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| SUNDAY MAY 21 |
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Travel day/ sight seeing |
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| MONDAY MAY 22 |
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| 7:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast National Grange headquarters, Goss conference room
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| 7:45 AM |
Greetings and Introductions William Steel, President, National Grange |
| 8:00 AM |
2006 Fly In Overview Peter Banks, Legislative Program Assistant, National Grange
2006 National Grange Legislative Program: Leroy Watson, Legislative Director, National Grange |
| 9:45 AM |
Depart National Grange for Pentagon |
| 10:30 AM |
Pentagon tour |
| 11:45 PM |
Lunch at the Pentagon: speaker/Issue focus #1 TBA |
| 1:30 PM |
Depart Pentagon to return to the National Grange |
| 2:30 PM |
Speaker/Issue Focus 2: Transportation Issues and the Future of the Federal Highway Program: Greg Cohen, President and CEO, American Highway Users Alliance |
| 3:15 PM |
Speaker/ Issue Focus 3: Telecommunications reform: New Hope for Rural Communities. Chris Lloyd, Senior Director for Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility, Verizon, Inc. |
| 4:00 PM |
Reception, National Grange Headquarters |
| 5:15 PM |
Depart for dinner at the Capitol Hilton |
| 5:45 PM |
Dinner – Speaker/Issue focus 4: Hon. Mark B. McClellan, Administrator, US Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services, U.S. Department of health and Human Services “Impact of medicare programs, especially Medicare Part D prescription drug program on rural America and farming communities. |
| 7:45 PM |
Adjourned |
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| TUESDAY MAY 23 |
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| 7:00 AM |
Breakfast, on your own |
| 8:30 AM |
Arrive on Capitol Hill and morning appointments with individual U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives. |
| 11:30 AM |
Lunch: PA Grange hosts the PA Congressional delegation U.S. House of Representatives Room B-340, Rayburn House Office building.
Members of Congress from PA and/or their key staff members are expected to join the PA state Grange delegation for lunch at this event in lieu of personal meetings at other times during the day. Any Members of Congress who attend this function will be asked to give brief remarks to the entire group. |
| Noon |
Lunch: U.S. House of Representatives Room 2255 Rayburn House Office Building: Speaker/issue 5 Navin Nayak, Program Director environmental Action “Energy Dependence Day, May 31 2006: A nationwide event to educate Americans about the need to take action to reduce our dependence on imported oil””
Note: Members of Congress may join our state Grange delegations for lunch at this event in lieu of personal meetings at other times during the day. Any Members of Congress who attend this function will be asked to give brief remarks to the entire group. |
| 1:00 PM |
Additional Capitol Hill visits |
| 3:30 PM |
Tour of exhibit of Grant Woods studio and exhibition of his most famous art works, Renwick Gallery, Corner of 17 th and Pennsylvania, NW Washington DC. |
| 5:30 PM |
Farewell Dinner, TBA
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| WEDNESDAY MAY 24 |
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Travel Day/Personal time/sightseeing |
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