[Nfb-utah] Congressman Bishop has agreed to cosponsor HR 164

Wed Feb 27 20:22:14 UTC 2013

Milk will get this sent out.

Guess Milk is not as bad as Hello without the o?

Milton Taylor
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Everette Bacon <ebacon at utah.gov>
Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-utah] Congressman Bishop has agreed to cosponsor HR 164
To: NFB of Utah Information and Discussion List <nfb-utah at nfbnet.org>

Milk, please email out to be entire list.

Everette bacon
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" Spock

On Feb 27, 2013, at 10:51 AM, NFB UTAH <nfbutah at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sachin,
>
> Do you want me to email this info out?  I don't email out stuff unless
> specified.  I do save emails when they come to this email address.
>
>
> Milton Taylor
> NFB of Utah Information & List Serve Moderator
> 801-913-2533
> nfbutah at gmail.com
>
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> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Sachin Pavithran <
sachin.pavithran at usu.edu
>> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I want to thank all of you have contacted Congressman Bishop's office.  I
>> just got confirmation from his office that Congressman Bishop has agreed
to
>> cosponsor HR 164.  Stay tuned for the next Congressman we are going to
>> target.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Sachin
>>
>>
>> Hello Sachin-- I wanted to let you know that Congressman Bishop has
>> decided to co-sponsor H.R. 164.  Thank you for the information and for
>> bringing this matter to our attention.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> Steve Petersen
>> From: NFB UTAH [mailto:nfbutah at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:01 AM
>> Subject: Ask Congressman Bishop: Please cosponsor HR 164
>>
>> Hell Federationists, Family and Friends,
>>
>> It is time to have our members and all those who our members can think of
>> such as family, friends and coworkers who lives in Congressman Bishop's
>> district to call and email his office and keep doing it till we get
>> Congressman Bishop to sign on to HR 164 which is the Equal Access to Air
>> Travel for Service-Disabled Veterans .
>>
>> The Space Available Program denies 100 percent of Service-Disabled
>> Veterans the opportunity to participate.  Discharged service-disabled
>> veterans are not entitled to air travel privileges to which other members
>> of the military have access.  The Space Available Program allows members
of
>> the active military, some family members, Red Cross employees, and
retired
>> members of the armed services to travel on military aircraft if space is
>> available.  However, members of the military who are 100 percent service
>> disabled do not qualify for this program because they do not fall into
one
>> of those categories.  These men and women have earned the right to
>> space-available travel just as others have because they have defended our
>> country.
>>
>> Equal Access to Air Travel for Service-Disabled Veterans would:
>>
>> Provide travel privileges to totally disabled veterans.  This bill amends
>> Title 10 of the U.S. Code, to permit veterans who have a
service-connected,
>> permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the
>> same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces
>> entitled to such travel.
>>
>> What to ask:
>>
>> We want Congressman Bishop to cosponsor HR 164 which is: Equal Access to
>> Air Travel for Service-Disabled Veterans .
>>
>> How do you do it:
>> Call: 202.225.0453
>> Ask for John Newhall the first time and then ask for Steve Petersen.  You
>> may not get to speak to these individuals  directly, but do leave a
>> voicemail stating the following:
>>
>> 1)  Your name
>> 2)  You are calling in be-half of the National federation of the blind of
>> Utah.
>> 3)  Your phone number
>> 4)  What city you are calling from.
>> 5)  You want Congressman Bishop to cosponsor HR 164 which is: Equal
Access
>> to Air Travel for Service-Disabled Veterans .
>>
>> I also want all of you to email John Newhall at
>> john.newhall at mail.house.gov<mailto:john.newhall at mail.house.gov> and Steve
>> Petersen at Steve.petersen at mail.house.gov<mailto:
>> Steve.petersen at mail.house.gov> with the same information mentioned above.
>> If they happen to talk to you or get back to you and have any question
>> that you can't answer, have them contact me.  My contact information
should
>> follow this email.
>>
>> I would like all of you to do this and ask your friends and family and
>> coworkers to keep doing this till I ask you to stop.  If you have any
>> questions and if you do make a contact with the above mentioned folks,
drop
>> me an email at sachin.pavithran at usu.edu<mailto:sachin.pavithran at usu.edu>
>>
>> I appreciate your willingness to make these calls.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Sachin Dev Pavithran
>> Legislative Coordinator
>> National Federation of the Blind of Utah (NFBU)
>>
>> Work Phone : 1-435-797 6572
>> Cell Phone : 1-435-512 6877
>> Email : sachin.pavithran at usu.edu<mailto:sachin.pavithran at usu.edu>
>>
>> "You must become the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma
Gandhi
>>
>>
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