Democrats and Republicans engaged in multiple screaming matches during Wednesday's DOGE subcommittee hearing on transgender women in sports.

Ranking Member and Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury made a motion to adjourn the hearing, arguing it didn't fall under DOGE's jurisdiction.

"I want to make clear that this hearing is actually not about oversight or DOGE, but about spreading hate and using trans lives to distract from the real issues that Americans are facing, from attacks on our economy to attacks on our democracy to attacks on our communities," she said.

Stansbury's motion failed.

"This hearing is directly under our jurisdiction," Chairwoman and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said as she attempted to continue the hearing before arguing with Stansbury.

Republicans called on athletes -- including fencer Stephanie Turner -- who have criticized transgender athletes in competitions.

USA Fencing Board Chairman Damien Lehfeldt was subpoenaed by the Committee and defended actions by his organization.

"USA fencing has long sponsored mixed gender competition, where men and women compete against each other. Those bouts show that mixed gender competition in fencing, at least, does not pose any significant safety risks above and beyond single gender fencing competition. The same is true for fencing involving transgender participation."

Democrats brought on National Women's Law Center CEO Fatima Goss Graves, who talked about how bans on transgender athletes hurt all women.

"It could not be more clear to me, anti-trans bans, they hurt all women. They're wrong. We won't let them be enacted in the name of protecting women, because they don't protect women, they harm us all, and it's discrimination, period," she said.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa