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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Absolutely
it helps to hear from consumers directly. I just wanted everyone to know that
NCSAB was also weighing in on this issue. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>David Andrews<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 07, 2011
10:53 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">NFB
of Connecticut Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Ct-nfb] Legislative
Alert from National Convention</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>It helps to have both! Yes, Congress-persons respond to their
constituents, so personal stories etc., are best, but it becomes especially
strong if both the consumers, and professionals are against it.<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
<br>
At 07:26 AM 7/7/2011, you wrote:<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:navy'>Brian,<br>
While this helps, is it not more effective coming from comments of persons
impacted by this?<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org"
eudora=autourl> mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Sigman,
Brian</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 07, 2011 8:16
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">NFB
of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Connecticut</st1:place></st1:State>
Mailing List</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Ct-nfb] Legislative
Alert from National Convention<br>
</span></font> <br>
<b><font size=5 color=blue><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:blue;font-weight:
bold'>Hi Lucia- I wanted to be sure you were also aware that the National
Council of State Agencies for the Blind (representing all public VR programs
for people who are blind) has also taken a stance in opposition of the
sub-minimum wage language.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org"
eudora=autourl> mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">llee@nfbct.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 06, 2011
2:52 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NFB of CT list serve<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Ct-nfb] Legislative
Alert from National Convention<br>
</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Hi all,<br>
<br>
Beth Rival called today from the national convention. She asked that I re-send
this legislative alert. We have received word that the Health, Education, Labor
& Pension (HELP) Committee will be voting on the Workforce Investment Act
next week. The HELP Committee plans to vote to continue the practice of paying
disabled people a subminimum wage as stated in Section 511 of the Act. This Act
does affect people all over the country, here in CT also. There are disabled
people in CT who work for subminimum wages.Please read the following email from
Anil Lewis and call Senator Richard Blumenthal, who is on the committee,
to ask him to have Section 511 removed. His contact number is on the list
following the email.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>From: <a
href="mailto:nfbnet-master-list-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-master-list-bounces@nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[<a
href="mailto:nfbnet-master-list-bounces@nfbnet.org" eudora=autourl>
mailto:nfbnet-master-list-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] On Behalf Of David Andrews<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 12:47
PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>To: <a
href="mailto:nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Subject: [Nfbnet-master-list] Follow Up on Subminimum Wage
Legislative Alert<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>from Anil Lewis (<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><a href="mailto:alewis@nfb.org">alewis@nfb.org</a>)?<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Dear Fellow Federationists,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Michael Barber reports that the
NFB of Iowa has sent over seventy <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>letters to Senator Harkin, urging
him to remove Section 511 from Title V <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>of the Workforce<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Investment Act (WIA). This bill
will be marked up and voted on <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Wednesday, June 29, at 4:30 p.m.
Eastern time. If your senator is on the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Senate Committee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pension (HELP committee), please <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>continue to write and call regarding this issue.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Section 511 reauthorizes payment
of subminimum wages to people with <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>disabilities. It is completely
contrary to the purpose of the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rehabilitation Act, which is
intended to promote competitive, integrated <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>employment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The following list contains the
names of members of the HELP committee. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>If your senator is a member of the
committee, please call his/her office <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>to respectfully<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>express your adamant objection to
linking subminimum wage to the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rehabilitation Act, and to insist
that Section 511 of the Rehabilitation <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Act be removed<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>from the bill. If your senator is
not a member of the HELP committee, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>call the committee chair (Senator
Tom Harkin) and the ranking member <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>(Senator Michael<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Enzi) to register your objection.
Additional background information on <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Section 511 follows after the HELP committee list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Anil Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Director of Strategic
Communications<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Telephone: (410) 659-9314,
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12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>North
Carolina</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-3154<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Robert Casey, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Pennsylvania</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-6324<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Mike Enzi<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Wyoming</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-3424<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Al Franken<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Minnesota</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-5641<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Kay R. Hagan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>North
Carolina</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-6342<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Tom Harkin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Iowa</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-3254<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Orrin G. Hatch<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Utah</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-5251<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Johnny Isakson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Georgia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-3643<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Mark Steven Kirk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Illinois</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-2854<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator John McCain<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Arizona</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-2235<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Jeff Merkley<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Oregon</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-3753<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Barbara A. Mikulski<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Maryland</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-4654<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Lisa Murkowski<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Alaska</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-6665<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Patty Murray<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Washington</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-2621<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Rand Paul<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Kentucky</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-4343<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Pat Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Kansas</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-4774<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Bernard Sanders<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Vermont</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-5141<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Sheldon Whitehouse<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rhode
Island</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>(202) 224-2921<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>table end<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Background:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The key legislation around the
recent Subminimum Wage legislative alert <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>is the Workforce Investment Act
(WIA), specifically Title V, the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rehabilitation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Act, which is one of the most
important pieces of legislation affecting <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>the lives of people with
disabilities. There is no bill number assigned <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>at this<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>time, but we have been provided
the proposed draft language. On <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Wednesday, June 29, the Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>and Pensions (HELP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>committee) will be marking up the
WIA reauthorization. So far, we have <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>been unsuccessful in our efforts
to have Section 511 removed from the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>language.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>As the Senate works to reauthorize
the Rehabilitation Act, a new section <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>has been added, Section 511, which
links Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Standards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Act (FSLA) to the Rehabilitation
Act. Section 14(c) of the FLSA is the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>law that allows employers to pay
subminimum wages to their workers with <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>There are more than 5,000 entities
that hold special wage certificates <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>allowing them to pay subminimum
wages to more than 400,000 workers with <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Section 14(c) is flawed in its
implementation, and it has been plagued <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>with abuse of employers paying
workers with disabilities even less than <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>the subminimum<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>wage they are entitled to receive
as a result of this law. The Wage and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Hour Division (WHD) of the
Department of Labor is charged with the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>responsibility<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>of oversight, but they are only
able to investigate 2 percent of the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>facilities a year. Many workers
with disabilities have not been able to <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>collect millions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>of dollars of back wages because
the statute of limitations has passed <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>before WHD can identify the violation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Section 14(c) is simply
unenforceable. We have fought against this <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>provision since the founding of
our organization, and we have made <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>significant progress.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Section 511 threatens that progress.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The language found in Section 511
is a restatement of Section 14(c) of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>the FLSA, linking legislation that
is supposed to provide the training <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>and support<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>for people with disabilities to
obtain competitive employment to <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>legislation that asserts that
people with disabilities cannot be <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>competitively employed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The philosophies are in direct
conflict, and Section 511 sends a mixed <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>message about the purpose of vocational rehabilitation
(VR).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Section 511 explains the process a
counselor would have to go through <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>before referring a client to a
subminimum wage work environment. The <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>intent is to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>make it more difficult for clients
to be steered toward subminimum wage <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>employment. Unfortunately, the
language opens a door to subminimum wage <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>employment<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>that did not previously exist. As
a result of Section 511, if VR fails <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>to provide a client with the
proper training and support to become <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>competitively<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>employed, they will be encouraged
to make a referral to a subminimum <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>wage employer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The language states that, once
placed in a subminimum wage work <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>environment, the client should
receive a review every six months. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>However, similar to WHD's<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>inability to enforce Section 14(c)
of the FLSA, it will not be possible <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>for VR to properly enforce this
law, leaving even more individuals stuck <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>in subminimum<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>wage jobs. A better use of the
inadequate funding potentially slated for <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>enforcement of Section 511, and
the insufficient funding for WHD to <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>enforce Section<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>14(c) would be to develop creative
rehabilitation strategies to <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>competitively employ all people with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Many people have come to believe
that subminimum wage employment is an <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>opportunity for people with
disabilities to experience the tangible and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>intangible<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>benefits of work. We maintain that
there is no benefit, tangible or <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>intangible, to working in an
environment that asserts that you are not <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>as good as<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>everyone else. Industries have
been built on this false perception, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>allowing people, who otherwise would
be able to obtain competitive <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>employment, to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>be exploited at subminimum wages
to bolster an employer's profitability. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The job market has changed
drastically since the initial passage of this <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>outdated<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>legislation. With the proper
training and support, people with even the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>most significant disabilities are able to be competitively
employed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>We need to let members of the
Senate Committee on Health, Education, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Labor, and Pension know that
Section 511 of the Rehabilitation Act <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>should be removed<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>from the reauthorization of the
Workforce Investment Act.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>-- </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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