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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Please see the message below from President Carpenter:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kris Colcock, Buna Dahal and I are here in the other Washington ready to meet with our Representatives and Senators. We need your Help. Below are our 4 appointments for Tuesday, January 29. I am giving you the phone numbers for each office. Call these offices if you live in the particular Congressional district, and everyone should call Senator Cantwell’s office. If you are unsure about which district you live in go to <a href="https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative">https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative</a> to find out. I am also enclosing a link to all 3 of the issues we will be discussing with the Members of Congress. I will post our Wednesday appointments later today.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There is one more exciting piece of legislative news to share. Today President Trump signed and sent to Geneva the Marrakesh Treaty ratification document and it has been sent to Geneva. This was the final step in bringing the US into the Marrakesh Treaty. As President Riccobono said tonight at the Great Gathering In, we are the National Federation of the Blind and we will not be shut down!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Appointments for January 29 (All Times are Eastern Standard Time)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>11:45 am<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Representative Derek Kilmer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>6th District<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>meeting with Representative Kilmer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 202-225-5916<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>no relevant committees<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1:15 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Representative Adam Smith<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9th district<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Meeting with Representative Smith<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 202-225-8901<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>no relevant committees<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3:15 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Representative Pramilla Jayapal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>7th district<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>meeting with Representative Jayapal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>202-225-3106<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>no relevant committees<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4:15 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Senator Maria Cantwell<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>meeting with Senator Cantwell<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>202-224-3441<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and transportation-relevant to the GreaterAccessibility and Independence through Nonvisual Access Technology (GAIN) Act<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for helping to get this legislation moving!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Find Your Representative: <a href="https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative?fbclid=IwAR0IjqiEE6j0Z0LEhlwfL67dBUlBSR0_01LEk48RuuaKd0LSMNXLMffXR1Q">https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative?fbclid=IwAR0IjqiEE6j0Z0LEhlwfL67dBUlBSR0_01LEk48RuuaKd0LSMNXLMffXR1Q</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marci Carpenter, President, National Federation of the Blind of Washington<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>