Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, denounced House Republican leaders this week for what he called a routine Washington trade: promising a floor vote on a bill from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., targeting transgender medical care for minors in exchange for her help in advancing the annual defense policy bill.
Roy raised the criticism in a House Rules Committee hearing as lawmakers prepared floor action on Greene’s bill, the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, and as House leaders worked to line up votes for debate on the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA.
Greene previously acknowledged she negotiated with House leaders to change her position on the rule governing debate on the NDAA after being assured her bill would receive a vote.
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