<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Jim Y. McCollum<div><a href="mailto:j.mccollum64@comcast.net">j.mccollum64@comcast.net</a> </div><div>860-581-0430 (mobile) </div><div>203-535-1620 (home)</div><div><br></div><div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Cazares, Gabe via NFBNET-Master-List" <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> February 4, 2019 at 10:21:37 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbnet-master-list] Legislative Alert</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Cazares, Gabe" <<a href="mailto:GCazares@nfb.org">GCazares@nfb.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Howdy Fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Washington Seminar. Because of your advocacy, we are off to a fantastic start in the 116th Congress!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As President Riccobono announced at the Great Gathering-In, we have a new bill which needs your immediate attention. The Transformation to Competitive Employment Act was introduced in the Senate by Senator Casey of Pennsylvania and Senator
Van Hollen of Maryland, and was assigned bill number S. 260. In the House, Chairman Bobby Scott of Virginia and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington introduced companion legislation, H.R. 873. These bills would phase out Section 14(c) of the
Fair Labor Standards Act over a six-year period, at which point the provision would officially be sunset.
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<p class="MsoNormal">All of this means that we have the opportunity to give these bills a strong start by immediately building cosponsor support for both S. 260 and H.R. 873. Therefore, please call or email your senators and ask them to cosponsor S. 260 and
call or email your representative and has him or her to cosponsor H.R. 873. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When you call or email, you might say something like the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Hello, my name is [your name] and I am a constituent of [your senator/representative]. I live in [city, state]. I am calling to urge [your senator/representative] to cosponsor [S. 260 for Senate calls/H.R. 873 for House calls], the Transformation
to Competitive Employment Act. This bill would phase out subminimum wages for people with disabilities over a six-year period, at which point Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the provision that allows this practice, would be sunset. I urge [your
senator/representative] to cosponsor the bill. Thanks.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can contact your member of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard and asking for the office in question. The number is 202-224-3121. If you email your representative or senators, please copy me at
<a href="mailto:gcazares@nfb.org">gcazares@nfb.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is critical that we move on this quickly, so please strive to make your calls and send your emails as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Warm regards,<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">Manager of Government Affairs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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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