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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Justin and All,<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'>Thank you for this link. I had already read the main text of Anil Lewis’ testimony and was very proud, and I looked forward for several days (until I could get the time between work and family) to listen to his spoken testimony and Representative Hayes’ participation in the hearing. They certainly made it well worth the investment of my time. I was troubled, though, from the outset, at how partisan the hearing was. This is not a Democrat vs. Republican issue, and Federationists and other advocates who are otherwise members of both parties have advocated for years and decades for the end to Section 14©. I wonder how we got here, and I ask what we can do as advocates to bring us back to a discussion in which Republicans aren’t attacking mostly Democrats for having a flawed solution and asking that “choice” (in this case to engage in what might appear to be work under a 14© certificate) be preserved.<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'>And I say that as a Republican since age 11 and one registered to vote at age 18. I say that as one proud that it was Richard Nixon who signed the Rehabilitation Act and George H. W. Bush who signed the Americans With Disabilities Act. (And for those wondering what sort of Republican I am in the party of the late 2010s and today, I will let you take a clue from my previous sentence.) And, indeed, I was immensely proud when Representative McMorris-Rogers addressed our Washington Seminar Great Gathering In several years ago—on this issue and coming from the perspective of both a parent of a person with a developmental disability and a representative of a state where 14© has been phased out successfully. Her letter to the subcommittee was the only evidence that any Republican is left who realizes that 14© is a false “employment” “Choice”.<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'>I wonder what we can do to address and remove this partisan character that has come into the discussion. What may have happened to get us to this point? Are there lessons we can learn? Ultimately, what can we do as Federationists, along with fellow advocates, to end the partisan nature that has permeated the discussion and get back to dealing with all of the facts involved? Like that Representative McMorris-Rogers’ state successfully phased out Section 14© as a counterpoint to the inadequate job repeated and repeated about Maine?<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'>I’d be delighted to hear everyone’s thoughts. My political party membership shouldn’t so strikingly bring me in conflict with my Federation membership and pledge…<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'>Very Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Nathanael<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Justin Salisbury via CT-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 21, 2021 4:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List<br><b>Cc:</b> Justin Salisbury<br><b>Subject:</b> [CT-NFB] Did Anyone Watch the Subminimum Wage Hearing?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hey everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Did anyone else here watch the subminimum wage hearing? It was awesome! Anil Lewis did a wonderful job representing the National Federation of the Blind.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Connecticut’s own Congresswoman Jahana Hayes did a great job using her opportunity for questioning to pull out supportive points for our side. This told me that Federationists in Connecticut have done a great job working with the Congresswoman from the 5<sup>th</sup> district to build a strong ally in her. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you haven’t seen the hearing, here’s a link to where you can watch it on YouTube. It’s about 2 hours and 39 minutes long, but it’s so worth watching. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVnUWfsH07o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVnUWfsH07o</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Aloha,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Justin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Justin Mark Hideaki Salisbury<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>he/him/his<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 808.797.8606<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury"><span lang=EN style='color:blue'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury</span></a> <span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>ResearchGate: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Lucida Console"'>“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Lucida Console"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Lucida Console"'>Cesar Chavez<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>