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Monarchs of the Hill: Members and Staff Release Butterflies Toward Mexico

By Thomas McKinless

Posted September 26, 2018 at 8:12pm

By Thomas McKinless and Alex Gangitano

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Hill staffer Kelley Kurtz held an event to release dozens of monarch butterflies outside the Capitol Tuesday evening. Kurtz raised the butterflies herself, and plans to start a staff group for other monarch butterfly enthusiasts. The release was hosted alongside the Pollinator Protection Caucus, a bipartisan group of House members that seeks to protect pollinating insects like bees and butterflies.

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