[NFB_of_Georgia] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert: 12/08/2020

[Dorothy Griffin]

Please read this email in it's entirety and take action accordingly.

Thank you in advance.

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From: Pare, John via NFBNet-Members-List <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 4:05 PM
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert: 12/08/2020
To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>


Dear Federation Family:



The new bipartisan, bi-cameral COVID-19 relief bills being proposed in
Congress will likely contain some form of COVID-19 liability waiver for
businesses. We are concerned that this business liability relief may echo
some of the language contained in Section 181 of the SAFE TO WORK Act,
which attempted to grant exemptions to ADA requirements during the
pandemic. For more information on the exemptions in question, please
read President
Riccobono’s opposition letter to Senator Cornyn
<https://www.nfb.org/sites/www.nfb.org/files/files-pdf/safe-to-work-act-letter.pdf>.
The details of the new bill have not been finalized yet, which makes now
the perfect time for us to call or email to make sure Congress knows that
we will not stand for the erosion of our rights.



When you call or email your senators or representative you might say
something like:



"Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME], and I am a constituent of
[SENATOR/REPRESENTATIVE NAME]. I live in [CITY, STATE]. I strongly urge you
to ensure the rights of all disabled Americans are protected in the
upcoming COVID-19 relief legislation by maintaining the critical
protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Please do not
allow for any business liability exemptions that will erode the crucial
protections for disabled Americans set forth in the ADA. Thank you.”



You can contact your senators  and representative by calling the Capitol
Switchboard and asking for the office in question. The number is
202-224-3121. If you email your members of Congress, please copy me at
jpare at nfb.org. Your calls and emails do make a difference.

We recommend you call or email the legislative director in your member’s
office. If you need the name and email of the appropriate staff person for
any Senate or House office, please email Jesa Medders at jmedders at nfb.org.



Thanks for all you do,

John



John G. Paré Jr.

Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy

National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street

Baltimore, MD 21230

Telephone: (410) 659-9314, extension 2218

Cell phone: (410) 917-1965

Email: jpare at nfb.org



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.




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-- 
Dorothy Griffin - President
National Federation of the Blind of Georgia
dgriffin at nfbga.org
770-374-4832

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day 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.