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Jerry Decker

Male. Lives in Pea Ridge, United States. Born on November 3, 1939. is in a relationship and it's complicated.

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January 2, 2021 11:10 am

00 Epoch Times Proposed House Rules Seek to Erase Gendered Terms Such as �Father, Mother, Son, Daughter� BY MIMI NGUYEN LY January 1, 2021 Updated: January 2, 2021 ... View More00 Epoch Times Proposed House Rules Seek to Erase Gendered Terms Such as �Father, Mother, Son, Daughter� BY MIMI NGUYEN LY January 1, 2021 Updated: January 2, 2021 Leaders in the House of Representatives announced on Friday a rules package for the 117th Congress that includes a proposal to use �gender-inclusive language� and eliminate gendered terms such as ��father, mother, son, daughter,� and more. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rules Committee Chairman James McGovern (D-Mass.) announced on Friday that the rules package includes changes that would �honor all gender identities by changing pronouns and familial relationships in the House rules to be gender neutral.� A separate announcement from McGovern (pdf) said that the Democratic rules package will make �Changes [to] pronouns and familial relationships in the House rules to be gender neutral or removes references to gender, as appropriate, to ensure we are inclusive of all Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioners and their families�including those who are nonbinary.� Term to be struck from clause 8(c)(3) of rule XXIII, the House�s Code of Official Conduct, as outlined in the proposed rules (pdf), include �father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle,�aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, grandson, [and] granddaughter.� Such terms would be replaced with �parent, child, sibling, parent�s sibling, first cousin, sibling�s child, spouse, parent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, half-sibling, [and] grandchild.� According to the proposed rules, �seamen� would be replaced with �seafarers,� and �Chairman� would be replaced with �Chair� in Rule X of the House. Pelosi and McGovern said that the overall package �includes sweeping ethics reforms, increases accountability for the American people, and makes this House of Representatives the most inclusive in history.� The rules package includes removing floor privileges from former Congress members who have been convicted of crimes related to their House service or election. It would also make it �a violation of the Code of Official Conduct for a Member, officer, or employee of the House to disclose the identity of a whistleblower.� It also establishes a new�Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, to �investigate, study, make findings, and develop recommendations on policies, strategies, and innovations� to �[empower] American economic�growth while ensuring that no one is left out or behind in the 21st Century Economy.� The rules package will be introduced and voted on once the new Congress convenes.

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