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Congressional Briefing - April, 2003


Steve Rutledge, Jim Brost, Charlie Goldie, Bill Totsch & Michael Zielin gathered for this shot on the balcony outside the House Agriculture Committee room. Rutledge, Brost and Zielin were presenters at the CIRB/AACI Briefings. Bill Totsch and Charlie Goldie joined the others for meetings with RMA Administrator Ross Davidson and senior House and Senate Ag staffers.


John Hixon (2nd from right), chief of staff for Congressman Jerry Moran of Kansas, makes a point as reps from CIRB and AACI member companies look on.


House and Senate Briefing Presenters (L-R): Niki Widler, Ron Brichler, Sharon Heaton, Steve Rutledge, Jim Brost and Michael Zielin.


AACI lobbyist Elizabeth Haws and CIRB Washington representative Jane Shey organized the April briefings.


Some of the House Ag staffers focus their attention on reinsurance presenters Brost and Zielin.


Steve Rutledge, explaining some of the complexities of the crop insurance program.

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