[Centralok] Fwd: [NFBOK-Talk] NFB - Urgent action requested!

[Audrey Farnum]

See below. 

Audrey T. Farnum
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> From: Jeannie Massay via NFBOK-Talk <nfbok-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: June 1, 2016 at 4:01:13 PM CDT
> To: Jeannie Massay <jmassay1 at cox.net>
> Cc: Jeannie Massay <jmassay1 at cox.net>
> Subject: [NFBOK-Talk] NFB - Urgent action requested!
> Reply-To: NFB of Oklahoma Internet Mailing List <nfbok-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 
> A message from President Riccobono:
>  
> Fellow Federationists:
>  
> Last week, Senator Heller from Nevada introduced an amendment to the Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include the same Space Available language that you already helped pass in the House NDAA last month. This is the first time we've ever been able to get an amendment for Space Available introduced in the Senate. This amendment currently has two cosponsors, Senators Tester from Montana and Ayotte from New Hampshire, but we need more support. 
>  
> Please call your senators and urge them to cosponsor amendment S.A. 4235 to the Senate NDAA so that all veterans with disabilities rated as total can participate in the Space Available Program, not just those injured on or after September 23, 1996. We expect the Senate to begin debating the NDAA next week so time is of the essence for us to build support for our legislation. If we can get this amendment through the Senate, we will only need a signature from the President to end the disparate treatment of our courageous vets in the Space Available Program based on which war they fought in.
> Please contact Senator Inhofe and Senator Lankford at the number listed below.
>  
> The US Capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. The fact sheet is available at: https://nfb.org/equal-access-air-travel-service-disabled-veterans. If you have any questions, feel free to email or call Derek Manners, Advocacy and Policy Analyst, atDManners at nfb.org or (410) 659-9314, extension 2210. 
>  
> Please share this message widely throughout the Federation.
>  
> Thank you for all that you do.
>  
>  
> Mark A. Riccobono, President
> National Federation of the Blind
> 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
> Baltimore, Maryland 21230
> Phone: (410) 659-9314
> Fax: (410) 659-5129
> Email: officeofthepresident at nfb.org
> Twitter: @Riccobono and @NFB_Voice
> Web: www.nfb.org
>  
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back
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