Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in sponsored a bill which would prevent federal agencies and departments from facing punishment for not using an individual’s preferred pronouns – Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) joined the effort.
The Safeguarding Honest Speech Act states the bill is “to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce measures requiring certain employees to refer to an individual by the preferred pronouns of such individual or a name other than the legal name of such individual, and for other purposes.”
