Education Secretary Miguel Cardona was repeatedly pressed to define what a woman is during a House hearing.
On Tuesday, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) asked, âCan you please tell me, or can you please define for me, what is a woman?â
âOur focus at the department is to provide equal access to students, including students who are LGBTQ,â Cardona responded, adding, âAccess free from discrimination.â
Clyde pressed, âIs that ⌠so whatâs the definition of a woman? You havenât answered my question.â
The education secretary insisted, âI think thatâs almost secondary to the important role that I have.â
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However, Clyde pushed back, âMy question is not secondary. My question is very simple, what does HHS say that the definition of a woman is?â
âI lead the Department of Education. And my job is to make sure that all students have access to public education, which includes co-curricular activities. And I think you highlighted pretty well the importance of Title IX in giving students equal access,â Cardona said.
Clyde shot back, âOK, so youâre not going to answer my question.â
Cardona is not the first Biden official or nominee to decline to answer this question.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) asked Supreme Court Justice Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearing in March 2022, âCan you provide a definition for the word âwomanâ?â
âCan I provide a definition?â Jackson asked.
When Blackburn confirmed that was her question, Jackson said, âI canât.â
âYou canât?â the senator asked.
Jackson explained, âNot in this context Iâm not a biologist.â
