<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hello all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Maryland does not have any cosponsors for the Access Technology Affordability Act yet. Let's change that right away. Please email or call your congressman today, asking them to cosponsor this important act. Make sure to tell them that if they want t<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">o cosponsor the Access Technology Affordability Act, they should contact </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Quinn Ritchie, Legislative Director for Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) Phone: 202-225-5406 Email: <a href="mailto:Quinn.Ritchie@mail.house.gov">Quinn.Ritchie@mail.house.gov</a>. </span>Read below for some more information that you can put in your email. </div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="2">Sharon Maneki, Director of Legislation and Advocacy</font></b></div><div><font size="2">National Federation of the Blind of Maryland</font></div><div><font size="2">410-715-9596</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Everyday we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<br></font></div><div><b><font size="2"></font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><br></font></b></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br>
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<h1><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:24pt;color:black">Pass the Access Technology Affordability Act</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:black">The National Federation of the Blind urges the members of the House of Representatives to cosponsor the Access Technology Affordability Act (ATAA), H.R. 1529. This bill will help blind Americans afford the high cost of qualified access technology by creating a refundable tax credit of $2,000 for use over a three-year period.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:black">Access technology can be expensive but is often necessary for daily tasks such as job searching, applying for work, and completing job responsibilities.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:black">Since 2017, we have worked tirelessly to support this legislation because it will expand employment opporunities, reduce financial barriers to technology, and contribute more to the federal government through income and payroll taxes. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:black">Your engagment and support is essential to advancing this legislation. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=42630&qid=12480055" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Please call or email your representative today and urge them to cosponsor the Access Technology Affordability Act.</a></span></p>
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