discussions about gender identity and sexual orientation until third grade. the president is hitting the road this week touting his policy successes including his administration s effort to combat rising gas prices. as russian sanctions push oil costs to record levels. the administration resume s leases to drill for oil and gas on public lands just last week. but that s something candidate biden had promised not to do. even president biden once in office signed an executive order to block drilling leases in the arctic. but that was unblocked by a federal court. that drilling is now one of the administration s central tools to combat economic pressures worsened by russia s invasion of ukraine. i m joined now by white house national climate adviser gina mccarthy. and adviser mccarthy, i want to ask you, president biden did try to cut down on drilling with executive authority, but the global conditions have shifted. americans reliance on oil remains high. how does the country increase
exceptions of rape, incest or human trafficking. he proposed his own congressional map. the new map would carve up a black-held district making room for four more republican-leaning districts following his signing of the controversial don t say gay bill that limits classroom discussions on gender and sexuality prompting a nationwide backlash. seems like we re talking about a controversial move maybe two or three by ron desantis, it s riling up the base, red meat for republicans and he s eyeing a possible 2020 run for the white house. for more we have msnbc legal analyst, columnist for the atlantic molly jong-fast and miami herald nancy ancrum. power is the word i was about to say. looks like ron desantis is none
republican governor kay ivy of alabama signed two bills into law that target transgender children. one makes it a felony for a doctor to administer gender-affirming health care to minors. the other bill requires students k-12 to use bathrooms designated to their biological sex. the bill also includes an amendment that will ban classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary schools. many critics have compared this to similar registration in florida dubbed the don t say gay law. in texas, governor greg abbott has asked the state department of children and family to open child abuse investigations into families whose children have received gender-affirming treatments. the texas court of appeals has temporarily blocked abbott s administration from carrying out such investigations, but some families are already leaving the state, because they feel it s not safe for their transgendered
such care. the other restricting not only classroom discussions surrounding lgbtq discussions for children but mandating children use the bathroom that corresponds with the gender on their birth certificate. we have heard some of the loudest voices in the party malign opponents of these bills as rumors and as pro-pedophile. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene leading that shocking but somewhat familiar charge, and this week she took it even further labeling not just democrats but three fellow republicans, senators romney, murkowski, and collins, as pro-pedophile all for supporting the historic nomination of justice ketanji brown jackson to the supreme court. my next guest writing, quote, greene is attempting to say jackson s record on sentencing child pornography possession offenders which some republicans have claimed it s disconcertly lenient despite the reality her sentencing record is actually
classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity is moving forward in the florida state legislature. critics have dubbed it the don t say gay bill and it also allows parents to sue schools or teachers that violate the measure. supporters say it is about parental rights but experts argue it could have say devastating impact. chasten buttigieg, the husband of pete buttigieg and a former teacher, slammed the bill saying it will, quote, will kill kids. there is a recent explosion surrounding race and sexual itd in schools and punished violators. of the 71 bills, 15 would give students and parents and people with no connection to the school in question, the right to sue schools and recover damages in court. joining me right now is the newly named executive director of the gay lesbian straight education network melanie william jaggers. congratulations to you.