James Tallarico

You don't get to come from outside and then tell everyone else.

Poverty.

is violence.

Pollution is violence.

And yes, prison is violence.

Dismantle this system of violence.

Build something new, something better, something rooted in love.

It's hard to imagine a world without prisons, but it's also hard to imagine a world without telegrams and cassette tapes.

Just because it's hard to imagine doesn't mean you shouldn't.

I want us all to be aware of is that modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes.

In fact, there are six, which honestly, Representative Hefner surprised me too.

Surprised me too, because I am not well-versed in this issue area.

I'm not a scientist.

I'm a politician, a lot worse than a scientist.

Before my constituents elected me to this body, I taught middle school.

And my students are the reason I'm here to make

public policy that improves their lives.

But instead, we're doing this, endangering the lives of some of our most vulnerable children to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

When she laid out this bill in front of the Public Education Committee, Representative Swanson summed up the justification for this legislation in one sentence.

She said, if one girl loses a game, this bill is worth it.