Not content with wanting to dictate what women can do with their own bodies, Republicans in Congress are now trying to dictate what women can wear. According to multiple female reporters in Washington, D.C., it seems sleeveless clothes are no longer considered “appropriate attire” for women working at the Capitol.

On Thursday morning, journalist Katherine Tully McManus tweeted out that a female reporter had been prohibited from entering the Speaker’s Lobby (an area just outside the House chamber) because she was wearing a sleeveless dress. Meanwhile, CQ Roll Call’s Kellie Mejdrich reiterated that this had happened and said she was warned the next time she exposed her shoulders (gasp!) she would be removed from the premises. According to CBS News, the female reporter who failed to meet the GOP-led clothing guidelines was forced to improvise and “ripped out pages from her notebook and stuffed them into her dress’s shoulder openings to create sleeves.” Despite her quick fix, she was still not allowed inside.

Even though temperatures continue to rise this summer in D.C., men are still expected to wear a suit and tie to the House, and women are not allowed to wear sleeveless tops or dresses or open-toed shoes. But CBS News’s report explains there is actually no definitive rule barring women from exposing their toes or their shoulders in Congress. In fact, the only written directive that does exist is in Jefferson’s Manual and Rules of the House of Representatives, which describes the dress code as “customary and traditional attire for Members, including a coat and tie for male Members and appropriate attire for female Members.” The vague rule leaves the interpretation of “appropriate attire” up to the Speaker of the House, now Paul Ryan, who apparently believes women baring their shoulders are a little too exposed.

What’s next? A white bonnet and red robe uniform à la The Handmaid’s Tale?