{"id":1953363,"date":"2023-06-21T17:54:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T21:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dem-congressman-scolds-colleague-for-using-term-man-hours\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T17:55:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T21:55:51","slug":"watch-dem-congressman-scolds-colleague-for-using-term-man-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dem-congressman-scolds-colleague-for-using-term-man-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Congressman Rebukes Colleague for Using &#8216;Man-Hours&#8217; Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-dem-congressman-scolds-colleague-for-using-term-man-hours%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1953363&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Adam Smith: &#8216;That would be &#8220;person-hours,&#8221; not necessarily &#8220;man-hours.&#8221; We do have women serving in the military.&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"main-video-embed\">\n  <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Democratic congressman Adam Smith (Wash.) on Wednesday scolded a Republican colleague for referring to time worked by military members as &#8220;man-hours,&#8221; saying the Republican should have instead used the gender-neutral construction &#8220;person-hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Smith, the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, reprimanded Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.) for questioning why the U.S. military has wasted more than six million &#8220;man-hours&#8221; on training soldiers with various Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs, which critics such as Banks say promote woke cultural ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That would be &#8216;person-hours,&#8217; not necessarily &#8216;man-hours,'&#8221; Smith said in response to Banks&#8217;s comment, eliciting laughter from some in attendance at the committee hearing. &#8220;We do have women serving in the military.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Banks later mocked Smith on Twitter, suggesting that the Democrat is lost within his party&#8217;s obsession with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-time-to-die-producer-says-no-to-female-007-i-dont-think-a-woman-should-play-james-bond\/\" title=\"'No Time to Die' Producer Says No to Female 007: 'I Don\u2019t Think a Woman Should Play James Bond'\">woke identity politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the NDAA markup, I asked how different the Afghanistan withdrawal could have gone if we didn&#8217;t waste nearly six <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-spent-five-million-man-hours-on-stand-downs-to-counter-service-member-extremism-report\/\" title=\"Military Spent Five Million Man-Hours On \u2018Stand Downs\u2019 To Counter Service Member Extremism: Report\">million man-hours<\/a> on DEI training,&#8221; Banks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJimBanks\/status\/1671596092146737162?cxt=HHwWlICzhcLy2bIuAAAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. &#8220;The lead Democrat&#8217;s response? I should have said &#8216;person-hours.&#8217; You can&#8217;t make this up!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Smith also claimed during the committee hearing that the military&#8217;s DEI training\u2014which includes when to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dem-congressman-scolds-colleague-for-using-term-man-hours\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Congressman Rebukes Colleague for Using 'Man-Hours' Term\">offer soldiers sex-change operations<\/a> and how to use proper pronouns\u2014is a necessity for America&#8217;s war force.<\/p>\n<p>Banks&#8217;s word choice &#8220;oddly kind of drives home the point of why it might be worth it to think about a world that isn&#8217;t just your own world, that there are other worlds out there and other thoughts and that racism and bigotry are actually things that exist, that are worth thinking about,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;Even if you don&#8217;t completely agree with the way somebody is talking about it, having the discussion, I think, will make the men and women who serve in our military better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic congressman Adam Smith (Wash.) corrected a Republican colleague, emphasizing the term &#8220;person-hours&#8221; instead of &#8220;man-hours&#8221; when referring to military members&#8217; time worked. Smith highlighted the presence of women serving in the military, advocating for a gender-neutral approach. 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