1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

I am writing to urge you to protect personal freedom and push back against heavy-handed federal overreach by supporting the No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act (H.R. 3708 / S. 1957). The federal government is currently using sweeping executive orders to aggressively target the LGBTQ+ community, creating dangerous consequences for American families:  - It represents massive executive overreach: Bypassing Congress to unilaterally rewrite federal discrimination laws via executive orders strips the legislature of its constitutional authority and disrupts hard-won civil rights protections. - It overrides local community control: Federal mandates are forcing local schools to police their students, strip local sports programs of autonomy, and even attempt to legally deny the existence of transgender individuals.  - It interferes with private medical decisions: Federal directives are actively blocking families and their doctors from making private, evidence-based healthcare decisions for their children without government interference. - It weakens our national defense: Reinstating the transgender military ban forces qualified, dedicated service members out of our armed forces based on identity rather than merit or ability. Voting "yes" on the No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act is a vital first step, but it is not the only tool Congress has to halt this overreach. I am asking you to take immediate action through the following three avenues: 1. Co-sponsor and vote yes on H.R. 3708 / S. 1957: Publicly sign on as a co-sponsor to show your constituents that you support restoring balance and blocking these harmful executive orders from having any legal force. 2. Use the power of the purse in appropriations: Work through the budget process to insert explicit funding restrictions into upcoming federal spending bills. Congress must ensure that absolutely zero taxpayer dollars are allocated to enforce or administer these discriminatory executive overreaches.  3. Demand robust committee oversight hearings: Use committee assignments to demand accountability from agency heads (such as the Departments of Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services). Congress must investigate the rapid, costly expansion of federal bureaucracy being used to police private citizens. Please defend personal freedom, protect vulnerable youth from political targeting, and check this unprecedented abuse of executive power.