Washington,
May 16, 2016
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Mary Carpenter
(202-834-0386)
Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Ga-01) is leading the charge to oppose the Obama Administration's threat to take legal action or deny federal funds to school districts that do not allow students to use any bathroom regardless of gender.
In a letter to President Obama led by Carter, 39 Members of Congress from across the nation expressed their extreme concerns with the directive and asked that the president rescind his "poorly executed threat to school districts across the county and reaffirm their right to govern themselves as they see fit within the bounds of the law."
The delegation wrote, "To date, neither statute nor legal precedent has extended civil rights protections based on gender identity. Furthermore your actions threaten to infringe on the constitutional right of Congress to appropriate funds. We view this as an effort to implement your Administration’s political agenda outside the bounds of the law and against the will of the American people. We insist that you withdraw this legally unfounded threat immediately."
