Speaker Mike Johnson issued a statement determining whether the first transgender member of Congress Sarah McBride can use the women's restrooms on Capitol Hill.

U.S. Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE) says she will “follow the rules” after Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson issued a ban on transgender women using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol, a direct reaction to McBride becoming the first transgender member of Congress.“I’m not her...

The first trans member of Congress expected pushback to her arrival like Nancy Mace's bathroom rule. “Their immaturity is not worthy of being dignified with a response," Sarah McBride told TIME last month.