<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Hi,</div><div dir="ltr">This is the letter I sent via email to Senator Heinrich.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr">Brianne Kotschwar <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Brianne Kotschwar <brilko@comcast.net><br><b>Date:</b> March 16, 2026 at 4:38:15\u202fPM MDT<br><b>To:</b> dominic_saavedra@heinrich.senate.gov<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>H.R. 1529/S. 1918</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p class="s3" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">March 16, 2026</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span style="line-height: 19.200001px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span style="line-height: 19.200001px;"> </span></p><p class="s5" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Via email: </span></span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">dominic_saavedra@heinrich.senate.gov</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Senator </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Martin Heinrich</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">709 Hart Senate Office Building</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Washington, DC 20510</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span style="line-height: 19.200001px;"> </span></p><p class="s6" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.39; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Re: </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">H.R. 1529/S. 1918 </span></span></p><p class="s6" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.39; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Dear Senator </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Heinrich</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">:</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.39; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">My </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">name is </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Brianne </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Kotschwar</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;"> and I </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">am writing to respectfully ask </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">you</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;"> to</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;"> support the Access Technology Affordability Act, [H.R. 1529/S 1918]. This bill will save the federal government an estimated 315 million dollars over the span of five years according to Mathematica, a well-respected economic firm.</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.39; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">It will do this by creating a </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">$</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">2,000 refundable tax credit for blind people for the purchase of specialized access technology. This technology will help blind people search for a job, apply for a job, and then keep that job, which in turn increases the number of blind Americans who are working and paying into programs like Social Security and decreases the number of blind Americans who receive government benefits. </span></span></p><p class="s6" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.39; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">It will help people like me, a blind woman, access everything a sighted personal can. It will give me more independence to work and live my life to the fullest. </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Please help the blind of America achieve economic independence by cosponsoring the Access Technology Affordability Act.\u201d</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.39; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Thank you, Senator, for being an advocate for the blind people of New Mexico!</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.39; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Sincerely,</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.39; font-family: "Aptos Display";"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 19.200001px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Briane Kotschwar</span></span></p><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>