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  Share Source: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Massachusetts Rep. James McGovern announced proposed changes to the House rules on Friday that removes gendered language. According to a statement about the Rules Package for the 117 th Congress, “pronouns and familial relationships” will become gender neutral. It promotes inclusion and diversity. That includes changes that would: establish the Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth; require standing committees to include in their oversight plans a discussion of how committee work over the f...

01-02-2021 Image source: Adobe Stock Congress is considering a new set of rules favoring gender-neutral language in references to family, which would require addressing a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife, or in-law as "parent, child, sibling, spouse, or parent-in-law." The revisions include modifying "seamen" to "seafarers," "chairman" to "chair" and "submit his or her resignation" to "resigns," according to the rules package. The rule is intended to “honor all gender identities” the resolution reads. The package introduced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Re...