[il-talk] Challenge: Contact Your Reps and Senators! (Information in email)

[Rose Sloan]

Hi All,


I have a small challenge for each and every member of our Illinois
affiliate.  At your earliest convenience please send at least 3 email or
make 3 phone calls.  1 to your Representative, and 1 to each of our 2
senators.  Please express your support for the three
legislative initiatives that we presented at Washington Seminar.  For those
of you who were not able to attend Washington Seminar this year, here is
a synopsis:


1. The Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013 (H.R. 831)

H.R. 831 phases out Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which
allows employers to pay disabled workers subminimum wages.  This bill will
end this exploitative practice, giving disabled Americans equal protection
under the law to earn at least the federal minimum wage.

2. Technology, Education, Accessibility in College and Higher Education
(TEACH) (HR 3505)

TEACH will create accessibility guidelines so that schools know what
accessibility means.  This Act will level the playing field for students
with disabilities at colleges and universities who currently are at a
disadvantage since they are not receiving appropriate accommodations.

3. The Air Carrier Accessibility Amendments Act (S 556)

Passenger interaction with technology is a central component of air travel.
The Air Carrier Access Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of
disability by airlines, but it was written before the emergence of
modern-day technology. In flight services are inaccessible to blind
travelers despite readily-available solutions, resulting in segregation and
substandard service. ACAA calls for in flight services in air travel to be
accessible to blind passengers.


I thought the below information would be helpful to everyone as we are make
follow up requests to co-sponsor our bills.  As you will see, we have 4
co-sponsors of Fair Wages, but no co-sponsors of TEACH yet.  Please let me
know if you have any questions or if for some reason any of the email
address bounce back.  Additionally, if you receive a message that
"so-and-so is the correct person for this issue" please forward that along
to me and the rest of the affiliate.  As always, cc me (rsloan at nfb.org) on
any correspondence you have! Thank you!


Bob, I know you already contacted all of these people once.  Let me know if
you see anything that needs corrections.


Rose

Representative: Adam Kinzinger (R)

202-225-3635

Michael: Michael.Essington at mail.house.gov (Fair Wages)

Patrick: Patrick.Ptak at mail.house.gov (TEACH)
Josh: Josh.Baggett at mail.house.gov (Air Carrier Amendment Act)

Representative: Randy Hultgren (R)

202-225-2976

Scott Luginbill: Scott.Luginbill at mail.house.gov<Scott.Lunginbill at mail.house.gov>

Representative: William Enyart (D)

(202) 225-5661

meet with Stu Megaw (Stu.Megaw at mail.house.gov)

CO-SPONSOR OF FAIR WAGES.

Representative: Mike Quigley (D)

(202) 225-4061

Shira: Shira.Siegel at mail.house.gov (TEACH)

Joseph: Joseph.Bushong at mail.house.gov (Air Carrier Amendments Act)

CO-SPONSOR OF FAIR WAGES


Representative: Rodney Davis (R)

(202) 225-2371

Frank Santana: frank.santana at mail.house.gov (Fair Wages)
Ashley Phelps: Ashley.Phelps at mail.house.gov (TEACH)

Representative: Brad Schneider (D)

(202) 225-4835

Cara: Cara.Toman at mail.house.gov


Representative: Dan Lipinski (D)

(202) 225-5701

Brian: Brian.Oszakiewski at mail.house.gov


Tammy Duckworth (D)

(202) 225-3711

Kalina: Kalina.Bakalov at mail.house.gov


Aaron Schock (R)

202-225-6201

Margie: Margie.almanza at mail.house.gov


Cheri Bustos (D)

202-225-5905

Lyron Blum-Evitts: Lyron.Blum-Evits at mail.house.gov


John Shimkus (R)

202-225-5271
Jim Goldenstein: jim.goldenstein at mail.house.gov


Bobby Rush (D)

202.225.4372

Lenette: Lenette.Meyers at mail.house.gov (TEACH)

Stanley: Stanley.Watkins at mail.house.gov (Air Carrier Ammendments Act)

CO-SPONSOR OF FAIR WAGES


Bill Foster (D)

(202) 225-3515

Amy Kelbick: Amy.Kelbick. at mail.house.gov


Representative: Jan Schakowsky (D)

(202) 225-2111

Waverly Gordon: Waverly.Gordon at mail.house.gov


Robin Kelly (D)

202.225.0773

Aimee Ramirez: Aimee.Ramirez at mail.house.gov

CO-SPONSOR OF FAIR WAGES


Danny Davis (D)

(202) 225-5006

Lavell Brown: Lavell.Brown at mail.house.gov (Fair Wages, Air Carrier
Amendment Act)

Jill: Jill.Hunter-Williams at mail.house.gov  (TEACH)


Representative: Peter Roskam (R)

(202) 225-4561

Luke Hatzis: Luke.Hatzis at mail.house.gov


Representative: Luis V. Gutiérrez (D)

(202) 225-8203

Anthony: Anthony.Espinoza at mail.house.gov


Senator: Mark Kirk (R)

(202)224-2854

Cade Clurman: Cade_Clurman at Kirk.Senate.Gov


Sen. Dick Durbin (D)

202-224-2152

Binta: Binta_Beard at Durbin.Senate.gov