John – This week, I continued my efforts to prevent taxpayer dollars from funding programs at children’s hospitals that perform transgender “care” on minors. The House also passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that included a policy I introduced to advance a breakthrough, lifesaving treatment option for our service members living with PTSD. If you enjoy receiving my newsletters, please consider donating to my campaign. These updates, along with my entire operation, take a team of writers, editors, and content creators. I am only able to continue providing these free, regular updates with the resources provided from patriots like you. Any amount helps, and you can help me grow our conservative movement by donating to my campaign here. As always, thank you for your support. Now, here’s your Campaign Brief: NO TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR TRANSGENDER “CARE” FOR MINORS CLICK HERE OR ON THE IMAGE ABOVE TO READ MORE Last month, I stunned a Yale doctor into silence when I asked her a simple question at a Congressional hearing: are there any scientific studies that provide strong evidence of the benefits of providing transgender “care” for children? You can watch the clip at this link, if you missed it last month. What that exchange proved was something every single common sense American already knows: of course there are no studies showing the benefits of making permanent, dangerous changes to a child’s sex. This week, that debate continued at my committee, where my Democrat colleagues once again argued that I was “cruel” for wanting to stop taxpayer dollars from going to program funding for children’s hospitals that perform child sex changes. But I am not the one who is cruel. Doing a double mastectomy on a 12-year-old girl is cruel. Castrating a ten-year-old boy—that’s cruel. And it’s certainly cruel to put kids on permanent hormone therapy and puberty blockers that could prevent them from ever having children and permanently change their physiology. The idea that we should encourage and even help children to permanently change their gender is a new, dangerous phenomenon. We’ve seen this phenomenon sweep through our schools, in the mainstream media, and now at our children’s hospitals. Yet there’s no evidence of the safety or benefits of transgender “care” for minors, and no long-term studies to truly evaluate the impact this “treatment” could have decades later. Moreover, our peer countries are practically screaming at us to put this madness to an end. Over the last few years, countries like Britain, Finland, Sweden, and France have all sounded the alarm on the dangers of “gender affirming care” for minors and have taken steps to rein in this practice. That’s why I introduced legislation that would prevent federal funding - your taxpayer dollars - under the Graduate Medical Education program from going to children’s hospitals that provide “gender affirming care” to minors. This week, my committee advanced this legislation out of the Health Subcommittee, bringing it one step closer to a vote in the full House of Representatives. That’s good news, along with the fact that the American people agree with us: according to the latest polls, nearly 70% of Americans disapprove of providing puberty blockers to minors. The bad news is that Congressional Democrats are going to do everything in their power to stop this legislation and use their allies in the media to spread lies about this bill and smear our efforts. That’s why I need your help. Sign the below petition to make it clear that you do not want your taxpayer dollars going to programs for children’s hospitals that perform this pseudoscience on our kids. The more people sign the petition, the better chance we have in making the argument that the American people do not support this dangerous ideology that has infected our country’s medical institutions. SIGN THE PETITION. STOP TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM GOING TOWARD TRANSGENDER “CARE” FOR MINORS HERE’S WHY I’M TEAMING UP WITH AOC TO FIGHT PTSD CLICK HERE OR ON THE IMAGE ABOVE TO READ MORE There is not much that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and I agree on when it comes to public policy. But as you know after following me since I’ve been in Congress, I will never allow party affiliation or politics to prevent me from working with someone if it’s for the benefit of the American people, especially when it comes to our veterans and service members. That’s why I had zero hesitation in teaming up with AOC and many others on legislation to help service members struggling with PTSD. We all know the statistics— it is estimated that more than 20 veterans commit suicide every day. And 27% of post-9/11 veterans are diagnosed with PTSD. It is a serious problem, and we have not made enough progress in treating PTSD. The status quo is not working and the status quo won’t stop veterans and service members from committing suicide. We have to think outside the box. The good news is that there is a breakthrough therapy that uses psychedelics to treat PTSD. Recent private sector research into the use of psychedelics such as MDMA found that 88% of trial participants had a significant reduction in symptoms and 67% no longer met the criteria for PTSD. And, beyond the data, I’ve heard personal stories from my friends and fellow veterans who’ve told me how this therapy saved their lives and marriages and pulled them out of the depths of despair. That’s why I’ve been working with a broad, bipartisan coalition of lawmakers on legislation that directs the Department of Defense to provide grants for further research into the use of psychedelic treatments for our active-duty service members dealing with PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury. We made significant progress this week when the House passed the annual NDAA, which included this policy. Unfortunately, the $15 million that was authorized under our original bill was stripped out of the final package that passed out of the House. But I’m going to do everything I can to get that funding back in the bill to ensure we have the necessary resources to gain the research we need to advance this breakthrough, lifesaving treatment. You can help, too. Now that this bill is over in the Senate, CALL YOUR SENATOR and tell them to include my bill in the final NDAA. If this policy is passed into law, we will make significant progress in treating PTSD and saving the lives of our service members who have sacrificed so much for the country we love. ON SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS FOX NEWS: Only four Dems vote with GOP to pass defense policy bill rolling back abortion policy, 'woke' initiatives DAILY WIRE: Immigration Expert Reveals Why Latest Border Numbers Are ‘Deceitful’ WSJ: Biden Administration to Wipe Out $39 Billion in Student Loans for 800,000 Borrowers That's it for this week's campaign brief. Thanks for reading and your support. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get the latest updates on the fight in Washington direct from me. In Service, Dan Crenshaw DONATE TO SUPPORT DAN'S CAMPAIGN If you'd like to donate by check, please make your check payable and mail to: Dan Crenshaw for Congress, 5900 Memorial Drive, Suite 215, Houston, TX 77007. Any questions, comments, or concerns? 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