[NFBC-Info] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert - Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act (H.R. 4853) - April 20, 2022

robert stigile rstigile at gmail.com
Thu Apr 21 18:17:28 UTC 2022


Hello,
Yes, this bill is a bipartisan bill because a democrat and a republican has authored/introduced it.
Thank you,

Robert Stigile, Second Vice-President
National Federation of the Blind of California
President San Fernando Valley Chapter
818-381-9568


> On Apr 21, 2022, at 11:04 AM, Bill via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>  90 per 6% Democrats and 4% Republicans is not bipartisan! That is what we call gaslighting. 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Apr 20, 2022, at 3:55 PM, Shannon Dillon via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Good afternoon. Please see the legislative alert from John Pare below.
>> Thank you.
>> Shannon
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Pare, John via NFBNet-Members-List" <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 17:30:54 +0000
>> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert - Medical Device
>> Nonvisual Accessibility Act (H.R. 4853) - April 20, 2022
>> To: "nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org" <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
>> 
>> Dear Federation Family:
>> 
>> Since the 2022 Washington Seminar, the Medical Device Nonvisual
>> Accessibility Act (H.R. 4853) has seen an incredible wave of new
>> supporters in the House. We want to keep that momentum going and try
>> to ensure that the bill remains bipartisan and gains even more
>> traction on the Energy and Commerce Committee at the same time. In
>> that effort we want to focus our time and energy on the following
>> Representatives (organized alphabetically by state):
>> 
>> Gary Palmer (AL-06)
>> Debbie Lesko (AZ-08)
>> Gus Bilirakis (FL-12)
>> Neal Dunn (FL-02)
>> Buddy Carter (GA-01)
>> Adam Kinzinger (IL-16)
>> Larry Bucshon (IN-08)
>> Greg Pence (IN-06)
>> Brett Guthrie (KY-02)
>> Steve Scalise (LA-01)
>> Fred Upton (MI-06)
>> Tim Walberg (MI-07)
>> Billy Long (MO-07)
>> Richard Hudson (NC-08)
>> Kelly Armstrong (ND-00)
>> Robert Latta (OH-05)
>> Bill Johnson (OH-06)
>> Markwayne Mullin (OK-02)
>> John Joyce (PA-13)
>> Jeff Duncan (SC-03)
>> Michael Burgess (TX-26)
>> Dan Crenshaw (TX-02)
>> John Curtis (UT-03)
>> Morgan Griffith (VA-09)
>> David McKinley (WV-01)
>> 
>> If any of the above members are your representative, or even if they
>> represent another district in your state, we need you to call or email
>> them and ask them to cosponsor the Medical Device Nonvisual
>> Accessibility Act (H.R. 4853). Additionally, included below is a list
>> of all current cosponsors for the bill. If your representative is not
>> a cosponsor, please contact them and ask them to cosponsor. When you
>> call or email you might say something like:
>> 
>> "Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME], and I am a constituent of
>> [REPRESENTATIVE NAME]. I live in [CITY, STATE]. I would like to urge
>> [REPRESENTATIVE NAME] to cosponsor the Medical Device Nonvisual
>> Accessibility Act, H.R. 4853. This legislation would ensure that blind
>> Americans can have the same opportunity to independently monitor their
>> various medical needs and care for themselves as other nondisabled
>> Americans, thereby making us more self-sufficient and less reliant on
>> others for our medical care.
>> Thanks."
>> 
>> You can contact your member of Congress by calling the Capitol
>> Switchboard and asking for the office in question. The number is
>> 202-224-3121. We have also attached a contact list for House offices
>> to this email. If you contact your representative via email, please
>> copy Justin Young at jyoung at nfb.org<mailto:jyoung at nfb.org>. Your calls
>> and emails do make a difference.
>> 
>> Current cosponsors of the Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act
>> (H.R. 4853):
>> Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
>> Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2]
>> Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
>> Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
>> Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
>> Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
>> Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
>> Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
>> Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
>> Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
>> Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
>> Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
>> Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
>> Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
>> Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
>> Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
>> Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
>> Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
>> Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
>> Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]
>> Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
>> Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
>> Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
>> Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
>> Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3]
>> Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1]
>> Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
>> Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
>> Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]
>> Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
>> Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
>> Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
>> Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
>> Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
>> Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
>> Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
>> Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
>> Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
>> Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
>> Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
>> Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
>> Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
>> Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
>> Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
>> Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
>> Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
>> Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
>> 
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>> -- 
>> SHANNON L. DILLON
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