Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) forced a vote on adjourning a Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee hearing because it focused on transgender women in sports instead of government spending.
During Wednesday's DOGE hearing, Chair Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused "mentally ill biological men" of competing in women's sports, "stealing their competitions, stealing their medals, and stealing their national championships."
Stansbury complained that the hearing was "not about oversight or DOGE, but about spreading hate and using trans lives to distract from the real issues that Americans are facing, from attacks on our economy, to attacks on our democracy, to attacks on our communities."
"It's about bullying trans kids and members of the trans community to distract from the failed policies of the Trump administration, the failed policies and exploitation of this DOGE Subcommittee," the Democratic lawmaker continued. "Now, I do want to point out here at the outset that we are, in fact, in the Oversight Subcommittee on quote-unquote Delivering on Government Efficiency... And this hearing literally has nothing to do with that."
Stansbury speculated that Greene's subcommittee was trying to distract from the unpopularity of DOGE administrator Elon Musk and President Donald Trump.
"Why is Trump attacking trans people?" she asked. "Honestly, it's weird and it's wrong."
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The lawmaker concluded her remarks by making a motion to "immediately adjourn" the hearing. However, the motion was defeated with a vote along party lines.
"Could you please further expound about how this falls under the jurisdiction of the subcommittee and the rules?" Stansbury asked Greene.
"Chairman [James] Comer of the Oversight Committee has referred responsibility for this hearing to the DOGE Subcommittee hearing regarding USA Fencing," Greene stated.
"So, Chairman Comer is changing the rules so that now fencing hearings fall under Department of Government Efficiency?" Stansbury questioned.
