[Diabetes-Talk] NFB Legislative update

Thu Apr 11 18:54:06 UTC 2019

This is a question for Bernie, the elected DAN President.  Bernie:  Are you encouraging people to leave this NFB list in lieu of a FaceBook list?  I do not think people who do not moderate this list should be encouraging others to leave the list in favor of the FaceBook list.  I for one refuse to try and track both lists.

Cordially,
Michael D. Barber

> On Apr 11, 2019, at 11:35 AM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> You need to log in at www.nfb.net.org, find the diabetes list and asked to be removed. Similar to how you signed up.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Marcey Gonzalez via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019 10:34 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Marcey Gonzalez <marceygonzalez at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] NFB Legislative update
> 
> Hello
> 
> How do I get removed from this group. Please advise.
> 
> Cheers
> Marcey Gonzalez
> 
>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 9:23 AM Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk < diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Fellow Federationists:
>> We are off to a terrific start in the 116th Congress. We have four 
>> bills
>> introduced: The Transformation to Competitive Employment Act in the 
>> House and Senate and the Access Technology Affordability Act, also in 
>> both the House and Senate.
>> Please call your representative and two senators and urge them to 
>> cosponsor these two bills if they have not already done so. A complete 
>> list of current cosponsors is included at the end of this email. A 
>> summary of the two bills follows.
>> Transformation to Competitive Employment Act House - H.R. 873 - 
>> Sponsored by Bobby Scott (D-VA-3) Senate - S. 260 - Sponsored by Bob 
>> Casey (D-PA) 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.
>> Access Technology Affordability Act
>> House - H.R. 2086 - Sponsored by Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) Senate - S. 
>> 815 - Sponsored by John Boozman (R-AR) This legislation removes an 
>> employment barrier commonly experienced by blind Americans who cannot 
>> afford the high cost of access technology by creating a refundable tax 
>> credit in the amount of $2,000 to offset the cost of these technologies.
>> When you call or email, you might say something like the following:
>> "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.
>> I am also calling to urge [your senator/representative] to cosponsor [S.
>> 815 for Senate calls/H.R. 2086 for House calls], the Access Technology 
>> Affordability Act. This legislation removes an employment barrier 
>> commonly experienced by blind Americans who cannot afford the high 
>> cost of access technology by creating a refundable tax credit in the 
>> amount of $2,000 to offset the cost of these technologies. I urge 
>> [your senator/representative] to cosponsor the bill.
>> Thanks."
>> 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 Gabe Cazares at gcazares at nfb.org<mailto:gcazares at nfb.org>.
>> List of cosponsors as of April 9, 2019:
>> Transformation to Competitive Employment Act S. 260 Sen. Harris, Kamala D.
>> [D-CA] Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Sen.
>> Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] 
>> Transformation to Competitive Employment Act H.R. 873 Rep. Cisneros, 
>> Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] Rep. 
>> Harder, Josh [D-CA-10] Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] Rep. Norton, Eleanor 
>> Holmes [D-DC-At Large] Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] Rep. 
>> Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] Rep.
>> Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] Rep.
>> Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] Rep. 
>> Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] Rep. Dean, 
>> Madeleine [D-PA-4] Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Rep. 
>> Gonzalez-Colon, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] Rep. Burgess, Michael C. 
>> [R-TX-26] Rep. Rodgers, Cathy McMorris [R-WA-5] Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Access Technology Affordability Act S.
>> 815 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Sen. Collins, 
>> Susan M. [R-ME] Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Sen. Van Hollen, Chris 
>> [D-MD] Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Sen. 
>> Udall, Tom [D-NM] Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] 
>> Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Access Technology Affordability Act 
>> H.R. 2086 Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] 
>> Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] If you have any questions, please feel free 
>> to call me at 410-659-9314, extension 2218 or email me at JPare at nfb.org.
>> Warm regards,
>> John
>> John G. Paré Jr.
>> 410-659-9314 x 2218
>> 
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