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Congressmen Say Offer Still Stands For Britney Spears To Share Her Story In D.C. – Update

Tom Tapp and Ted Johnson
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UPDATED: An invitation Britney Spears posted on Instagram yesterday from two congressmen was sent in December, but Democrats Charlie Crist of Florida and Eric Swalwell of California say the offer still stands.

Crist yesterday tweeted Spears’ post and made clear that they’d still like to have the benefit of her experience with respect to conservatorships.

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The Florida Rep. is co-sponsor of a bill, the Guardianship Accountability Act, that was introduced last year after Spears successfully got out of her conservatorship. There’s also a similar bill in the Senate.

“Thank you so much for sharing your story of strength and perseverance, Ms. @BritneySpears,” wrote Crist “It’s my honor to invite you to meet with us in DC. Your voice helps other victims feel so much #stronger.”

Spears indicated in her post that she seemed to think the offer had expired. The singer said she was “flattered and at the time” she received the offer and that she wishes she would have been brave enough to accept, but “I wasn’t nearly at the healing stage I’m in now.”

It seems, however, the lawmakers would still like to hear about her struggle to end the conservatorship her father Jamie oversaw that controlled much of her life, given that it may prove useful to others in such situations.

It would not be the superstar’s first trip to D.C. in service of a cause close to her heart.

Spears went to Capitol Hill last year to advocate for rights for teenagers in congregate care facilities. She met with lawmakers and held a press conference, but did not testify.

Swalwell’s office confirmed to Deadline that no meeting date has been set, and Crist’s spokesperson added today that the duo has “not yet heard back from Ms. Spears” beyond what she posted on social media.

PREVIOUSLY: Britney Spears was invited by two U.S. lawmakers, Democrats Charlie Crist of Florida and Eric Swalwell of California, to “meet with us in Congress” and share her struggle to end the conservatorship her father Jamie oversaw that controlled much of her life.

“There is no doubt that your story will empower countless others outside the millions that are already inspired by you and your art,” the congressmen wrote in a December 1 letter to the singer.

Spears posted the invitation on Instagram on Thursday, writing, “I received this letter months ago…An invitation to share my story…I was immediately flattered and at the time I wasn’t nearly at the healing stage I’m in now.”

She continued with an acknowledgement to the congressional duo.

“I’m grateful that my story was even ACKNOWLEDGED!!!” wrote Spears. “Because of the letter, I felt heard and like I mattered for the first time in my life !!!”

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Last November, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge formally ended the conservatorship that controlled Spears’ life for nearly 14 years and later gave Spears the power to execute financial documents related to her estate.

Father Jamie Spears and others had controlled those decisions since 2008.

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