[il-talk] Need to call on HR 164

[Robert A Hansen]

I wrote quigley this afternoon.
Robert







Sent from Samsung tablet"Patti Gregory-Chang Esq." <pattichang at att.net> wrote:No, not at all. Many Illinois congressmen said they would sign-on. They have not done so yet. This is why we need to call all of them.


Patti S. Gregory-Chang
NFBI President
NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
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On Feb 23, 2013, at 3:56 PM, "Edwin" <conibodyworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is this because Illinois congress is against this?  Is that why we are not
> listed? If so what can we do? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gregory Chang
> Patti
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:07 PM
> To: il-talk il-talk; Iabs talk Iabs
> Subject: [il-talk] Need to call on HR 164
> 
> As I am sure you all know, we have HR 164 our Space Available Bill in the
> House.  This bill extends the benefit of riding on a space available basis
> on military aircraft to 100% disabled veterans.  The benefit is already
> afforded to active duty military and retired military.  Please contact your
> congressman and urge them to cosponsor HR 164 by contacting congressman
> Arakis' office.  Below is a list of current cosponsors.  None are from
> Illinois.  
> 
> 
> Congressman Bilirakis, Florida, Sponsor, Vice Chair House Veterans Affairs
> Committee
> 
> 
> 
> Republican Members
> 
> Congressman Bill Young, Florida
> 
> Congressman Latta, Ohio
> 
> Congressman Bucshon, Indiana
> 
> Congressman Pearce, New Mexico
> 
> Congressman Nugent, Florida, Member House Armed Services Committee
> 
> Congressman Joyce, Ohio
> 
> Congressman Calvert, California
> 
> Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen, Florida
> 
> Congressman Kingston, Georgia
> 
> Congressman Latham, Iowa
> 
> Congressman Harper, Mississippi
> 
> Congressman Joe Wilson, South Carolina, Member House Armed Services
> Committee
> 
> Congressman Stivers, Ohio
> 
> Congressman Long, Missouri
> 
> Congressman Bentivolio, Michigan
> 
> Congressman Amodei, Nevada, Member House Veterans Affairs Committee
> 
> Congressman Chabot, Ohio
> 
> Congressman Posey, Florida
> 
> Congressman Wittman, Virginia, Chairman Armed Services Subcommittee on
> Readiness
> 
> Congressman Gerlach, Pennsylvania
> 
> Congressman Whitfield, Kentucky
> 
> Congressman Roe, Tennessee, Member House Veterans Affairs committee
> 
> Congresswoman Hartzler, Missouri, Member House Armed Services Committee
> 
> Congressman Burgess, Texas
> 
> Congressman Yoho, Florida
> 
> Congressman Bill Johnson, Ohio, will be added when the next list is sent to
> the floor
> 
> Congressman Mica, Florida, Will be added when the next list is sent to the
> floor
> 
> Congressman Cotton, Arkansas, will be added when the next list is sent to
> the floor
> 
> Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers, Washington, Chair of the Republican
> Conference, will be added when the next listis sent to the floor
> 
> Congressman Southerland, Florida, will be added when the next list is sent
> to the floor
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Democrat Members
> 
> Congressman Connolly, Virginia
> 
> Congressman Walz, Minnesota, Member House Veterans Affairs Committee
> 
> Congressman Bishop, Georgia
> 
> Congresswoman Hanabusa, Hawaii, Member House Armed Services Committee
> 
> Congressman Neal, Massachusetts
> 
> Congresswoman Beatty, Ohio
> 
> Congressman Brady, Pennsylvania, Member House Armed Services Committee
> 
> Congressman Clyburn, South Carolina
> 
> Congressman Rahall, West Virginia
> 
> Congressman Pastor, Arizona
> 
> Congresswoman Shea-Porter, New Hampshire, Member House Armed Services
> Committee
> 
> Congressman Michaud, Maine, Ranking Member House Veterans Affairs Committee
> 
> Congressman Takano, California, Member House Veterans Affairs Committee
> 
> Congressman Ryan, Ohio
> 
> Congressman McNerney, California
> 
> Congressman Holt, New Jersey
> 
> Congressman Ellison, Minnesota
> 
> Congressman Deutch, Florida, will be added when the next list is sent to the
> floor
> 
> 
> 
> The Illinois Affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind has two
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> Patti Gregory Chang Esq.
> President, NFBI
> pattichang at att.net
> 
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