U.S. Senator Katie Britt Attends President Trump’s Title IX Executive Order Signing, Continues Fight to Protect Female Athletes’ Ability to Safely, Fairly Compete

Celebrates National Girls and Women in Sports Day  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today attended President Donald Trump’s executive order signing at the White House, where he restored the integrity of Title IX to ensure biological men are not competing in women’s and girls’ sports. The order was signed on National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

“Women and girls across our nation nearly saw their ability to achieve their own personal American Dream ripped away when President Biden and Vice President Harris chose to dismantle Title IX protections,” said Senator Britt. “Today, President Trump said no more, and he restored longstanding, commonsense protections to ensure daughters across America, like my own, can continue to unlock their potential. I appreciate President Trump’s leadership on this critical issue, and I am proud to be a cosponsor of Senator Tuberville’s Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would codify these protections. I will always defend the rights of women and girls to compete in athletics fairly and safely.” 

Senator Britt joined Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) in introducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to ensure that, for purposes of Title IX enforcement, gender is “recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.” It would also ban recipients of federal funding from operating, sponsoring, or facilitating athletic programs that permit a male to participate in a women’s sporting event. Senator Britt applauded the bill’s recent passage in the U.S. House by a vote of 218-206.

Senator Britt also recently joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in introducing the ‘American Girls in Sports Day’ resolution to recognize the importance of Title IX in protecting biological women in sports.