Republican lawmakers, including senators Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn, slammed President Biden's Title IX changes. (Getty Images)
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the chairman of the HELP committee, did not provide comment to Fox News Digital.
Biden announced new regulations for Title IX Friday morning, which included expanding the definition of sex discrimination to include both sexual orientation and gender identity, which the president's administration touts as protection for LGBT students.
The unveiled rule changes also rolled back regulations put in place by former Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that ensured due process for the accused.
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona cheered the announcement of the rules. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., said in a statement the regulations are "not about protecting students." Instead, he claimed Biden's rules are "about appeasing the radical members of their base by imposing woke policies that rob women and girls of equal opportunities and jeopardize their safety."
Reacting to the rules, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., claimed, the "left wants to use it as a tool to further its woke gender ideology."
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"We identify as pissed off," Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital in a statement.
The congresswoman claimed Biden's administration is "effectively saying that women's safety is expendable" with the new rules.
"Recent incidents, like the appalling rape of a woman in Rikers by a biological male, are a stark reminder of the very real dangers posed by these reckless policies. This isn't progress; this is regression at its worst, and women are paying the price," she continued.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., also warned of the rule changes' effect on women's sports. (Chip Somodevilla)
The aides additionally raised concerns over the department's lack of a plan for assisting schools with implementation, which is required by Aug. 1. The sources said rules are traditionally rolled out with a plan to coordinate implementation with schools. This often includes webinars, they said.
When asked if there was a plan to assist schools with implementation, a spokesperson for the department did not answer directly but shared that it would be available to provide technical assistance and other resources when deemed appropriate.
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Democratic House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., disagreed with her Republican counterparts, telling Fox News Digital in a statement, "I’m grateful to the Biden-Harris administration for defending gender equality and protecting the safety and well-being of students across the country.
"We must stand up for the basic dignity of every person amid so much hateful rhetoric and violence against [transgender] youth and women."
Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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