[Ct-nfb] Urgent Action Request: Space Available

[Justin Salisbury]

Fellow Federationists:

The House and Senate are finalizing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and we have been trying to make sure that Congress includes H.R. 2264 and S. 2596, our Space Available legislation, in the base bill of each chamber of Congress. Finally, we have confirmed that the language of H.R. 2264 has been included in the House draft version of the NDAA base bill. I am proud to say that Congressman Joe Courtney, my personal Congressman, helped us to get this done.

We must be vigilant, however, because anything can happen in the legislative process between now and the time the vote is taken. For now, the next critical step is to focus on the Senate and ask our Senators also to include the Space Available language in the Senate version of the NDAA. Please call or email our two senators and ask them to cosponsor S. 2596 if they have not already done so. The Capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.

Here are the names of the specific staff members in our Senators' offices who handle the NDAA and Space Available:

For Senator Blumenthal's office: Katherine Bradbury

For Senator Murphy's office: David Seyferth

We need everyone's engagement to get these two things done during the second session of the 114th Congress. It takes less time to make each call than you are spending reading this email.

Please touch base and ask them to cosponsor S. 2596. The more cosponsors we get, the better chance the Space Available bill gets included in the Senate version of the NDAA. I have attached an updated fact sheet with additional information about how much space is available in the Space Available Program.

This is the final stretch! As always, I can't thank you enough for the excellent work you do each day. Let's get it done!

Your comrade in the quest for full participation in society,

Justin Salisbury

Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCUEB
Legislative Coordinator
National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut
Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu<mailto:President at Alumni.ECU.edu>
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