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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>FYI Denham media release below, especially if you’re based in the DC area.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>WHAT: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Monarch Butterfly Release<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The first 50 attendees will receive a monarch butterfly to release.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Attendees will also receive a milkweed pod for fall planting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>WHEN: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. (Rain or Shine)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>WHERE:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> House Triangle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>RSVPs (appreciated though not required) may be sent to <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="mailto:Emily.Carlin@mail.house.gov">Emily.Carlin@mail.house.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></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><div><p class=MsoNormal>R. Thomas (Tom) Van Arsdall<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director of Public Affairs<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"><span style='color:#0563C1'>TVA@pollinator.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Pollinator Partnership</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=40 height=40 style='width:.4166in;height:.4166in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D4541D.C669BC30" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D15E89.826C9660"></span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/Pollinators"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=40 height=40 style='width:.4166in;height:.4166in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D4541D.C669BC30" 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src="cid:image012.jpg@01D4541D.C669BC30" alt="cid:image005.jpg@01D15E89.826C9660"></span></a><a href="http://pollinator.org/million-pollinator-garden-challenge.htm"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=60 height=60 style='width:.625in;height:.625in' id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image013.jpg@01D4541D.C669BC30" alt="cid:image006.jpg@01D15E89.826C9660"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> McFaul, Jessica <Jessica.McFaul@mail.house.gov> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 24, 2018 2:25 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> ADVISORY: Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus to release 50+ monarch butterflies on Capitol grounds<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=624 height=146 style='width:6.5in;height:1.5208in' id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image001.png@01D4540F.E9F8DB30"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>MEDIA ADVISORY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | September 24, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Contact: <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="mailto:Jessica.McFaul@mail.house.gov">Jessica McFaul</a></span> or <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="mailto:emily.carlin@mail.house.gov">Emily Carlin</a></span>, 202-225-4540<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus to release 50+ monarch butterflies on Capitol grounds<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, members of the Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus and other stakeholders will host a monarch butterfly release on the Capitol grounds, the purpose of which is to bring awareness to the declining monarch population and what Americans can do to help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>WHAT: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Monarch Butterfly Release<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The first 50 attendees will receive a monarch butterfly to release.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Attendees will also receive a milkweed pod for fall planting.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>WHEN: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. (Rain or Shine)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>WHERE:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> House Triangle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Attendees<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Members of the Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus: U.S. Reps. Jeff Denham (CA-10, Caucus Co-chair); Alcee Hastings (FL-20, Caucus Co-Chair); Rodney Davis (IL-13); Bob Goodlatte (VA-6); Marcy Kaptur (OH-09); and Dan Newhouse (WA-04).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Additional members: U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall (GA-07)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Staff representing the following: House Chaplain Rev. Patrick Conroy, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, and the Pollinator Partnership.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The U.S. Department of Interior and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service have also been invited.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>RSVPs (appreciated though not required) may be sent to <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="mailto:Emily.Carlin@mail.house.gov">Emily.Carlin@mail.house.gov</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'># # #<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Congressman Jeff Denham represents California’s 10<sup>th</sup> congressional district, which includes Stanislaus County and a portion of San Joaquin County. He is the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials and also serves on the House Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources. Congressman Denham’s full biography is available <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="http://denham.house.gov/about/">here</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="file://us.house.gov/hcfs/CA10JD/common/Communications%20Dept/Press%20Releases/denham.house.gov"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=128 height=14 style='width:1.3333in;height:.1458in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01D4540F.E9F8DB30"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="file://us.house.gov/hcfs/CA10JD/common/Communications%20Dept/Press%20Releases/facebook.com/repjeffdenham"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=13 height=27 style='width:.1388in;height:.2847in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.png@01D4540F.E9F8DB30"></span></a> <a href="file://us.house.gov/hcfs/CA10JD/common/Communications%20Dept/Press%20Releases/twitter.com/repjeffdenham"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=30 height=26 style='width:.3125in;height:.2708in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image004.png@01D4540F.E9F8DB30"></span></a> <a href="file://us.house.gov/hcfs/CA10JD/common/Communications%20Dept/Press%20Releases/youtube.com/repjeffdenham"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=34 height=24 style='width:.3541in;height:.25in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image005.png@01D4540F.E9F8DB30"></span></a> <a href="file://us.house.gov/hcfs/CA10JD/common/Communications%20Dept/Press%20Releases/instagram.com/repjeffdenham"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=27 height=27 style='width:.2847in;height:.2847in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image006.png@01D4540F.E9F8DB30"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:#0563C1'><img border=0 width=128 height=20 style='width:1.3333in;height:.2083in' id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:image007.png@01D4540F.E9F8DB30"><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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