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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello NFB-O,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It is time for us to rally our troops for the Marrakesh Treaty! Please read the message below from our national office. Phone calls are urgently needed to Senator Rob Portman, because he is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His direct number is: 202-224-3353. Call him, tell him you are a member of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio and you are in full support of equal access to information and to vote “yes” for S 2559. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sheri Albers, Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>513.886.8697<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:Sheri.albers87@gmail.com">Sheri.albers87@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Howdy Fellow Federationists,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope this note finds you all well. As President Riccobono mentioned in the President’s Notebook earlier today, the US Judiciary Committee is speedily moving towards consideration of the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559) with the Foreign Relations Committee moving in tandem. You are receiving this note because your state has at least one member serving on the Judiciary Committee, the Foreign Relations Committee, or both.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Over the next six days, building support from members on these committees will be critical to the success of the treaty and its implementing legislation. Please encourage your affiliate members to call the relevant Senate offices and urge members to cosponsor S. 2559.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If affiliate members or you receive negative responses from Senate offices, please let me know as quickly as possible. Thanks for all that you do to build the Federation. I look forward to seeing cosponsors coming in over the next few days!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>...Gabe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>S. 2559 Cosponsors<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Sponsor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gabe Cazares<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Government Affairs Specialist<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(410) 659-9314, extension 2206 | gcazares@nfb.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>