Republican congresswoman Harriet Hageman was praised by conservatives on social media for saying there's no such thing as a successful sex change operation during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on "gender-affirming care" for children.
"There's a 100 percent failure rate for sex change operations, isn't there?" the Wyoming Republican said to Dr. Jennifer Bauwens during Thursday’s hearing. "Because it's not possible to change your sex."
"That’s right, you can’t change your sex," Bauwens responded.
During another part of the hearing, Hageman said, "There is only two sexes. Boys are boys, girls are girls. One cannot become the other."
Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., drew praise from conservatives for saying there is no such thing as a successful sex-change operation. ((Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images))
"Harriet Hageman dropping truth bombs," Citizen Free Press reacted on Twitter.
Representative Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, center, speaks to Representative-elect Harriet Hageman, a Republican from Wyoming, left, during a meeting of the 118th Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In the hearing, detransitoner Chloe Cole made a desperate plea for Congress to act against gender treatments and surgeries. "My childhood was ruined," she testified on her 19th birthday.
"What message do I want to bring to American teenagers and their families? I didn't need to be lied to. I needed compassion. I needed to be loved. I need to be getting therapy to help me work through my issues. Not affirmed to my delusion that by transforming into a boy, it would solve all my problems," Cole said in her opening statement before the House Judiciary subcommittee.
Chloe Cole testifies during the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government holds a hearing on gender-affirming care for children.. (Jasper Colt-USA TODAY)
Fox News Digital's Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.