<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Done<div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Melanie</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 17, 2025, at 3:12 AM, Janet Montoya via NFB-NM <nfb-nm@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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I also urge everyone to take a few minutes to address this issue. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Janet Montoya</b></span><br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> NFB-NM <nfb-nm-bounces@nfbnet.org> on behalf of Tara Chavez via NFB-NM <nfb-nm@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2025 8:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nfb-nm@nfbnet.org <nfb-nm@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NFB-NM] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] Time-Sensitive Legislative Alert - January 16, 2025</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I urge everyone to submit a public comment regarding this issue prior to 9:59PM in New Mexico tomorrow evening. If you need assistance using the online form, please reach
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tara</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:NFBNM.President@gmail.com"><span style="color:blue">NFBNM.President@gmail.com</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Live the life you want.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help
blind people live the lives they want.</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Young, Justin via NFBNet-Members-List<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2025 7:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nfbnet-members-list] Time-Sensitive Legislative Alert - January 16, 2025</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Dear Federation Family, </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On December 4, 2024, the US Department of Labor released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the phaseout of Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The National Federation of the Blind fully supports this NPRM and
<a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/policy-statements/comments-regarding-department-labors-proposed-rule" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/policy-statements/comments-regarding-department-labors-proposed-rule" shash="rZQpQY7Jf2nGcLVkK2TR2WZn86HgG0l7ZinbcXy02xbyTQzB8aPEilaaQLWsADPDt79J8VbZ4hsYpm3UKtAWTiRjPa1C+OSXnZMeflJsd3748TNBPK7gLALdhCBn+SvhCIsRgiCqm33Vn7jPqTHpouAjJ1jPHmvwtEusWxddaTs=">
submitted comments</a> on Wednesday, January 15.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">The NPRM has received thousands of individual comments from those in favor of keeping subminimum wages for people with disabilities. We apologize that we did not anticipate such a substantial response from these individuals who support
subminimum wages. As a result, we have an urgent request for our members to submit comments by the deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Friday, January 17.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">All comments are helpful even if the comment is, "I believe people with disabilities should be paid at least the minimum wage, and 14(c) certificates should be phased out.” All public comments should be submitted using the online form
found at <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-27880/employment-of-workers-with-disabilities-under-section-14c-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act#open-comment" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-27880/employment-of-workers-with-disabilities-under-section-14c-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act#open-comment" shash="Gzz3RbE8V0bDVmKFxPIXeYRJvQGfnVEOc5bAu5qDMoDWs6rK9QSFmBpg8tBv/+ZxuaScApkukaXY4K7i3wIDQzM6TenDr3SoBly30lbsUB3mrRUceOpT/D9/k0frqQV5CEGm9MjoEHL4n/Bnvg8YtujbL44UhVWHOnZmqr4W5qY=">
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-27880/employment-of-workers-with-disabilities-under-section-14c-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act#open-comment</a>.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Again, we apologize for the last-minute notice. Thank you for all your hard advocacy on this matter.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Justin T. Young, Ed.D</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 </span></p>
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<a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org"><span style="color:blue">jyoung@nfb.org</span></a></span></p>
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