The Hill: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain
(R-Ariz.) is backing a bipartisan bill that would block President
Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military.
“When less than one percent of Americans are volunteering to join the
military, we should welcome all those who are willing and able to serve
our country,” McCain said in a statement.
“Any member of the military who meets the medical and readiness
standards should be allowed to serve—including those who are
transgender,” he said.
McCain, committee ranking member Jack Reed (D-R.I.), committee member
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced
the bill as stand-alone legislation on Friday.
Gillibrand and Collin earlier introduced the bill as an amendment to
the National Defense Authorization Act. But the amendment is not
expected to get a vote amid a larger dispute of which amendments will
make it to a vote.
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