<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hey everyone,</div><div>Please see the legislative alert below</div><div>Thanks</div><div>Shannnon.</div><div><br></div><div><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> "Young, Justin via NFBNet-Members-List" <nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> November 22, 2024 at 5:30:40 PM PST<br><b>To:</b> nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbnet-members-list] URGENT Legislative Alert - Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Young, Justin" <jyoung@nfb.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Federation Family:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are coming down to the wire on the 118th Congress and we want to make sure that we’ve done everything that we possibly can in order to advocate for our legislative priorities. In this case, we are trying to ensure that the Transformation
to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) is included in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) reauthorization bill that is currently being considered. Right now is a crucial time for this initiative because Congress wants to pass the
WIOA reauthorization when they return after Thanksgiving. We need you to flood the email inboxes and telephone lines and voicemail boxes of four key committee staff members in order to make sure TCIEA gets included in the final bill:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Amy Jones<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Majority Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Amy.jones@mail.house.gov">Amy.jones@mail.house.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Véronique Pluviose-Fenton<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:veronique.pluviose@mail.house.gov">veronique.pluviose@mail.house.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warren Gunnels<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Warren_Gunnels@help.senate.gov">Warren_Gunnels@help.senate.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Amanda Lincoln<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Amanda_lincoln@help.senate.gov">Amanda_lincoln@help.senate.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">202-224-5375<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When you call or email, you might say something like:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am urging the [HOUSE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE/SENATE HELP COMMITTEE] to please include the TCIEA in the WIOA reauthorization bill. The TCIEA will eliminate the payment of subminimum wages for people with disabilities and eliminate
the need for a government program to monitor special wage certificate holders. Thank you.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you send an email, please use the subject line “Please Include the TCIEA in the WIOA Reauthorization” and copy Justin Young
<a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org">jyoung@nfb.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Congress is working diligently to move the WIOA reauthorization bill as soon as they get back after the Thanksgiving break, so time is of the essence for us to make our voices heard. If you have any questions, please contact me.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for all that you do,<o:p></o:p></p>
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