapper presses Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley over GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville&#39;s ongoing blockade of military promotions. <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSotu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNSotu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a> <a href="https://t.co/jFj50ccdkF">pic.twitter.com/jFj50ccdkF</a>
&mdash; CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1700873132590923894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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‘A Mistake’: Haley Says She Does Not Support Tuberville Holding Up Military Promotions Over Abortion Policy

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Three branches of the U.S. military now lack <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate">Senate</a>-confirmed chiefs amid a standoff over <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pentagon">Pentagon</a> nominees in the upper chamber.
As Adm. Mike Gilday <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3492554/austin-praises-outgoing-chief-of-naval-operations/">relinquished</a> command of naval operations on Monday, Defense Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lloyd-austin">Lloyd Austin</a> issued a warning about the national security implications of being forced to rely on acting leadership.
&#8220;Because of this blanket hold, starting today, for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense, three of our military services are operating without Senate-confirmed leaders,&#8221; Lloyd said during a ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: &quot;Starting today for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense, three of our military services are operating without Senate confirmed leaders. This is unprecedented, it is unnecessary, and it is unsafe.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/gkPfHbmyFt">pic.twitter.com/gkPfHbmyFt</a>
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&#8220;This is unprecedented, it is unnecessary, and it is unsafe,&#8221; he added before calling on the Senate to end the deadlock.
President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> nominated Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, but she took over command in an acting capacity on Monday, joining leaders stuck in similar positions heading the <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/10/top-marine-david-berger-retires-00105449">Marine Corps</a> and the <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3483979/austin-praises-outgoing-army-chief-of-staff/#:~:text=Secretary%20of%20Defense%20Lloyd%20J,Grinston%20to%20Michael%20R.%20Weimer.">Army</a>.
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One more down as CNO Gilday relinquished command this morning. 
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said today this is the first time in DOD history three services are without a Senate-confirmed chief. <a href="https://t.co/2tbO6A5Wry">pic.twitter.com/2tbO6A5Wry</a>
&mdash; Haley Britzky (@halbritz) <a href="https://twitter.com/halbritz/status/1691111893232963584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The bottleneck can be traced back to February, when Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tommy-tuberville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tommy Tuberville</a> (R-AL) placed <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-demands-answers-from-the-pentagon/">a &#8220;hold&#8221;</a> on general and flag officer nominations in protest of a Pentagon policy allowing female service members <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/02/16/military-cover-travel-costs-and-offer-leave-troops-seeking-abortions-fertility-treatment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expense-paid travel and up to three weeks leave</a> for an elective abortion that he claims is illegal.
In upholding his stance, Tuberville has objected to allowing the Democrat-controlled Senate from quickly approving the nominations in batches through a &#8220;<a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/research-tools/glossary.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unanimous consent</a>&#8221; agreement.
Despite pushback from the Pentagon <a href="https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-hirono-and-colleagues-call-on-mcconnell-to-help-end-reckless-hold-on-military-promotions">and other lawmakers</a>, Tuberville has denied that his hold is hurting military readiness and insisted that the upper chamber can still hold votes through regular order to approve individual nominations if necessary.
&#8220;Contrary to false reporting, no jobs are going unfilled while the hold is in place,&#8221; Tuberville spokesman Steven Stafford <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-blasts-gop-senators-blockade-military-p-rcna99759">told media outlets</a> in a statement. &#8220;Instead, highly experienced acting officials are serving in these roles.&#8221;
Democrats have reasoned that it would <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/news/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-senator-tuberville-blocking-military-promotions-in-an-effort-to-prevent-women-serving-in-the-military-from-getting-access-to-reproductive-care">take too long</a> to get through the backlog with individual votes.
&#8220;It would paralyze the Senate if all of us had to take one roll call vote after another just to confirm routine, apolitical, qualified generals and other flag officers,&#8221; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/news/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-senator-tuberville-blocking-military-promotions-in-an-effort-to-prevent-women-serving-in-the-military-from-getting-access-to-reproductive-care">said</a> in remarks earlier this year.
Hundreds of military confirmations have been held up so far, <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3492554/austin-praises-outgoing-chief-of-naval-operations/">according to the Department of Defense</a>.
One leader who could soon be caught up in the impasse is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joint-chiefs-nominee-knocks-tubervilles-hold-on-military-promotions">Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown Jr.</a>, Biden&#8217;s nominee to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as Gen. Mark Milley&#8217;s term is set to expire in October.

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Three Military Branches Lose Confirmed Leaders Amid Senate Impasse

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> reversed a Trump-era plan to move the U.S. Space Command headquarters out of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/colorado">Colorado</a> to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alabama">Alabama</a>.
A Pentagon spokesperson <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3477514/statement-from-pentagon-press-secretary-brig-gen-patrick-ryder-on-us-space-comm/">announced</a> on Monday that Biden made the decision following a &#8220;thorough and deliberate evaluation process,&#8221; consultation with Defense Secretary Loyd Austin, and input from senior military leaders.
National Security Adviser John Kirby <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1686127717903646720">told CNN</a> that Biden acted on &#8220;operational readiness&#8221; alone. &#8220;When it came down to it, he believes it is in the best national security interests of the country if we leave Space Command in Colorado,&#8221; Kirby added.
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U.S. Space Command, which is <a href="https://www.spacecom.mil/About/Frequently-Asked-Questions/">separate</a> from the Space Force, is currently headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with <a href="https://www.spacecom.mil/About/Frequently-Asked-Questions/">personnel and functions</a> spread across bases in Colorado, Nebraska and California. It employs joint forces from the various military branches to deliver &#8220;<a href="https://www.spacecom.mil/About/Frequently-Asked-Questions/">space capabilities</a>&#8221; to U.S. forces.
Former President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.spacecom.mil/Newsroom/Speeches/Speech-Display/Article/2388821/remarks-by-president-trump-at-event-establishing-the-us-space-command/#:~:text=We're%20gathered%20here%20in,that's%20pretty%20obvious%20to%20everybody.">revived</a> the program during his administration and, during his final days in office in January 2021, it was <a href="https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2021/01/us-space-command-headquarters-coming-to-huntsville-alabama-sources.html">announced</a> that the Air Force intended to move the Space Command headquarters to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama — the same area that House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jordan-threatens-funding-unless-new-fbi-hq-leaves-dc-area-and-he-has-a-suggestion">suggested the FBI relocate</a> its headquarters.
Then-acting Air Force Secretary John Roth <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-117hhrg47821/pdf/CHRG-117hhrg47821.pdf">testified to Congress</a> in the summer of 2021 that Huntsville was chosen as the preferred site as a result of a &#8220;strategic basing process&#8221; with the help of stakeholders and it was determined that construction and maintenance costs for buildings to hold more than 1,400 people would be cheaper in the Alabama location than in Colorado Springs. In addition, amid concerns by Colorado officials <a href="https://spacenews.com/lamborn-the-fight-to-keep-u-s-space-command-in-colorado-is-not-over/">that the planned move lacked merit</a>, Roth said he had personally not seen any evidence that the decision was politically motivated.
Following assessments by the <a href="https://www.dodig.mil/reports.html/article/3027137/evaluation-of-the-air-force-selection-process-for-the-permanent-location-of-the/">Department of Defense inspector general</a> and the <a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-22-106055.pdf">Government Accountability Office</a> that found the Air Force selection process to be proper for the most part, Biden&#8217;s decision to back away from the Trump plan pleased Colorado politicians who have opposed the relocation effort.
&#8220;This is great news for Colorado and our national security — keeping U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs is an exciting outcome for our state, military families, jobs, and businesses,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/GovofCO/status/1686104879583113216">said</a> Colorado Governor Jared Polis, a Democrat.
&#8220;I applaud the decision today by the Biden Administration to keep U.S. Space Command where it belongs — Colorado,&#8221; Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepKenBuck/status/1686128729599143936">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;Our entire Congressional Delegation, both Republicans and Democrats, have worked together for years to achieve this important result. Colorado already has the pre-existing infrastructure, first-rate work force, private-sector support, and communication platforms necessary to provide for our national security mission in space.&#8221;
Elected officials from Alabama expressed outrage and indicated that they planned to push back against the Biden administration over the reversal.
&#8220;The White House choosing to not locate Space Command Headquarters in Alabama – the rightful selection – is very simply the wrong decision for national security,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/GovernorKayIvey/status/1686121295627399168">said</a> Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, a Republican.
Among members of Congress, Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMikeRogersAL/status/1686125983714115584">said</a> he would be &#8220;continuing my investigation into Biden&#8217;s deliberate, political, taxpayer-funded meddling in this decision,&#8221; while Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tommy-tuberville">Tommy Tuberville</a> (R-AL), who is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senator-holds-firm-in-stand-against-pentagon-abortion-policy-as-marines-lose-confirmed-leader">holding up military promotions</a> to protest against a Pentagon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion">abortion</a> policy, <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-statement-on-biden-taking-space-command-from-alabama/">said</a> he would &#8220;continue to fight&#8221; the planned move.
Kirby, a retired Navy rear admiral, said moving Space Command would likely take between five and 10 years &#8220;at a critical time in the space domain when the [People&#8217;s Republic of China] is developing incredible capabilities in that regard. Moving it could have a negative effect on Space Command&#8217;s readiness and the president finds that unacceptable.&#8221;

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-an-attack-on-all-women-sen-tuberville-sounds-off-on-biden-admins-transgender-policies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tommy Tuberville</a> (R-AL) joined the Daily Wire sports podcast “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/crain-and-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Crain &amp; Company</a>” Thursday to discuss how his bipartisan bill in the Senate will address two problems he sees with college athletes making money off of their name, image, and likeness (NIL). 
NIL rules, which went into effect in July 2021, allow D1, D2, and D3 NCAA athletes to be compensated for their name, image, or likeness being used for profit. Tuberville, along with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/colorado-returning-to-big-12-league-presidents-approve-membership-as-buffaloes-consider-leaving-pac-12/">introduced</a> legislation Tuesday aimed at addressing some of the issues with NIL many people are concerned about. Tuberville, a retired college football coach at Auburn, told hosts Blain Crain and David Cone that he sees two big problems with the current NIL rules.
“One of the things is get[ting] the money out of recruiting,” Tuberville said. “The problem is that Supreme Court says these athletes can make money. And I&#8217;m good with that. It&#8217;s called a name, image, and likeness. It has nothing to do with recruiting … We&#8217;ve got to get out of that.”
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In June 2021, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against the NCAA’s argument that its rules are exempt from antitrust laws. The NCAA argued that it was seeking to preserve amateurism in college sports and that the rules &#8220;widen choices for consumers by distinguishing college sports from professional sports,&#8221; <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1000310043/the-supreme-court-sides-with-ncaa-athletes-in-a-narrow-ruling">according</a> to NPR. The ruling was considered a huge win for college athletes, who had been denied nearly all possibilities of making money while playing in college. 
The bipartisan bill, titled the “Protecting Athletes, Schools, and Sports (PASS) Act of 2023,&#8221; would set some requirements for NIL, including requiring agents and collectives to register with a regulating body, setting up a website to publish anonymized NIL data, and requiring all NIL contracts to be disclosed within 30 days, CBS Sports <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/sens-joe-manchin-tommy-tuberville-introduce-bill-addressing-nil-transfer-rules-in-college-athletics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Tuberville said he was all for athletes making money, but he’s concerned about some conferences and states having an advantage over others with the current NIL rules, especially when it comes to players transferring to another school, the other major problem the senator wants to address. 
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“I&#8217;m all for money, and I&#8217;m for them getting paid and transferred. But we want to go back to the old route,” Tuberville said. “And most of the coaches, administrators, and even some parents said, ‘Let&#8217;s go back to the old rule where you can transfer, but you got to sit out a year and you still make money.’ If the collectors want to pay you money, so be it.”
The bipartisan bill would require athletes to complete three years of residency at a university before being eligible to transfer without penalty. Under the current rules, undergraduate athletes can transfer one time at any point and have immediate eligibility. 
While the senator admitted that he “wouldn’t wish” federal government involvement on anyone, he said this bill will ultimately help the NCAA deal with these NIL issues. 
“At the end of the day, you&#8217;re going to have to make a decision. College sports have to make a decision,&#8221; Tuberville said. &#8220;Do you want that one or two states are destroying everything else that you&#8217;ve got or you don&#8217;t want them to go out on their own?”

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s nominee to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a warning on Tuesday about an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senator-holds-firm-in-stand-against-pentagon-abortion-policy-as-marines-lose-confirmed-leader" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impasse on military promotions</a>.
Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown Jr., who is currently the <a href="https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Air-Force-Senior-Leaders/CSAF/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Air Force chief of staff</a>, was asked by Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elizabeth-warren" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabeth Warren</a> (D-MA) during his confirmation hearing to talk about how nomination &#8220;holds&#8221; affect military families. The question comes as Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tommy-tuberville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tommy Tuberville</a> (R-AL) blocks the fast-track approval of military promotions in protest of a Pentagon policy allowing female service members <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/02/16/military-cover-travel-costs-and-offer-leave-troops-seeking-abortions-fertility-treatment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expense-paid travel and up to three weeks leave</a> for an elective abortion.
&#8220;There&#8217;s several factors that I think about as we&#8217;re going through this and how we are working to mitigate the challenges associated with the holes,&#8221; Brown said in response. In addition to raising the issue of having senior officers with sufficient experience, Brown said there is a &#8220;whole chain of events&#8221; that can pile onto junior officers.
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&#8220;It has an impact on their progression in their career field potentially because if one doesn&#8217;t get promoted or move on, then they&#8217;re blocking a spot for someone else,&#8221; Brown said. &#8220;At the same time, we have several members who have served honorably and are ready to retire, but they&#8217;re going to, in some cases, stay with us to help us mitigate that challenge.&#8221;
Military families must also be considered, said Brown, who listed several factors, such as employment, schools, and living arrangements, that can pose a challenge. He also highlighted how &#8220;future retention&#8221; can be dictated by a service member&#8217;s family.
&#8220;We have our more junior officers who now will look up and say, ‘If that’s the challenge I’m going to have to deal with in the future &#8230; I’m going to balance between my family and serving in a senior position,'&#8221; Brown said. &#8220;And we will lose talent because of those challenges. The spouse network is alive and well, and the spouses will compare notes. The member may want to serve, but the spouses and the families get a huge vote.&#8221;
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Tuberville&#8217;s &#8220;hold&#8221; on general and flag officer promotions, which blocks the Democrat-controlled Senate from approving the nominations quickly and in batches through a &#8220;<a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/research-tools/glossary.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unanimous consent</a>&#8221; agreement, has led to a hold-up on the confirmation of hundreds of military promotions — including for a new head of the U.S. Marines.
Despite pushback from Democrats and some Republicans, as well as the Pentagon&#8217;s push for the hold to be lifted, Tuberville has stood firm, denying that his stand is hurting military readiness. He has also stressed that the Senate can still hold votes to approve individual nominations if necessary.
When pressed about military families during <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsgXF3lLYn8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a CNN interview on Monday night</a>, Tuberville used his answer to argue that the Pentagon policy he opposes would lead to <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/skc/date/2023-07-10/segment/01" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a spike in the number of abortions</a>.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s think about the unborn. Let&#8217;s think about the young people that are not going to be able to get in the military and be part of this country. Let&#8217;s think about them,&#8221; Tuberville said.

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A Republican senator is showing no signs of backing down from a stand against a Pentagon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion">abortion</a> policy that is delaying military promotions, even with the U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marines">Marines</a> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marine-corps-confirmed-commandant-1st-time-1910-due/story?id=101007971">going without a confirmed leader</a> for the <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-07-10/republicans-hold-on-nominations-leaves-marines-without-confirmed-leader-for-1st-time-in-100-years">first time in a century</a>.
Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tommy-tuberville">Tommy Tuberville</a> (R-AL), who is protesting the <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3301006/dod-releases-policies-to-ensure-access-to-non-covered-reproductive-health-care/">Department of Defense</a> (DoD) allowing female service members <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/02/16/military-cover-travel-costs-and-offer-leave-troops-seeking-abortions-fertility-treatment.html">expense-paid travel and up to three weeks leave</a> for an elective abortion, appeared unfazed as Gen. David Berger steps down as commandant of the Marine Corps at the end of his <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/us-marines-without-confirmed-leader-for-first-time-in-100-years-/7175035.html">four-year term</a>.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to change my approach,&#8221; Tuberville told CNN in an interview that aired on Monday. The senator said Gen. Eric Smith, the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/30/eric-smith-marine-corps-commandant-biden/">branch&#8217;s No. 2 official</a> who is President Joe Biden&#8217;s pick to formally take over command, has already taken on the top position in an acting capacity.
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&#8220;He&#8217;s assumed the duties already. It&#8217;s not like it&#8217;s void of a position, it&#8217;s just the name,&#8221; Tuberville said.
The &#8220;hold&#8221; on general and flag officer promotions blocks the Democrat-controlled Senate from approving the nominations quickly and in batches through a &#8220;<a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/research-tools/glossary.htm">unanimous consent</a>&#8221; agreement. Tuberville stressed that the Senate could still hold a vote to approve individual nominations, a process he said would be &#8220;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/10/politics/marine-corps-tuberville-nominations-hold/index.html">very easy to do</a>.&#8221;
But a Senate aide for the Democrats told CNN that it would take months to get through all the nominations in such a way and Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, argued Smith &#8220;deserves Senate action without political obstruction that has nothing to do with his command.&#8221;
More than 250 nominations have been stalled amid the senator&#8217;s protest over the policy that was <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3301006/dod-releases-policies-to-ensure-access-to-non-covered-reproductive-health-care/">released earlier this year</a>, prompting some of Tuberville&#8217;s own GOP colleagues to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/politics/tuberville-senate-holds/index.html">express their dismay</a>.
The Pentagon has <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1678479544485834756">urged Tuberville to lift his hold</a> while <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marine-corps-confirmed-commandant-1st-time-1910-due/story?id=101007971">raising concerns about readiness</a>. In comments <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/10/politics/marine-corps-tuberville-nominations-hold/index.html">reported by CNN</a>, Berger said Smith will be deprived of a second-in-command because of the situation.
“He can’t do both jobs at the same time, nor can anyone else because they don’t have the authorities because all the promotions are held up,” Berger added. “So he’s going to have to do his job in a very different way than I was able to, because I could travel, he was here, he could travel, I was here. Now only one of him, so it affects the way he does his job.”
Noting that the DoD&#8217;s &#8220;authority to fund abortions is governed by 10 U.S.C. 1093, which limits abortions to cases of rape, incest, or pregnancies that threaten the life of the mother,&#8221; Tuberville has said he will not lift his hold until Defense Secretary Loyd Austin suspends the <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-op-ed-in-the-washington-times-standing-up-on-abortion-to-most-politicized-pentagon-in-american-history/">&#8220;illegal&#8221; policy</a> that came in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade or there is a law change.
<a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-twice-blocks-democrats-attempts-to-break-dod-hold/">His office announced</a> that Tuberville has the support of several conservative leaders, including former Trump administration official Ben Carson, Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts, and March for Life Action president Jeanne Mancini.

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GOP Senator Holds Firm In Stand Against Pentagon Abortion Policy As Marines Lose Confirmed Leader

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Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee discussed the collapse of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/cryptocurrency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cryptocurrency</a> exchange FTX in a Thursday hearing, during which a top regulator acknowledged that he met with former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried on multiple occasions.
FTX recently filed for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/30-year-old-billionaire-loses-entire-fortune-overnight-as-his-bahamas-based-cryptocurrency-empire-implodes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bankruptcy</a> after users discovered that trading firm Alameda Research, a company run by Caroline Ellison — a former love interest of Bankman-Fried, had allegedly been using consumer funds from FTX to make investments.
During the hearing held by the committee, which was attended virtually by The Daily Wire, lawmakers repeatedly pushed the need for regulation through the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act, a piece of legislation that would <a href="https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/dccpa_fact_sheet.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eliminate</a> conflicts of interest and extend other protections to the cryptocurrency sector.
Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) emphasized that the committee should consider the regulation of cryptocurrencies because of the entity’s responsibility to execute “oversight of the nation’s commodity markets.” He said that digital assets such as bitcoin are regulated as commodities, a reality that federal courts have broadly recognized.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam, a former senior counselor to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and the sole regulator offering testimony, told lawmakers in his opening <a href="https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/opabehnam29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that “nominal barriers to entry for new products and new consumers” in the cryptocurrency market have “taken the place of legitimate market forces” and placed the public at “significant risk.” He expressed support for the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act as a step in the right direction toward regulating the industry.
“For years many have recognized that a patchwork of federal and state-based regulation is an unsuitable substitute for a comprehensive approach,” he remarked. “We are here today because many Americans invested in a novel product and will likely lose money because digital asset markets lack the basic protections that we have all come to expect and have made American financial markets the envy of the world.”
LedgerX, a derivatives platform acquired by FTX last year, had extensive communication with the CFTC regarding the company’s push to become a registered derivatives clearinghouse. Behnam said that he personally met with Bankman-Fried 10 times over the past 14 months to discuss the application out of a “dogged desire” to ensure that the initiative would be properly scrutinized.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a co-sponsor of the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act, denied that Bankman-Fried had an undue influence over the bill.
Bankman-Fried, a top <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-dont-even-know-how-to-code-mit-grad-and-now-broke-crypto-ceo-sam-bankman-fried-tells-niche-vlogger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contributor</a> to Democratic and Republican campaigns, has repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sam-bankman-fried-denies-wrongdoing-in-ftx-implosion-during-live-streamed-new-york-times-interview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> that he did not intentionally commingle funds between FTX and Alameda Research. The disgraced entrepreneur attempted with little success to raise as much as $8 billion from new investors to reimburse defrauded users of the company, which is based in the Bahamas.
FTX had received stellar corporate governance ratings from agencies considering the venture’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) qualifications, even though Bankman-Fried later admitted that his professed status as an “effective altruist” was largely a ruse to win the trust of “woke westerners.” Behnam expressed openness to discussing regulations upon ESG ratings in the cryptocurrency space when pressed on the matter by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL).
FTX spent extensively to recruit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-brady-steph-curry-other-celebrities-sued-for-pushing-ponzi-scheme-ftx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrity brand ambassadors</a>, such as Tampa Bay Buccanneers quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel ex-wife Gisele Bündchen, many of whom participated in mass-market advertisements. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) asserted that such marketing efforts stoke “fears of missing out” among unwitting consumers, prompting Behnam to remark that advertisements must ensure “investors understand the risk of the underlying asset.”
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) noted that the use of cryptocurrency to support <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-attorneys-bust-crypto-money-laundering-ring" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal enterprises</a> has enabled the fentanyl crisis and other national security concerns, asking whether a pause on the digital asset sector in the United States would be feasible. Behnam noted that a significant number of Americans would nevertheless gain access to overseas cryptocurrency markets.

Senate Hearing Examines FTX Collapse

Top Commodities Regulator Tells Senators He Met With Sam Bankman-Fried 10 Times

Senators Call For New Regulations At FTX Collapse Hearing; Top Regulator Said He Met With Sam Bankman-Fried 10 Times

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The Biden administration’s proposed changes to Title IX, a statute that prohibits discrimination based on sex, that would include protections for students identifying as transgender are “an attack … on all women,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) told The Daily Wire.
Biden’s proposed rules would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-officially-proposes-extending-title-ix-to-transgender-students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expand</a> the protections under Title IX to include sexual orientation and gender identity, which could mean allowing male students access to women’s sports and locker rooms if they identify as female.
Tuberville, who began his coaching career as a high school girls’ basketball coach, said during an interview that Biden’s proposed changes would result in “lawsuit after lawsuit and unfortunately it’s going to really affect high school and college women.”
There have already been several lawsuits relating to the issue, the most notable of which was filed by three female athletes in Connecticut. They sued the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) in February 2020 because it allowed two biological males who identified as women to compete against the biological females in high school track and field. A fourth student later joined the lawsuit, but it was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-over-transgender-athletes-dominating-high-school-girls-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissed</a> in April 2021 because the transgender students had graduated.
In that case, two transgender athletes had dominated Connecticut girls’ track during their time in high school, taking 15 women’s state championship titles when those titles were previously held by nine different Connecticut girls. The transgender students also took more than 85 opportunities to participate in higher level competitions in the 2017, 2018, and 2019 seasons.
“We train for so many days a week, so many hours to be able to be the best in our state and the best in our region, and these biological males are just taking it away from us and we really deserve it,” Alanna Smith, one of the girls who brought the lawsuit, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/high-school-girl-athlete-blasts-biden-administration-for-abandoning-her-lawsuit">told</a> Fox News in February 2021.
In May, Tuberville <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-tuberville-biden-title-ix-modifications-will-destroy-opportunities-for-generations-of-women-and-girls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a letter</a> to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona arguing that the proposed changes to Title IX would destroy “opportunities for generations of women and girls at the behest of liberal extremism.”
“Any such weakening of current Title IX protections would amount to a reversal of 50 years of progress for women and girls in sports and an offense to every woman who has ever benefited from the enactment of the law,” Tuberville wrote. “Title IX has fostered generations of female athletes who would otherwise never have been afforded the same opportunities as their male counterparts.”
In his letter, Tuberville also noted that at least 13 states have enacted laws that prohibit biological males from competing in women’s sports.
In addition to the letter, Tuberville has co-sponsored the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, legislation that would require Title IX to define “sex” based “solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
“They’re not about to even let this come to the floor,” Tuberville told The Daily Wire, explaining that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) won’t let the bill to get a vote. Tuberville said that he has seen support for the bill from Republicans and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), indicating that such a bill could actually pass if it were brought up for a vote.
Following his letter, Tuberville in September also submitted <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/tuberville-comment-9.8.222.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a comment</a> to the proposed Title IX rules, arguing that by “broadening the definition of ‘sex’ based on weakly-associated case law and polarizing social concepts adopted by the progressive left, the intent of the law is destroyed, and women are marginalized yet again.”
Tuberville told The Daily Wire that there’s “no common sense” with Biden’s proposed rule, but that “sooner or later, this country’s going to get back to common sense.”
“This is an attack – not just on sports or on girls playing sports – but on all women, giving opportunities to men,” Tuberville said.

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WASHINGTON — Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/title-ix">Title IX</a> federal civil rights law, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tommy-tuberville">Sen. Tommy Tuberville</a> (R-AL) is warning that President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden&#8217;s administration</a> is hacking away at women&#8217;s progress in the name of gender equality.
Passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972 and signed by President Richard Nixon on June 23, 1972, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/crt/title-ix">Title IX</a> prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools or education programs that receive federal funding. The move opened up many opportunities for women and girls to achieve in both academics and in sports.
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance,&#8221; read the rule, co-authored by former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Patsy Matsu Mink, the first woman of color elected to Congress.
&#8221;It&#8217;s rare as a legislator that you fight for legislation you believe in and stay around or live long enough to see it come to fruition,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/30/us/patsy-mink-veteran-hawaii-congresswoman-dies-at-74.html">said Mink in 1995</a> as she met with top U.S. female basketball players. The former congresswoman passed away in 2002.
But the Biden administration recently announced plans to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/30/transgender-discrimination-title-ix-rule-students/">redefine sex</a> to include “sex stereotypes, sex-related characteristics (including intersex traits), pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.&#8221; This would ban discrimination based on gender identity, indicating that schools would be prevented from prohibiting biological males from participating in women’s sports.
And critics like Tuberville say the move directly contradicts the good accomplished for women through Title IX.
&#8220;The federal government, you know, we don&#8217;t get a lot right,&#8221; Tuberville, who coached Auburn University football for almost a decade, said during a phone interview with The Daily Wire. &#8220;But they got it right when they passed Title IX.&#8221;
The Alabama senator shared that he also previously coached girls high school basketball before his career as a football coach, saying that the Biden administration&#8217;s efforts will &#8220;be devastating to women&#8217;s sports.&#8221;
And most Americans won&#8217;t agree with this move, he added, suggesting that leftist activists and policy makers are focused on gender identity and &#8220;want everybody to kind of be pretty much the same.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re trying to destroy the family,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And so expanding the definition of sex is right up their alley, and by allowing biological males to compete in women&#8217;s sports, I think that&#8217;s trying to degrade women.&#8221;
Sarah Cowart, an academic coach who grew up playing sports in Alabama in middle and high school, told The Daily Wire that she started a girls soccer team in high school because her only other option was to play on the boys soccer team — and she knew that she wouldn&#8217;t stand a chance.
&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t going to get playing time just because I knew the difference of my size, their size, their skill and speed. It just wasn&#8217;t going to happen. I wasn&#8217;t going to play,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And so I think that&#8217;s what we saw when we were able to start the women&#8217;s soccer team in high school that afforded us the opportunity to be on the same playing field with our peers.&#8221;
&#8220;When you go up against them, you are playing the hardest that you can,&#8221; Cowart explained. &#8220;And when you&#8217;re trying [your] hardest and you&#8217;re playing your hardest, but you still aren&#8217;t being successful, that kills your spirit and thinking, well, I just can&#8217;t do this at all.&#8221;
Cowart celebrated that Title IX had bestowed on her and her teammates the freedom to create and lead such a team.
&#8220;I think about it from a standpoint of accessibility,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Had we not come together as girls, at our age, we wouldn&#8217;t have had that opportunity. We would have had to end up playing with the guys team on a JV level again.&#8221;
Controversy over biological males in women&#8217;s sports has escalated as transgender swimmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lia-thomas">Lia Thomas</a>, a biological male, competed in the NCAA Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships this spring, annihilating competitors in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biologically-male-swimmer-annihilates-female-competitors-in-500-free">women&#8217;s 500 freestyle</a>.
On Sunday, the International Swimming Federation (FINA), issued new restrictions on transgender swimmers, stating that only transgender swimmers who transitioned from male to female before age 12 may compete in women’s events.
“I’m very hopeful about it,” an anonymous teammate of Thomas told The Daily Wire on Tuesday of the new restrictions. That teammate was granted anonymity out of fear of backlash.
“I am incredibly happy that Lia Thomas will never be an Olympic gold medalist. I think that’s great. But this doesn’t actually fix the NCAA [National Collegiate Athletic Association],” she added.
Both Thomas&#8217; teammate and Riley Gaines, a University of Kentucky swimmer, said that they wish the NCAA would rescind Thomas’ championship title.
“I believe Lia is not the fastest female in the 500-yard freestyle, therefore I don’t think she should be awarded as a female national champion,” Gaines told The Daily Wire, adding that the NCAA “needs to take accountability.&#8221;
“FINA prioritized competitive fairness which is more than any other large governing body has done thus far,” Gaines said.
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Mairead Elordi contributed to this report.

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Ahead Of 50th Anniversary Of Title IX, Senator Tuberville Warns Biden Admin Is Hacking Away At Women’s Progress

Tuberville Slams Biden Admin For Inhibiting Women's Rights Ahead Of Title IX Anniversary

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Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is warning President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration that its modifications to Title IX will destroy &#8220;opportunities for generations of women and girls at the behest of liberal extremism.&#8221;
The Daily Wire first <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Sen.-Tuberville-Title-IX-Letter-to-ED-Sec.-Cardona-5.31.22.pdf">obtained Tuberville&#8217;s letter</a> to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, which comes after the administration announced that the department would follow through on its December 2021 proposition to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/30/transgender-discrimination-title-ix-rule-students/">redefine sex</a> to include  “sex stereotypes, sex-related characteristics (including intersex traits), pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation and gender identity.”
Title IX rules <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/30/transgender-discrimination-title-ix-rule-students/">focus on discrimination</a> on the basis of sex, specifically in education. The Biden administration&#8217;s policies would specify that students could not be discriminated against based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The Education Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.
Tuberville&#8217;s letter draws on reports that the Biden administration modifications would allow biological males to participate in women&#8217;s sports — a phenomenon which Tuberville notes &#8220;has already received criticism from across the country.&#8221;
“It is my understanding that the Department of Education is currently considering a proposed regulation that would modify Title IX implementation to adhere to the progressive priorities of the Biden administration,&#8221; Tuberville wrote in the letter.
&#8220;Any such weakening of current Title IX protections would amount to a reversal of 50 years of progress for women and girls in sports and an offense to every woman who has ever benefited from the enactment of the law,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Title IX has fostered generations of female athletes who would otherwise never have been afforded the same opportunities as their male counterparts.&#8221;
The senator notes that at least 13 states have enacted legislation banning biological males from women&#8217;s sports, warning that the policy reversal would fundamentally affect how women and girls approach athletics going forward.
“The entire country is watching while this Administration destroys opportunities for generations of women and girls at the behest of liberal extremism,&#8221; he added.
Tuberville, a retired football coach, has previously called on the Senate to pass the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, legislation which he co-sponsored that would require the definition of “sex” in Title IX to be based “solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
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Senator Tuberville: Biden Title IX Modifications Will Destroy ‘Opportunities For Generations Of Women And Girls’

Tuberville Pushes Back Against Biden Title IX Modifications Allowing Biological Males In Women's Sports 

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