House Speaker Mike Johnson declared that lawmakers and staff will have to use restrooms corresponding with their biological gender.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson has backed plans to ban transgender women from using female bathrooms on Capitol Hill. “Women deserve women’s only spaces,” Johnson said in a statement on Wednesday. He said the new rule would be enforceable in the Capitol and in House office buildings.

It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol.” Contention surrounding restrooms on the Capitol grounds erupted after Rep.