[CT-NFB] Fwd: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] Breaking News

[Mary Silverberg]

Jim,
Great news!   Thank you for all of your hard work and follow up.
Mary

On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 12:10 PM Elizabeth Rival via CT-NFB <
ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Awesome to all. Beth
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> *From:* CT-NFB <ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *Jim McCollum
> via CT-NFB
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 06, 2021 4:54 PM
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> *Cc:* Jim McCollum <j.mccollum64 at comcast.net>
> *Subject:* [CT-NFB] Fwd: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] Breaking News
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> Hello, all.
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> Our efforts on S 212, The Access Technology Affordability Act, are paying
> off. Senator Murphy has co-sponsored the bill, bringing the total of senate
> co-sponsors to twenty-nine. Thumbs up to those of you who have made phone
> calls and sent e-mails.
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> Senator Blumenthal has not co-sponsored yet, so we need to continue
> contacting his office. Feel free to reach out if I can help in any way.
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> I understand that the legislative directors in these offices have not
> always been good about responding to e-mails, but Senator Murphy has signed
> on. Please don’t get discouraged.
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> Let’s keep up the good work!
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> Jim Y. McCollum
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> Board Member and Legislative Coordinator
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> National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut
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> 860-581-0430
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> j.mccollum64 at comcast.net
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> *From:* "Kaloc, Jeff via NFB-Legislative-Directors" <
> nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>
> *Date:* October 6, 2021 at 2:33:31 PM EDT
> *To:* nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org
> *Cc:* "Kaloc, Jeff" <JKaloc at nfb.org>
> *Subject:* *[NFB-Legislative-Directors] Breaking News*
> *Reply-To:* NFB Legislative Directors List <
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> Good afternoon Federationists,
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> Great news, S. 212, the Access Technology Affordability Act has gained two
> new Senate cosponsors this week! Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia and
> Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut have cosponsored the bill giving a
> grand total of 29 cosponsors. I’d like to thank our affiliates in Virginia
> and Connecticut for their hard work by getting both Senators to sign onto
> the legislation.
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> Please continue the good work and keep up this phenomenal momentum!
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> All the best,
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> Jeff Kaloc
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> Governmental Affairs Specialist
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> 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
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> 410-659-9314, extension 2206 | jkaloc at nfb.org
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