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<p class=MsoNormal><b>POLLINATOR ACTION REQUEST: <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Urge
Your Representative/Senators to Join the New Congressional Pollinator
Protection Caucus (CP2C)! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Thank
CP2C Co-Chairs and Founding Members.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>HOW: One Option is to <a
href="http://www.contactingthecongress.org/">CLICK HERE</a>, and Follow the
Directions to E-mail Your <b>Representative and Senators</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='text-transform:uppercase'><a
href="http://pollinator.org/CP2C.htm">Click Here</a></span> for Possible
Talking Points (<i>personalize</i>!) Background Documents on CP2C, including
updated list of CP2C members.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> (<i>YES,
<b>Senators</b> Are Welcome to Join CP2C, Too!</i>)<i> </i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> You
Can Also Help by Spreading the Word—<i>Forward This Action Opportunity</i>
to Your Contacts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>BACKGROUND:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>A new, bipartisan Congressional Pollinator
Protection Caucus (CP2C) was launched during National Pollinator Week (NPW) by
House of Representatives Co-Chairs Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) and Timothy
V. Johnson (R-IL). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>They were joined by the following founding CP2C
Members: Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Earl Blumenauer
(D-OR), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Rosa
DeLauro (D-CT), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Rob Wittman (R-VA) joined this week!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>CP2C’S Purpose: “To strengthen
the United States’ pollinator protection relationship as well as provide
educational opportunities for Members of Congress and their staff on issues
affecting the political, economic, and national security of pollinators and
their habitats.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Rep Hastings: “<i>The caucus is a
bipartisan source of information and discussion related to how natural,
political, and economic developments impact the security of pollinators and
their habitats.</i>” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>P2 facilitated the CP2C launch through a
National Pollinator Week hill briefing on June 24.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>P2 will continue supporting CP2C and helping
increase the membership and <i>urges other stakeholder groups to take similar
action</i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>HASTINGS H RES 1460 ON NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK PASSES
HOUSE!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>House Resolution 1460, introduced on June 22 by
Rep Alcee Hastings in recognition of National Pollinator Week, was debated and
passed by the Full House on June 29.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Cosponsors: Earl Blumenauer (D-OR),
Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Rosa
DeLauro (D-CT), Tim Holden (D-PA), Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL), Cynthia Lummis
(R-WY), Michael Michaud (R-ME), Adam Putnam (R-FL).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>During floor debate, Rep Cardoza, chair of the
House Ag Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture, and Rep Frank
Lucas (R-OK), ranking member of the Ag Committee, spoke in support of the
resolution and the importance of pollinators.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Please join P2 in thanking Rep Hastings and the
cosponsors for their leadership action. This the first time the full
House has taken action in support of National Pollinator Week, complementing
the Secretary of Agriculture’s proclamation and a Sense of the Senate
resolution authored by Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and passed by the Senate prior to
the first National Pollinator Week.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='text-transform:uppercase'><a
href="http://pollinator.org/CP2C.htm">Click Here</a></span> for Background
Documents on H Res 1460.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Tom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>R. Thomas (Tom) Van Arsdall, Director of Public Affairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Pollinator Partnership<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> (703) 509-4746<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <a href="mailto:tva@pollinator.org">tva@pollinator.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <a href="http://www.pollinator.org/">Pollinator
Partnership</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <a href="http://www.nappc.org/">North American
Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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