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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>1300 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC</b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>BRIEFING: 2:00 – 3:00 PM<o:p></o:p></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>BREAK & POLLINATOR TREATS: 3:00 – 3:30 PM<o:p></o:p></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:red'>California almonds, Burt’s Bees lip balm, and coupons for Haagen-Dazs and Noosa yogurt will be provided to attendees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/ZcmtALhBHVSGpQGc2"><span style='font-weight:normal'>CLICK HERE</span></a> to Register<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus (CP2C) Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>REP. JEFF DENHAM (CA) & REP. ALCEE L. HASTINGS (FL)</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>in cooperation with</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong>The Pollinator Partnership</strong><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Invite you to:</span></em><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><br><br></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>CP2C Briefing on the Status of Pollinators and the Farm Bill <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>PRESENTERS INCLUDE:<o:p></o:p></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li style='margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong>Val Dolcini, President & CEO, Pollinator Partnership-Moderator<u><o:p></o:p></u></strong></li><li style='margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong>Tim May, President, American Beekeeping Federation</strong><strong><u><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></li><li style='margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong>Misty Ann Giles, Senior Advisor to Secretary Sonny Perdue, USDA Congressional Relations</strong><strong><u><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></li><li style='margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong>Katie Naessens, Professional Staff, Minority Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry</strong><strong><u><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></li><li style='margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong>Jeremy Witte, Professional Staff, Majority Staff, House Committee on Agriculture</strong><strong><u><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></li><li style='margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong>John Weber, Professional Staff, Majority Staff, House Committee on Agriculture</strong><span style='color:red'><br><br></span><u><o:p></o:p></u></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>R. 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