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Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation as well as Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-Ore) as well as Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard as well as Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.Congr) sent out a letter to the Commandant of the UNITED STATE Coast Guard Admiral Karl L. Schultz, requiring an official testimonial of USCG licensed training products after they discovered of an offending mnemonic gadget distributing in such product.
DeFazio as well as Maloney composed: “Within the USCG accredited captain’s license course offered by ‘Mariners Learning System,’ students are encouraged to use the mnemonic device ‘true virgins make dull company—just add whiskey’ to remember how to calculate compass error. We are sure you will agree that the use of this crude phrase in certification materials approved by the Coast Guard is unacceptable.”
The letter proceeded: “It is vital that the agency overseeing the maritime industry set a tone of acceptance and inclusion for all of industry to emulate and foster a maritime culture free of discrimination, harassment, or violence based on race, gender or sexual identification.”
In their letter, DeFazio as well as Maloney asked for an official testimonial of all accreditation products made use of or accepted by the USCG to determine as well as eliminate any type of use this details expression or various other salacious or unacceptable mnemonic gadgets, expressions, expressions or expressions. The Chairs asked for the testimonial be finished within 90 days which a recap record as well as rundown be given to the Committee.
The complete letter can be discovered HERE:
