[il-talk] Fw: Legislative Alert-Urgent ActionNeededContactingChairman Wa...

Tue Mar 23 17:37:29 UTC 2010

Thanks Ronza.  I just talked to Aaron and he didn't seem like he had a clue.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <AZNOR99 at aol.com>
To: <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: [il-talk] Fw: Legislative Alert-Urgent 
ActionNeededContactingChairman Wa...

> 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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