Republican Representative Nancy Mace placed a label reading "biological" above a sign for a women's bathroom in the U.S. Capitol, just weeks before the first openly transgender member of Congress is sworn in.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Wednesday she is introducing a bill to ban transgender women from using women's bathrooms on all federal property. Why it matters: The South Carolina Republican is leaning into the controversy surrounding her efforts to restrict Rep-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.

A South Carolina congresswoman, Nancy Mace, is doubling down on her transgender bathroom bill by introducing a secondary proposal that would extend the ban to all single-sex facilities on federal property across the country.

If we haven’t met yet, I want all the bullies online to know you will not bully me into submission,’ the South Carolina Republican said

The first trans member of Congress expected pushback to her arrival like Nancy Mace's bathroom rule. “Their immaturity is not worthy of being dignified with a response," Sarah McBride told TIME last month.

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, told Scripps News on Wednesday that she is filing a new bill to propose bans on transgender people in restrooms that don't align with their sex assigned at birth.

Republican South Carolina Rep Nancy Mace introduced a resolution Monday that mandates that individuals in the Capitol complex use bathrooms that correspond to

Rep. Nancy Mace has proposed banning transgender people from using Capitol bathrooms that align with their gender identity.