She was a GOP congresswoman. Her son is a transgender activist.

- - - Clarification: This article has been revised to clarify that the defense bill that Rep. John Rutherford supported would prohibit the military's federal health-care plan from covering gender-affirming care among trans people in the military, but would not ban the treatments themselves.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. - - - WASHINGTON - "All of these headlines, they've bothered me greatly," Ileana Ros-Lehtinen says

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