<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><b style="font-family:Arial">From:</b><span style="font-family:Arial"> "Dupuy, Tina" </span></div><div><b style="font-family:Arial">Date:</b><span style="font-family:Arial"> July 13, 2016 at 2:06:43 PM EDT</span></div><div><b style="font-family:Arial">Subject:</b><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span><b style="font-family:Arial">Grayson press release</b></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> </div>
<blockquote type="cite"><div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Old English Text MT""><span style="font-size:24pt">Congressman Alan Grayson</span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Old English Text MT""><span style="font-size:15pt">Florida- 9th Congressional District</span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Old English Text MT""><span style="font-size:15pt"> </span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Old English Text MT""><span style="font-size:24pt"><img src="cid:image001.png@01D1DD0F.C8C6BA50" height="133" width="133"></span></span><span style="font-family:"Old English Text MT""><span style="font-size:24pt"></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></span></b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt">Date: </span></span></span></b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt">July 13, 2016</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt">Contact: </span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt">Tina<b> </b>Dupuy</span></span><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt">, <a href="tel:202-225-9889" value="+12022259889" target="_blank">202-225-9889</a></span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt">                                                                                      </span></span></span></b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></span></b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:24pt">Grayson’s Statement on Brazilian President’s Impeachment</span><span style="font-size:24pt"></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:24pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">WASHINGTON D.C.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"> – Congressman Alan Grayson (FL-09), who serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee and its Western Hemisphere Subcommittee made a one-minute speech
 on the Floor of the House regarding President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil during her impeachment proceedings.</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">Transcript:</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">“I would like to express my concern about events that are happening now in Brazil. In Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff was reelected because a majority of Brazilians wanted to pursue her progressive policies
 further. But shortly after her reelection, some members of the right-wing opposition started to question the election results. Aided by the conservative media in Brazil, they accused her of manipulating the state budget in order to pay for social programs.
 But now they have taken it further than that, beyond their accusations, and they have forced her temporarily out of office by impeaching her, and putting her out of power while those proceedings take place.</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">“The interim government is implementing the exact policies that were rejected by a majority of Brazilian voters: cutting social programs, cutting education, cutting housing, cutting health care. These are
 things the [Brazilian] People wanted. It’s what they voted for and yet the interim government is undermining democracy by denying these things to the people who voted for them.</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">“My message is simple: Democracy matters. Votes matter. All around the world we are seeing right-wingers trying to deny the democratic forces their rightful power from winning elections. In Britain we have
 seen an effort to undermine the results of Brexit. In Portugal, the same thing happened when a left-wing majority won Parliament. And here in the United States there have been efforts to undermine the President.</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">This must end. Democracy matters. “</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt">Watch the video <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:blue" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4610738/amg-democracy-matters-speech" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Congressman Alan Grayson represents Florida’s 9th Congressional District, which includes Osceola County, as well
 as parts of Orange and Polk counties.</span></span></span></i></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:blue" href="http://grayson.house.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt">Grayson.House.Gov</span></span></a><span style="color:blue"><u></u></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="color:blue"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt"><span> </span></span></span></u></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="color:blue"><u><b><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt">###</span></span></span></b></u></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">--</span></b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Tina Dupuy</span></b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><i>(tee-na doo-pwee)</i></b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b>Communications Director</b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b>U.S. House of Representatives</b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b>Congressman Alan Grayson (FL-9)</b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b>303 Cannon HOB</b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b><a href="tel:%28202%29%20225-9889" value="+12022259889" target="_blank">(202) 225-9889</a></b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span><br></p></div>
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