[il-talk] Request for Congresswoman Bustos' Position on HR 1734 and HR 1772

[Robert Gardner]

Hi Marilyn

Have you ever received any kind of response to this message?

Bob


-----Original Message----- 
From: Marilyn Green via IL-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 1:00 PM
To: il-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Marilyn Green ; trevor.reuschel ; leighton.hutch at mail.house.gov
Subject: [il-talk] Request for Congresswoman Bustos' Position on HR 1734 and 
HR 1772

Dear Leighton and Trevor,

In January Leighton Hutch met with members of the National Federation
of the Blind of Illinois regarding our legislative agenda. We
sincerely appreciate your time. Since that meeting, multiple e-mails
were sent and telephone messages were left to request Congresswoman
Cheri Bustos’ position on HR 1734, Access Technology Affordability Act
and HR 1772, Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education.
Constituents were told that no follow-up appointments could be made
for months so we simply asked for the Congresswoman’s position on
legislation of vital concern to the blind of Illinois. We have
received no answer as to the plans for either bill to date. As you
know, we are asking for co-sponsors. We understand that Congress is
busy but ten other members of the Illinois delegation are already on
these bills. We are gravely disappointed that the telephone calls and
e-mails of our members who live and work in Illinois Congressional
district 17 are resulting in no response and we can only assume being
ignored. After much consideration, and reluctantly, we plan to contact
the local press. The blind of Illinois deserve a response from our
representatives.

We value the time and effort that our members put forth in making
telephone calls, sending e-mails and requesting in-district
appointments. Therefore, we have copied the National Federation of the
Blind of Illinois members on this e-mail to demonstrate our
appreciation for their dedication and to inform the members of the
National Federation of the Blind of Illinois with relation to the
responsiveness of Congresswoman Bustos’ office.

We genuinely desire the answer to our questions but our members would
not be served if we continued the status quo. So, we ask once more for
notification of the Congresswoman’s plans in relation to the above
mentioned bills. If we receive no communications, we are left with no
option except to contact the press to let people know that an
important constituency after many attempts finds it self without an
effective means to petition government and discover where a member of
the Congress stands on issues.

Respectfully,

Marilyn Green
Federal Legislation Follow-up Coordeinator
312-343-8396


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marilyn Green <marilynvgreen at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 14:19:55 -0500
Subject: Thank you Congresswoman Bustos
To: trevor.reuschel at mail.house.gov
Cc: alyslaughter at gmail.com

Dear Trevor,

In January, Leighton Huch met with members of the National Federation
of the Blind of Illinois regarding our 2018 legislative agenda. We are
pleased to report that since that meeting multiple members of the
Illinois Congress have co-sponsored our legislative items.

Mike Quigley and Janice Schakowsky were the first members of the
Illinois Congress to co-sponsor HR 1772, Accessible Instructional
Materials in Higher Education and HR 1734, Access Technology
Affordability Act. Most recently Bobby Rush, Danny Davis, Luis
Gutierrez and Robyn Kelly have co-sponsored these two pieces of
legislation that are supported by the blind of Illinois. We would like
to know if Congresswoman Bustos will continue to support blind
residents of Illinois by co-sponsoring these bills.

For your convenience, fact sheets and supplemental materials are
attached to this e-mail and we are available for you. Please do not
hesitate to reach out to me. My cell phone number is 312-343-8396.

Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Marilyn Green


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marilyn Green <marilynvgreen at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 11:58:22 -0600
Subject: Thank you Congresswoman Bustos
To: Leighton.huch at mail.house.gov
Cc: Alyson Slaughter <alyslaughter at gmail.com>

Dear Leighton,

We would like to thank you for meeting with members of the National
Federation of the Blind of Illinois on Wednesday, 01/31/18. We value
your time on these issues. Please extend our sincere thanks to
Congresswoman Bustos for her support of blind residents of Illinois.

We would like to know if the Congresswoman will agree to co-sponsor HR
1772 and HR 1734. For your convenience, fact sheets are attached to
this e-mail and we are available for you. Please do not hesitate to
reach out to me. My cell phone number is 312-343-8396.

Again, thank you for your time. You are appreciated.

Sincerely,

Marilyn Green






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