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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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) released a new episode in his &#8220;Coach on the Street&#8221; series on Friday in which he walks around the Washington, D.C. area and asks citizens what they think about current events that are impacting their lives.
In the new episode, Tuberville asked what people thought about skyrocketing gas prices and what their thoughts were on whether America should be energy independent.
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<blockquote>SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE (R-AL): Hello, Coach Tommy Tuberville here. You know, we&#8217;re seeing record high gas prices at the pump and they&#8217;re affecting everyone, from families to businesses. One thing is for sure, Americans need relief and they need it now. We need to stop buying oil from convicts and criminals, and unleash American Energy. So, I&#8217;m going to hit the streets to see how real Americans are affected by these out of control prices at the pump, and if they think President Biden needs to do more to make the United States of America energy independent. So, let&#8217;s go.
Well, here we go, $5.19 a gallon. Joe Biden, you’ve got to be proud.
CITIZEN: Diesel, I saw some trucks. They’re filling up the tank. It&#8217;s like a thousand, eleven hundred dollars.
TUBERVILLE: We could be producing 100 percent here in this country alone and we wouldn&#8217;t have to lean on anybody else. This time last year at this same pump, I was paying around $3 a gallon. Now, it&#8217;s $5.19. I just filled up and it was almost double this time last year.
CITIZEN 2: Yeah it’s crazy. I was just thinking about all of it.
TUBERVILLE: Two years ago when I moved here, it was $3 a gallon. Now. It&#8217;s $5.19.
CITIZEN 2: That’s crazy.
TUBERVILLE: Do you want to pay $5.19 or do you want to pay $3?
CITIZEN 2: $3.
TUBERVILLE: Thank you very much.
CITIZEN 2: Yeah, of course.
TUBERVILLE: You know, the problem with our gas prices is everything else is going up, you know, transportation, other supplies.
CITIZEN 3: Or a loaf of bread, eggs, milk. It&#8217;s all going up.
TUBERVILLE: Yeah. At the end of the day, don&#8217;t y&#8217;all think we should be energy independent? That we should dig our own oil? You agree with me, right?
CITIZEN: 100%.
CITIZEN: Yeah.
TUBERVILLE: Yeah, I can’t believe I am paying $2 more a gallon than I was this time last year.
CITIZEN: Yeah. I can&#8217;t believe it either but, you know, maybe some things will change, guys like you.
TUBERVILLE: Yeah, what do y&#8217;all think about these high gas prices?
CITIZEN: They could be better.
TUBERVILLE: What do you think about high gas prices?
CITIZEN: They are a killer, yes
TUBERVILLE: Think we ought to be energy independent?
CITIZEN: Oh totally.
TUBERVILLE: Thank you. What do you think about these high energy prices, high gas prices?
CITIZEN: Not a fan ever. I&#8217;m a school teacher. I need, I need every penny I can.
TUBERVILLE: So the message is clear: We need to pump our own oil, American Energy, and one person can handle it and he lives down on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.</blockquote>

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) slammed Democrat President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration during an interview with The Daily Wire this week, saying that the sanctions that Biden was wanting to put on Russia were nothing more than a &#8220;slap on the wrist.&#8221;
The remarks from Tuberville come as Russian President Vladimir Putin has amassed approximately 190,000 troops near the Ukraine border for what many experts say is an imminent invasion.
“The sanctions that they want to put on [Russia] are nothing, it’s kind of like a slap on the wrist,” Tuberville said. “We’ve come up with sanctions on the Republican side that are real strong, pre and post, if they come in. So, I think it&#8217;s a huge mistake that we haven’t put some sanctions on at the beginning, said, ‘Hey, this is the start. This is how it&#8217;s gonna work. And if you think about going in, then they&#8217;re gonna get much worse.’ They need to feel that.”
Tuberville mentioned the importance of going after insurance companies with sanctions if they try to insure the Nord Stream 2 pipeline because that would help to keep it offline, which would be devastating to Russia&#8217;s economy.
The senator added that regional entities had more responsibility for what was going on than the U.S. did, and that China is what the U.S. needed to be focused on.
“We know that NATO and the European Union, this is much more their responsibility — it’s really not ours. We are in NATO,” he continued. “But at the end of the day, you know, we just got out of a war; we don&#8217;t want in another war. Plus, we know our number one adversary doesn’t just want a little power like Russia, China wants to rule the world. So, our focus needs to be more on that.”
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is urging President Joe Biden to take action against Communist China for their sanctions on 28 former senior U.S. officials, which came in response to those officials advancing U.S. interests that directly confronted China.
&#8220;On January 20th, moments after President Biden took the oath of office, the Chinese Communist Party announced sanctions on 28 former senior U.S. officials,&#8221; Tuberville <a href="https://freebeacon.com/national-security/tuberville-wants-biden-to-retaliate-against-china-for-sanctions-against-trump-officials/">wrote</a> in a letter to Biden, which was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. &#8220;The CCP claimed these diplomats, cabinet secretaries, and top White House advisors, &#8216;seriously violated China&#8217;s sovereignty and &#8230; have been mainly responsible for such U.S. moves on China-related issues.&#8217; In reality, these individuals were committed to fight for the interests of the American people while serving in the Trump Administration.&#8221;
Tuberville highlighted some of the Trump officials that had been sanctioned, writing, &#8220;As you are aware, the individuals sanctioned include former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft, former National Security Adviser Robert O&#8217; Brien, and former White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Director Peter Navarro, among others. Each of these Americans served our country with honor and distinction.&#8221;
&#8220;China&#8217;s affront to these public servants and our nation cannot stand,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;At your earliest convenience, I would like to discuss the steps the Department of State has taken or intends to take in response to China&#8217;s actions. I look forward to working with you on this and other issues.&#8221;
Communist China also sanctioned numerous Republican lawmakers last year in retaliation &#8220;for measures announced by Washington last week over Beijing&#8217;s alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang,&#8221; CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/13/asia/china-us-xinjiang-sanctions-intl-hnk/index.html">reported</a>. &#8220;Washington&#8217;s sanctions against Chinese officials include the freezing of all US assets and a block preventing US nationals from conducting business with them. Anyone sanctioned by the US also faces visa restrictions, preventing them and their families from entering the US.&#8221;
The lawmakers that Beijing sanctioned included Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ).
Biden had his first phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday evening, with the White House noting that Biden sent &#8220;well wishes&#8221; to &#8220;the Chinese people on the occasion of Lunar New Year.&#8221;
&#8220;President Biden affirmed his priorities of protecting the American people’s security, prosperity, health, and way of life, and preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific,&#8221; the White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/10/readout-of-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-call-with-president-xi-jinping-of-china/">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;President Biden underscored his fundamental concerns about Beijing’s coercive and unfair economic practices, crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and increasingly assertive actions in the region, including toward Taiwan. The two leaders also exchanged views on countering the COVID-19 pandemic, and the shared challenges of global health security, climate change, and preventing weapons proliferation. President Biden committed to pursuing practical, results-oriented engagements when it advances the interests of the American people and those of our allies.&#8221;

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Former college football coach Tommy Tuberville has ousted Democratic Sen. Doug Jones from his U.S. Senate seat in Alabama.
The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-alabama-senate.html">New York Times</a> called the race just after 10:00 p.m. with 34% of precincts reporting on Tuesday night. Tuberville was favored to win the seat in the deep red state. Before Jones, the seat belonged to former Sen. Jeff Sessions, who resigned from the Senate to serve as President Trump’s attorney general.
According to <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/senate/al/alabama_senate_tuberville_vs_jones-7015.html">RealClearPolitics</a>, Tuberville has led Jones by no less than 8 points for the length of the race, and the latest poll conducted by Auburn University favored Tuberville to win the race by 11 points. The <a href="https://cookpolitical.com/">Cook Political Report</a> classified Alabama’s Senate race as “Lean Republican.”
Tuberville campaigned as a close ally to Trump throughout the general election, while Jones tried to position himself as a moderate candidate. The GOP has focused on fighting to keep the Senate under Republican control throughout the election, especially if the White House should flip to Democratic nominee Joe Biden. The Alabama seat has been viewed as a likely win to give the GOP breathing room against tough Democratic opponents gunning for more vulnerable GOP senators in other states.
Tuberville beat Sessions in the GOP primary as Trump’s former attorney general fought to reclaim his old Senate seat. Sessions was an early ally to Trump during the president’s 2016 campaign but had a falling out with the president over the Department of Justice’s inquiry into Russian collusion in the 2016 election.
Trump forced Sessions to resign after Sessions recused himself from the Justice Department’s investigation. The investigation was taken up by special counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Trump and his campaign over allegations that it colluded with Russian agents to influence the 2016 election. Trump was a vocal critic of the investigation and Mueller, characterizing it as a “witch hunt.” The president was eventually vindicated after Mueller found no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian agents.
Tuberville overcame Sessions when he tried to reclaim the seat he left. Trump endorsed Tuberville over the former attorney general and once-ally during the Republican primary, and Alabama voters delivered for the president, setting Tuberville on a trajectory favored to eventually sit in the Senate.
Jones won a special election against Republican candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-weighs-roy-moores-potentially-devastating-james-barrett">Roy Moore</a> in 2017 after Sessions vacated the seat to work in the Trump administration. Moore lost the election after numerous allegations of him having inappropriate sexual interactions with young women surfaced in the press. The seat was considered a significant upset pulled off by the Democrats.
Trump endorsed Moore to win the seat at the time, but turned on the GOP candidate later, tweeting on May 29, 2019: “If Alabama does not elect a Republican to the Senate in 2020, many of the incredible gains that we have made during my Presidency may be lost, including our Pro-Life victories. Roy Moore cannot win, and the consequences will be devastating….Judges and Supreme Court Justices!”

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