<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Cazares, Gabe via NFB-Legislative-Directors" <<a href="mailto:nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org">nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> July 23, 2018 at 1:50:47 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB Legislative Directors List' <<a href="mailto:nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org">nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> "Cazares, Gabe" <<a href="mailto:GCazares@nfb.org">GCazares@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFB-Legislative-Directors] FW: Legislative Alert</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB Legislative Directors List <<a href="mailto:nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org">nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Howdy Legislative Directors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The below legislative alert will go out to all NFB lists soon. In the meantime, please feel free to share this with your state affiliates to begin making calls immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">...Gabe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Gabe Cazares<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">(410) 659-9314 x 2206<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Cazares, Gabe
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 23, 2018 9:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Legislative Alert<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Howdy Fellow Federationists,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The House of Representatives is scheduled to adjourn this week for the August recess. However, before the final gavel drops, house leadership needs to hear from us regarding the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please call House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI 01) and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA 23) today and urge them to Place the Marrakesh Implementation Act on the Suspension Calendar before adjourning this week. You can reach Speaker Ryan’s
office at (202) 225-0600, and Majority Leader McCarthy’s office at (202) 225-4000. I have included a sample script below for your convenience:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, my name is ___, and I am calling to urge the Speaker/Majority Leader to place the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559) on the Suspension Calendar this week. The Marrakesh Treaty and its implementing legislation were passed
unanimously by the US Senate on June 28, 2018. This treaty will expand access to information for thousands of blind Americans like me here at home and around the world.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for all of your hard work to get the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act across the finish line!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">...Gabe<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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 | <a href="mailto:gcazares@nfb.org">gcazares@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind">
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<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.
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