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Yeah, thank you for this Larry. I will get on this Monday.<br><br><br><a href="https://more.att.com/currently/imap" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Saturday, February 18, 2023, 9:14 AM, Kyle Kiper via NFB-Arkansas <nfb-arkansas@nfbnet.org> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv6249298554"><div>Thank you for the update Larry! This is great news! Let’s see if we can get this thing through this time.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">Kyle Ryan K</div><div id="yiv6249298554yqt34938" class="yiv6249298554yqt0002283810"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 16, 2023, at 20:15, Larry Wayland via NFB-Arkansas <nfb-arkansas@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal">Good news! </p>
<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal">As a result of the Washington seminar the Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act has a sponsor.</p>
<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal">Please read the following notice and contact your representatives right away to encourage them to join on as cosponsors to this very important legislation.</p>
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<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal">Thank you very much for the work you do,</p>
<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal">Larry Wayland</p>
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<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> NFB-Legislative-Directors <nfb-legislative-directors-bounces@nfbnet.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Young, Justin via NFB-Legislative-Directors<br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 16, 2023 2:36 PM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> NFB Legislative Directors List <nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org><br clear="none">
<b>Cc:</b> Young, Justin <jyoung@nfb.org><br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Legislative-Directors] Legislative Alert for Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act</p>
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<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal">Dear Affiliate Presidents and Legislative Directors:</p>
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<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal">Thank you for your hard work during the Washington Seminar a few weeks ago advocating for our legislative initiatives. We received word recently that Representative Jan Schakowsky will be introducing the Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility
Act as early as next Tuesday, February 21. Because of this development, we need to keep up the continued momentum begun during Washington Seminar. Our goal is to build the number of originating cosponsors for this legislation.</p>
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<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal">We apologize for the short notice, but we need your assistance by having your affiliate members contact their representative in the House today and tomorrow and encouraging them to be originating cosponsors. Please have your representatives
contact Gidget Benitez from Representative Schakowsky’s office at <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gidget.benitez@mail.house.gov" href="mailto:gidget.benitez@mail.house.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">
gidget.benitez@mail.house.gov</a> to sign on as an original cosponsor.</p>
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<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal">We greatly appreciate your efforts and the work you do to help pass the legislative priorities of the National Federation of the Blind! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 410-659-9314, ext. 2210 or
<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org" href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">jyoung@nfb.org</a>.</p>
<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
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<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Justin T. Young, Ed.D</span></p>
<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Government Affairs Specialist</span></p>
<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230</span></p>
<p class="yiv6249298554MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">410-659-9314, extension 2210 |
<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org" href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">jyoung@nfb.org</a> </span></p>
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