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font-family:Georgia;font-weight:bold'>October 25, 2010: <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
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w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place>)</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:
Arial'> The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) awarded
Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-Miramar) with the 2010 Pollinator Advocate
Award at their 10<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference which was held in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>
October 20-22, 2010. <span class=googqs-tidbit-0>NAPPC promotes and
protects pollinators and the agricultural and ecological</span> services they
provide.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;line-height:135%'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:Arial'>“Congressman
Hastings richly deserves this recognition and thanks for his actions as an
outstanding and effective pollinator champion,” said Laurie Davies
Adams, executive director of the Pollinator Partnership, the nonprofit that
manages NAPPC. “For example, he was directly responsible for
getting first-ever conservation and research provisions for honey bees and
native pollinators enacted as part of the farm bill, and has fought
successfully for critical pollinator research funding in the annual
appropriations process.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;line-height:135%'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:Arial'>“I am
humbled and honored to receive the Pollinator Advocate Award,” said <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hastings</st1:place></st1:City>.
“I hope to continue to bring much-needed attention to the vital role
pollinators play in our society.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;line-height:135%'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:Arial'>“Pollinators
are crucial to the survival of our ecosystems as well as the sustainability
and security of our food supply,” further noted <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hastings</st1:place></st1:City>. “Through the efforts
of the Pollinator Partnership and NAPPC, we have seen great progress in
regards to Colony Collapse Disorder and the health of honey bees. But
the fight isn’t over.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;line-height:135%'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:Arial'>“We still
need to increase awareness of all pollinators, including bees, bats, birds,
and butterflies, in an effort to encourage the growth and survival of these
important species.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;line-height:135%'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:Arial'>In 2010,
Congressman Hastings co-chaired and co-founded the bi-partisan Congressional
Pollinator Protection Caucus. Additionally, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hastings</st1:place></st1:City> introduced a resolution
recognizing the important role pollinators play in sustaining the ecosystems
and supporting the goals and ideals of National Pollinator Week, which passed
the House of Representatives unanimously on July 1, 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;line-height:135%'><em><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:Arial'>Congressman
Alcee L. Hastings is Vice Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, a senior member of the House Rules Committee, and Co-Chairman
of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:place></st1:City> Commission.</span></font></i></em><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:
Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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