U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday that all single-sex bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol building would be reserved for "individuals of that biological sex," weeks after the election of the first transgender member of Congress.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Wednesday that transgender women are not permitted to use bathrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity, taking a stance on the hot-button issue that has overtaken the Capitol in recent days.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has issued a new policy reserving restrooms, changing rooms and lockers rooms at the Capitol to the biological sex. "Women deserve women-only spaces," he said in a press release.