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Tue Mar 23 11:28:54 UTC 2010

Capitol switchboard (202) 225-3121
Ask to be transferred to Congressman Waxman's office.  
Please be specific in your conversation with his office and let them know  
you are requesting a hearing on HR 734, the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement 
Act,  that it is the only bill with this many cosponsors to not have already 
had a  hearing, and that you are affected by this legislation personally (and 
 why).  Please insist that they write down your name and zip code, but also 
 let them know that you are aware you are not from his district, and that 
this  bill affects blind and sighted Americans all over the nation.

Thank you,
Ronza

In a message dated 3/23/2010 6:40:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
concernedcitizens at cometlink.com writes:

Hi  Bob,

Please provide us with the phone  number.

Thanks.

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  "Robert Gardner" <rgardner4 at gmail.com>
To: "il-talk"  <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Annette Grove"  <annette.grove at goodwill.org>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 9:12  AM
Subject: [il-talk] Fw: Legislative Alert-Urgent Action  
NeededContactingChairman Waxman's Office

> We need to push  on HR734, the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, or what 
> we
>  sometimes call the Quiet Car bill.  There are currently 227 co-sponsors  
in
> the house, well over the number to bring this bill to either a  hearing or
> onto the floor for a vote.  But the bill is stuck in  the Energy and 
> Commerce
> Committee with Chairman Waxman  apparently having little interest in 
moving
> it  forward.
>
> Please read the message below and call Chairman  Waxman's office to ask 
for
> action on HR734.
>
>  Bob
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Patti  Gregory-Chang" <pattichang at att.net>
> To: "Hartle, Jesse"  <JHartle at nfb.org>
> Cc: "Presidents NFB Affiliate"  <nfbaffiliatepresidents at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010  12:25 PM
> Subject: [il-talk] Legislative Alert-Urgent Action Needed  
> ContactingChairman
> Waxman's  Office
>
>
>>I called on this issue this morning.   The person answering the phone had 
>>no
>> idea what I was  calling about so clearly we need to make more phone 
calls
>>  on
>> this.
>>
>> P.S.  National Federation of  the Blind of Illinois is now on twitter at
>>  www.twitter.com/nfbi.
>> We also have a facebook page.  Just  search for our full name.
>>
>> Fellow  Federationists:
>>
>>           I want to thank you for your hard work in building the
>>  cosponsor support for H.R. 734, the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement  Act.
>> Earlier this week we eclipsed the 200 cosponsor total on this  important
>> legislation for blind Americans.  While this is a  great accomplishment,
>> we are still having trouble getting the  chairman of the House Committee
>> on Energy and Commerce,  Congressman Henry Waxman, to take steps to move
>> our bill in this  session of congress.
>>
>>
>>
>>   I am now asking you to contact Chairman  Waxman's office next
>> week, March 1-5, and urge him to hold  hearings on H.R. 734.
>>
>>
>>
>>   This past week the chairman has held  hearings related to the
>> Toyota recalls, and his office needs to  know that the right of blind
>> Americans to travel safely and  independently when we walk is just as
>> important as the safety of  those who travel by driving  cars.
>>
>>
>>
>>       You can be connected to congressman Waxman's office  by
>> calling the Capitol switchboard at (202)  225-3121.
>>
>>
>>
>>       I want to thank you all in advance for your hard work  next
>> week.  We are very close to accomplishing one of our  legislative
>> priorities from this past Washington Seminar, and only  by working
>> together can we fully achieve this goal.  Please  contact me with any
>> questions; my contact information is listed  below.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jesse M.  Hartle
>>
>> Government Programs  Specialist
>>
>> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE  BLIND
>>
>> Telephone:  (410) 659-9314, extension  2233
>>
>> E-mail:  jhartle at nfb.org
>>
>>
>>
>>  JMH/wmb
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Patti Gregory-Chang
>> President, National Federation of the Blind of  Illinois
>> pattichang at att.net
>>  www.nfbofillinois.org
>>
>
>
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