BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20210409T140000Z DTEND:20210409T144500Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Virtual Event | 2021 Legislative Event Series: Federal update featuring U.S. Rep. Miller-Meeks DESCRIPTION:2021 Legislative Event Series: Federal update featuring U.S. Rep. Miller-Meeks\n\n\n\nFriday\, April 9 | 9 - 9:45 a.m.\n\nFree to attend | Advance registration required\n\nClick the link below to join our Legislative Event Series\n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84541684277?pwd=OGwvMGpJUGM0RWVjUHlsZE9pditnQT09\n\nPlease join our Government Affairs team for updates from Washington\, D.C.\, featuring U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks\, the newest member of the Quad Cities' congressional delegation.\n\nTime will be available for a Q&A session. If you would like to submit your questions in advance about any state or federal legislation or Chamber priorities\, please fill out this form.\n\n\n\nMeet our speaker:\n\n\n\n\n\nU.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks \n\nMariannette's father was a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force who was forced to take up extra work\, sometimes two or three jobs\, to support their family. Her mother\, who did not have a high school education\, also worked multiple jobs.\n\nMariannette originally dreamed of becoming a teacher because she loved school and wanted to share her passion for learning with others. However\, in 10th grade\, she was severely burned in a kitchen fire. While at the hospital\, Mariannette was treated by a physical therapist who went out of her way to make sure she got better. This woman's kindness and selflessness inspired her to become a doctor so she could help others.\n\nIn 2010\, Governor Terry Branstad appointed her as the Director of the Iowa Department of Public Health where she served until 2014.\n\nIn 2018\, the voters of Senate District 41 elected Mariannette to fight for them in the Iowa State Senate. She resigned from the state senate on January 2\, 2021 to take her seat in the United States House of Representatives.\n\n\n\nFor event assistance or any additional information\, please contact:\n\nTerri Smith\n\nPhone (563) 823-2694\n\nEmail: tsmith@quadcitieschamber.com X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
2021 Legislative Event Series: Federal update featuring U.S. Rep. Miller-Meeks
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\nFriday\, April 9 | 9 - 9:45 a.m.
\nFree to attend | Advance registration required
\nClick the link below to join our Legislative Event Series
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\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84541684277?pwd=OGwvMGpJUGM0RWVjUHlsZE9pditnQT09
Please join our Government Affairs team for updates from Washington\, D.C.\, featuring U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks\, the newest member of the Quad Cities'\; congressional delegation.
\n\nTime will be available for a Q&\;A session. \;If you would like to submit your questions in advance about any state or federal legislation or Chamber priorities\, please fill out this form.
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\nMeet our speaker:
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\nU.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks \;
Mariannette&rsquo\;s father was a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force who was forced to take up extra work\, sometimes two or three jobs\, to support their family. Her mother\, who did not have a high school education\, also worked multiple jobs.
\n\nMariannette originally dreamed of becoming a teacher because she loved school and wanted to share her passion for learning with others. However\, in 10th grade\, she was severely burned in a kitchen fire. While at the hospital\, Mariannette was treated by a physical therapist who went out of her way to make sure she got better. This woman&rsquo\;s kindness and selflessness inspired her to become a doctor so she could help others.
\n\nIn 2010\, Governor Terry Branstad appointed her as the Director of the Iowa Department of Public Health where she served until 2014.
\n\nIn 2018\, the voters of Senate District 41 elected Mariannette to fight for them in the Iowa State Senate. She resigned from the state senate on January 2\, 2021 to take her seat in the United States House of Representatives.
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\nFor event assistance or any additional information\, \;please contact:
\nTerri Smith
\nPhone (563) 823-2694
\nEmail: tsmith@quadcitieschamber.com