<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good Morning Federation Family:<div>See the below press release. We need to find out if Section XIII is still in the current bill, and if it is, we will need to ramp up efforts in contacting all legislators in both chambers. Please keep the letters, calls, and visits coming! We definitely have more work to do on this issue. Thanks all for your diligence, and let's continue to make our voices heard! </div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Press Releases from Iowa Governor's Office <IowaGovernorsOffice@public.govdelivery.com><br><b>Date:</b> March 3, 2023 at 12:20:40 AM CST<br><b>To:</b> svangorp@nfbi.org<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>RELEASE: Gov. Reynolds Statement on Government Alignment Bill Passing the Iowa House State Government Committee</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> IowaGovernorsOffice@public.govdelivery.com<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<title> RELEASE: Gov. Reynolds Statement on Government Alignment Bill Passing the Iowa House State Government Committee
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center"><span class="normaltextrun"><strong><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; color: black;">OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR</span></strong></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; color: black;"> </span></span><span class="scxw125633767"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; color: black;"><br><span class="normaltextrun"><strong>Governor Kim Reynolds</strong> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol',sans-serif; color: black;">★</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; color: black;"> <strong>Lt. Governor Adam Gregg</strong> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="scxw125633767"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><br><span class="normaltextrun">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 3, 2023 </span> <span class="scxw125633767"> </span><br><span class="normaltextrun">CONTACT: Kollin Crompton, (515) 745-2840, </span></span><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:Kollin.Crompton@Governor.Iowa.gov" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;">Kollin.Crompton@Governor.Iowa.gov</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="scxw125633767"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><br><span class="eop"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="scxw125633767"> </span><br><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;">DES MOINES – </span><span style="color: black;">Gov. Reynolds released the following statement in response to her Government Alignment bill passing the Iowa House State Government Committee: </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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