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“this resolution concerns a request for testimony, documents, and representation in a Federal criminal action pending in Florida Federal District Court. The defendant is charged with sending through the mail to the Jacksonville, FL, offices of Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio an envelope containing a white powdery substance and a letter containing alleged threats directed towards the Senators. The prosecution has requested from both Senators' offices the production of the letters at issue and testimony from current and former office employees who witnessed the relevant events. Senators Nelson and Rubio would like to cooperate with these requests. The enclosed resolution would authorize the production of the letters at issue and testimony by current and former employees of the offices of Senators Nelson and Rubio. It would also authorize the Senate legal counsel to represent any current or former employees of those offices from whom evidence may be sought in this case.”