WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., issued the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s new guidance to public schools related to Title IX protections:

“It would be wrong for the Administration to withhold federal funding from public schools that choose to handle this sensitive matter in their own way. These are local issues best decided by those who live in our communities. Once again, the courts will inevitably have to weigh in because this Administration continues to impose rules without having the proper authority.”