[il-talk] Fw: Legislative Alert-Surface Transportation Bill

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On Mar 3, 2012, at 14:49, "MG" <mgiannotti at hotmail.com> wrote:



-----Original Message----- From: gmlinc
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 2:45 PM
To: mgiannotti at hotmail.com
Subject: Legislative Alert-Surface Transportation Bill


-----Original Message-----
From: Hartle, Jesse
Subject: FW: Legislative Alert-Surface Transportation Bill
Fellow Federationists:
I am writing to update you on a potential threat to the Randolph-Sheppard
program.
Congressman LaTourette and Senator Portman of Ohio are planning to offer
amendments
to the House and Senate versions of the surface transportation bill.  Their
amendments
would allow states to commercialize rest areas on federal highways and
interstates.
It appears that the Senate is going to take the first action early next week
(March
5-9), considering amendments to the
Senate surface transportation bill, S. 1813.  Senator Portman's amendment is
number
1742.
Currently, many blind vendors operate vending machines at interstate rest
areas throughout
the country.  If commercialization is allowed, these blind vendors stand a
great
chance of losing their livelihoods.  We must educate our members of Congress
about
the impact of commercialization on blind vendors.
I will be updating this issue as information becomes available; however, we
are asking
you to take immediate action to defeat this threat to the Randolph-Sheppard
program.
It is essential that we make as many calls as possible on Monday, March 5,
2012.
Please see the action items listed below, and contact me with any questions.
I have
included my contact information at the end of this message.  Thank you all
very much
in advance for your work on
this issue!
Please take the following action items:
1 Call your senators and urge them to oppose amendment number 1742 to the
surface
transportation bill, S. 1813.  You can be connected to your senators by
calling the
Capitol Switchboard at 202-225-3121.
2 Call Senator Portman (202-224-3353), and urge him to withdraw his
amendment number
1742 to the Senate transportation bill, S. 1813; we must tell his office
that this
would negatively impact vendors in the Randolph-Sheppard program.
3 Call Senator Harry Reid (202-224-3542), Senate Majority Leader, and urge
him to
refuse to allow Senator Portman's amendment number 1742 to be considered
during debate
on S. 1813 because of the negative impact to blind vendors that would result
from
this amendment.
4 Call Senator Barbara Boxer (202-224-3553), Chairman of the Senate
Committee on
the Environment and Public Works, and urge her to oppose any amendment to S.
1813
that calls for commercialization on federal highways and interstates because
of the
negative impact to blind vendors.
Jesse Hartle
Government Programs Specialist
Phone:  (410) 659-9314, Ext. 2233
Email:
jhartle at nfb.org
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mailto:jhartle at nfb.org


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