The Congressional Record edited remarks by Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) that correctly described transgender-identifying Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) as a male, members of Congress discovered this week. While chairing the House floor on February 6, Miller recognized McBride as a “gentleman” and “Mr.,” but the Congressional Record replaced those words with “gentlewoman” and “Ms.”

“This is absolutely appalling and a blatant disregard for the truth I have spoken,” Miller responded to the discovery on Monday. “The Congressional Record is an official publication, and should accurately reflect my words. I refuse to participate in this lie. Tim ‘Sarah’ McBride is a MAN!”

As the official record of congressional proceedings, the Congressional Record is to reflect events accurately, exactly as they happened, without removing insults, slurs, or language that transgender ideologues describe as “misgendering.” According to the U.S. House Clerk, “Official Reporters transcribe House proceedings verbatim for publication in the Congressional Record.”

Members of Congress noticed the alteration in the printed version of the Congressional Record. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tweeted a snapshot on the evening of March 3. “This is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE!!!” exclaimed Greene. “Are we not Republican controlled?????”

As of Thursday, March 6, the online version of the Congressional Record had restored Miller’s original language, with a note acknowledging the correction:

“On February 6, 2025, on page H514, in the third column, the following appeared: The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Delaware (Ms. McBride) for 5 minutes.

“The online version has been corrected to read: The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Miller of Illinois). The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride, for 5 minutes.”

The Government Publishing Office (GPO) is the agency responsible for the daily issues of the Congressional Record, as well as the Bound edition compiled after the adjournment of every Congress. They produce print copies of the Record, as well as publishing it on govinfo.gov. The GPO is a federal agency in the legislative branch, meaning that it reports to the U.S. Congress, not the president.

The limited information available on the GPO website does not betray features that would suggest an overt, pro-transgender bias, such as a preferred pronoun policy.

However, there are hints of a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the agency, terms which have been used to promote a transgender agenda under a more generic label. The GPO lists, as its four agency values, “Honesty, Kindness, Effectiveness, and Inclusiveness.” In its Strategic Plan for 2023-2027, it further defines inclusiveness to mean that it will “Foster a diverse, supportive, and welcoming environment for our teammates and customers.” In pursuit of this value, the agency plans to “improve and expand inclusive recruitment, development, and retention programs.”

The GPO leadership team also features a Managing Director of Agency Equal Employment Opportunity, S. Denise Hendricks, who “brings more than two decades of diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity experience to her position at GPO.” Her position is independent of the chain of command, according to the GPO organizational chart, and stands in the same relationship to the Director as the Office of the Inspector General.

Hendricks’s work “includes efforts to ensure equal opportunity in employment throughout the GPO, provide for the equitable resolution of complaints of discrimination, require compliance with antidiscrimination laws, regulations, policy, and program directives and advise management on all aspects of EEO, including formulating and executing proactive initiatives in support of GPO’s commitment to equality of opportunity.”

The Washington Stand asked the Office of the House Clerk to clarify whether Miller’s words were altered in transcription (by the House Clerk’s Office) or in publication (by GPO), and what corrective measures had been taken. At publishing time, the Clerk’s Office had not responded with answers to these questions.

“It is astounding that the Congressional Record, the official account of congressional proceedings, was subtly edited to put words in the mouth of a congresswoman that she did not utter. It is insulting,” insisted Quena Gonzalez, senior director of Government Affairs at Family Research Council. “Rep. Mary Miller was very intentional when she chose her words; she could have referred to Rep. Sarah McBride as, ‘The Chair recognizes the member from Delaware.’ Or, she could have acquiesced to gender unreality and simply referred to Rep. McBride using feminine titles and pronouns.”

“There are plenty of Christians who argue for just such ‘pronoun hospitality’ out of a misplaced sense of charity, but Rep. Miller understood the stakes and stated the truth plainly,” Gonzalez told The Washington Stand. “She is certainly aware that the vast majority of children who experience discomfort with their sex will, if left alone, outgrow it before adulthood, and that all people who suffer from this discomfort face serious mental and emotional challenges that are not addressed by experimental medical interventions to make their bodies superficially conform to a subjective ‘feeling.’”

“Maybe she stood up because she’s a warrior. Rep. Miller started the House Family Caucus to focus on issues affecting the American family, and she has not shied away from hosting and speaking with people who have detransitioned, some of whom underwent gender transition procedures when they were still minors,” Gonzalez continued. “Or maybe she did it because she’s a mother, and a grandmother, and is tired of women being bullied and erased by men who wear a female personality like a costume. Maybe she wants a world where her kids and grandkids don’t have to walk on eggshells.”

“And maybe she, like all Christians should, loves Rep. McBride too much to lie to his face,” Gonzalez concluded, “or to participate in a public spectacle — put on by a veteran advocate — to try to force the nation to affirm what we all know is not true, that a man has become a woman, that a male can become a female, and that masculinity and femininity can be reduced to internal feelings and external sex stereotypes.”

“So it is doubly insulting that the Congressional Record was initially altered to erase a woman’s courage, the courage to speak the truth in love. The U.S. Government Publishing Office owes an explanation and an apology to the gentlelady from Illinois,” he concluded.