Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah), issued the following statement after the Obama Administration issued a directive requiring public schools to open access to bathrooms for transgender students:

“Just a day after a court struck down the President’s latest overreach, he’s at it again, threatening to withhold funding to public schools that don’t comply with his views on gender identity. We can all agree that every student should be treated with kindness and respect. Bullying of any kind is unacceptable. But this is the heavy hand of the federal government and yet another example of the President trying to circumvent Congress. A better way to solve this would be to use the blueprint from Utah’s anti-discrimination laws. That should be the model for the nation.”