NPMA legislative day was held on Monday.  Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele had advice for those in attendance - “The conversation they want to have is not the conversation that you want to have and you must have,” said Steele. “So what will it take for those to listen to you? It’s not what you say — it’s how you say it. I say you go in there with a big ole sledgehammer and say, ‘Pay attention and listen to me.’”Another important objective of Legislative Day was for attendees to educate legislators about bed bugs to sort of “prime the pump” should a bill aimed at addressing the bed bug crisis be introduced in Congress."

Attendees were asked to advsie Congress to consider the following options regarding bedbugs:

• Provide additional resources and direct CDC to provide leadership

• Authorize research

• Consider additional criteria in approving pesticide products

• A concerted federal effort is needed to combat the crises

Congress should demand greater intergovernmental cooperation and coordination by instructing the Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Human Services, Commerce and Housing and Urban Development and EPA Administrator to take measures to coordinate the federal government’s response to the crisis of bed bugs.  The above information was gathered from an article published in by PCT Online.