Whereas, on July 26, 2017, President Trump announced via Twitter that the United States Government would reverse the existing policy of allowing transgender ser­vice­mem­bers to serve openly in order to implement a ban on transgender people from serving in the Armed Forces; Whereas transgender servicemembers have served openly since 2016, bravely defending our Nation with distinction while preserving unit cohesion and contributing to military readiness; Whereas a 2016 study by the RAND Corporation found that allowing transgender Americans to serve openly in the Armed Forces would have minimal impact on readiness and health care costs and little or no impact on unit cohesion, operational effectiveness or readiness ; Whereas thousands of transgender Americans currently serve actively in the Armed Forces and in the Reserves throughout all branches and military occupational specialties; Whereas the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and three former military Surgeons General each have affirmed the medical efficacy of transition-related care and have expressed opposition to President Trump’s discriminatory ban; Whereas the claims attempting to justify President Trump’s ban are based on flawed scientific and medical assertions; Whereas the Department of Defense report from 2018 falsely asserts there is considerable scientific uncertainty regarding the efficacy of transition-related care; Whereas there is a global medical consensus that such care is effective, safe, and reliable; Whereas the Department of Defense has failed to provide evidence the existing policy has impaired morale, unit readiness, or unit cohesion; Whereas all five military Chiefs of Staff have testified publicly that the existing policy has had no adverse effect on military readiness