{"id":5875,"date":"2025-02-24T11:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/?post_type=conferences-events&#038;p=5875"},"modified":"2025-02-24T11:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:36:25","slug":"a-word-from-washington-congressional-staffer-panel","status":"publish","type":"conferences-events","link":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/a-word-from-washington-congressional-staffer-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"A Word from Washington: Congressional Staffer Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"page-banner-event alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container page-banner-event__inner scrollbar-correct\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-event__content column-2 \">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event__content wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs kicker\"><\/div><!-- .breadcrumbs -->\t\t\t\t\t<h1>A Word from Washington: Congressional Staffer Panel<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"event-date\">February 25, 2025<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"event-settings meta-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVirtual\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-event__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-event__image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/advocacy_update_news_impact_congress_averts_government_shutdown_final_appropriations_fy2024_minibus_fiscal_responsibility_act_debt_limit-500x500.jpeg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block-e68a9b71f537703be95df1f332efe9fb\" class=\"cta-ribbon-wrapper cta-ribbon alignfull  has-background gradient-as-background coe-block bg-color-red\">\r\n\t<div class=\"cta-ribbon-inner container wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t<h2 class=\"cta-ribbon__title\">3:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET<\/h2>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-ribbon__content\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><p><span data-teams=\"true\">Join COE&#8217;s public policy officers tomorrow\u00a0for an essential virtual discussion with <strong>congressional staffers<\/strong>. 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