okay taxpayers pay exorbitant medical cost include transgender surgeries military members want remember name 2018 majority house vote proposal restrict fund transgender members military stand social policy change enact pentagon former president barack obama.rep vicky hartzler r-mo succeed force vote argue obama transgender decision costly dollars short common sense attempt rollback fail 209-214 vote however 24 republicans join unanimous democratic caucus oppose proposal obama transgender policy implement without input members congress ill-conceived contrary goals increase troop readiness invest defense dollars address budget shortfalls past hartzler say june recruit allow transgender individuals serve military subject taxpayers high medical cost include 130,000 per transition surgery lifetime hormone treatments additional surgeries address high percentage individuals experience complications amendment would bar defense department provid ing medical treatment mental health treatment relate gender transition members military proponents transgender military service argue proposal would reduce military readiness discourage transgender americans serve would negative impact morale negative impact retention move us away merit-based system one set rule apply everybody rep. jar polis d-colo. co-chairs lgbt equality caucus say wednesday.hartzler maintain amendment would increase readiness however deployability individuals go sex transition process highly problematic require 210 238 work days soldier non-deployable surgery say recovery time equate 1.4 million manpower days transgender personnel deploy fight nation war therefore rely already stress force pick burden make sense purposely recruit individuals serve washington examinerhere list 24 republicans vote keep obama transgender policy military place implement without input members congress justin amash michigan jack bergman michigan mike coffman colorado barbara comstock virginia paul cook california ryan costello pennsylvania carlos curbelo florida jeff denham california charlie dent pennsylvania john faso new york brian fitzpatrick pennsylvania darrell issa california john katko new york steve knight california leonard lance new jersey frank lobiondo new jersey tom macarthur new jersey brian mast florida tom reed new york dave reichert washington ileana ros-lehtinen florida bill shuster pennsylvania elise stefanik new york claudia tenney new york h/t truth division list 24 republicans vote yes keep obama taxpayer-funded sex-change surgeries place transgenders military