[il-talk] Federal Legislation-Access Technology

[Mary Lou Grunwald]

Thanks Marilyn
I will work on this.

Sent from my iPad

> On 13 Aug 2018, at 6:36 PM, Marilyn Green via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings federationists,
> 
> Illinois is leading the nation with thirteen co-sponsors in the House
> for our Access Technology bill. And, many of you are working to bring
> a few more to the table. With this awesome momentum, it is essential
> that we have our two senators, Tammy duckworth and Richard Durbin
> supporting our legislation
> 
> You can contact your member of Congress by calling the Capitol
> Switchboard and asking for the office in question. The number is
> 202-224-3121. If you email your representative or senators, please
> copy me at JPare at nfb.org<mailto:JPare at nfb.org>.
> 
> It is critical that we move on this quickly, so please strive to make
> your calls and send your emails as soon as possible.
> 
> Below is the e-mail that I have sent to our Illinois senators:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> My name is Marilyn Green and I am a constituent of Senator Duckworth.
> I live in Chicago, Illinois and I am e-mailing to urge Senator
> Duckworth to co-sponsor S 732, the Access Technology Affordability
> Act. The bill will increase the availability of access technology,
> thereby, increasing educational and employment opportunities for blind
> Americans. The bill does this by creating a tax credit for the
> purchase of access technology. The bill has wide co-sponsors with
> eighty co-sponsors in the House and ten in the Senate. I urge Senator
> Duckworth to co-sponsor the bill.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Send e-mails for Senator Tammy Duckworth to
> david_applegate at duckworth.senate.gov and e-mails for Senator Richard
> Durbin to james_floyd at durbin.senate.gov
> 
> If you need more information about how to contact your congressman or
> Senator, please e-mail me off list.
> 
> Let's go build the National Federation of the Blind
> 
> Marilyn
> 
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