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<div>addresses only bees and not other pollinators. This legislation omits others such as moths, butterflies, beetles, flies, wasps and especially bats. Bats have been losing their habitat as people have been eliminating (sometimes out of fear) their nesting sites in places where <span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span>(Spanish Moss) Tillandsia usneoides and other plants live. More education on the subject is needed to be certain especially where bats are concerned as these insectivores are a wonderful dynamic in the ecosystem for mosquito control. Bats naturally move into areas such as dark, hollow trees, and other natural areas but these are often removed. They also live in underground areas - not just caves and in bat boxes too. They are not rodents and do not destroy wood, buildings, etc. as some are falsely led to believe because of 'fear mongering' myths about bats. Bats move constantly when disturbed. This limits their presence in mosquito control and their ability to propagate. Lepidoptera, especially the Nymphalidae, four footed butterfly or brush-footed butterfly<span style="color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><font size="4"> nectar in the same places that bees nectar in, thus their presence is also important. There are many species of flies in the Mid-Atlantic region </font>especially<font size="4"> that pollinate. In Virginia alone, out of 698 half of them are flies that pollinate - they are even bee-like in appearance. It would be a good thing if we could advise our Senators and Congress to broaden the view of this and its spectrum. Respectfully, Kathryn Peterson Lambert </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"> 1. contact your US Senators about supporting the TICK Act<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Subject: [MAIPC] contact your US Senators about supporting the TICK<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Subject: RE: Keith read this contact your US Senators about supporting the TICK Act<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I met you once walking out of Columbia Firehouse in Old Town and think you are a great Senator! Please consider this important legislation if you have not already...<br>
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<div dir="ltr">This bipartisan bill, for $100 million to fight Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, deserves support. We can also recommend that current approaches that help be mentioned in the legislation. I described the approach today by National Wildlife Federation about the benefit of reintroducing opossums in back yards, for example. <br>
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<div dir="ltr">Date: May 27, 2019 at 9:35:41 AM EDT<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Please contact your US Senator & ask for their support.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Anyone who loves the outdoors needs to support this.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">In a bipartisan effort to improve research, prevention, diagnostics, and treatment for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, U.S. Senators Susan Collins, of Maine, and Tina Smith, of Minnesota, today introduced the Ticks: Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">?To knock out Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, we need a unified approach with leadership at the federal level and resources at the local level,? said Senator Collins.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">?These diseases present grave risks to our public health and serious harm to our families and communities. The sooner we acknowledge these risks and coordinate our effort to overcome them, the better for all of us. The TICK Act does just that by applying a three-pronged public health approach to address Lyme and other vector-borne diseases, and I urge our colleagues to join us in supporting this important bill.?<br>
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<div dir="ltr">?Minnesotans are eager to get outside after a long winter. Unfortunately, the number of Lyme disease cases in the state?and states across the country?is on the rise. Our bipartisan bill aims to reduce the number of cases by establishing an effort to target, prevent, and treat Lyme disease,? said Sen. Smith, a member of the Senate Health Committee.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">?We made sure to collaborate with universities and public health agencies, and our bipartisan bill is supported by a coalition of researchers, medical professionals, and government officials from across the country. We hope our colleagues join us so we can quickly take up and pass this bill.?<br>
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<div dir="ltr">In 2016, Congress took a critical step forward with the enactment of the 21st Century Cures Act, which created a federal Tick-Borne Diseases Working Group. This Working Group released its first report in November 2018, which created several recommendations for next steps. With the findings of this report in mind, this legislation puts key recommendations into practice.<br>
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