<div dir="ltr">Great job guys!!! Keep it up everybody!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 10:40 AM Adam Roberge via Massachusetts-NFB <<a href="mailto:massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org">massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-2971772713312243630"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-2971772713312243630WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Done.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Massachusetts-NFB <<a href="mailto:massachusetts-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">massachusetts-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Debbie Malone via Massachusetts-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 24, 2024 6:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Massachusetts E-mail List <<a href="mailto:massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Debbie Malone <<a href="mailto:dmalone510@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmalone510@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massachusetts-NFB] Urgent Legislative Action Item!<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Done<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Nov 24, 2024, 5:44<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span>PM Kyra Sweeney via Massachusetts-NFB <<a href="mailto:massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear NFBMA family,</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">It is time for us to ramp up our advocacy on one of our most important federal legislative priorities:  the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA), which would end the practice of paying subminimum wages to workers with disabilities. Together, we need to try to </span><span style="font-size:11pt">ensure</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> that the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act is included in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) reauthorization bill that is currently being considered.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Right now is a crucial time for this initiative because Congress wants to pass the WIOA reauthorization when they return after Thanksgiving. We all need to flood the email inboxes and telephone lines and voicemail boxes of four key committee staff members in the next few days before Thanksgiving in order to make sure TCIEA gets included in the final bill:</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Amy Jones</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Majority Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Amy.jones@mail.house.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Amy.jones@mail.house.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">202-225-4527</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Véronique Pluviose-Fenton</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Minority Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:veronique.pluviose@mail.house.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">veronique.pluviose@mail.house.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">202-225-3725</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Warren Gunnels</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Majority Staff Director, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Warren_Gunnels@help.senate.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Warren_Gunnels@help.senate.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">202-224-0767</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Amanda Lincoln</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Minority Staff Director, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Amanda_lincoln@help.senate.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Amanda_lincoln@help.senate.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">202-224-5375</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">When you call or email, you might say something like:</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">“Dear [NAME]:</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I am urging the [HOUSE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE/SENATE HELP COMMITTEE] to please include the TCIEA in the WIOA reauthorization bill. The TCIEA will eliminate the payment of subminimum wages for people with disabilities and eliminate the need for a government program to monitor special wage certificate holders. Thank you.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you send an email, please use the subject line “Please Include the TCIEA in the WIOA Reauthorization” and copy me at <a href="mailto:kyra.sweeney94@gmail.com" target="_blank">kyra.sweeney94@gmail.com</a> and Justin Young at <a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">jyoung@nfb.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Congress is working diligently to move the WIOA reauthorization bill as soon as they get back after the Thanksgiving break, so time is of the essence for us to make our voices heard!!! If you have any questions, please contact m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