[NFBF-L] Extra Extra Read All About It - NFB of Florida Legislative meetings for Thursday, March 17th - 2 meetings on our schedule! All are invited! Other Important updates included.

Mon Mar 14 17:37:33 UTC 2022

Thank you.  I plan to attend both. I am a constant of Rep. Murphy and
willing to speak on one of the other 3.

Kind regards,

Supervisor Karolyn Campbell
OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR KAROLYN CAMPBELL (SEAT 2)
Orange Soil & Water Conservation District (OSWCD)
Proudly Represents the people of Orange County, Florida
e | Karolyncampbell20 at gmail.com
c | 321-430-5144

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 12:47 Russ Davis via NFBF-L <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Happy Monday Everyone,
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> Wanted to get this notice out to you all early, to advise that we have
> managed to secure two legislative priorities meetings for this week with
> two House offices. On Thursday, March 17th at 12:00 PM, we will meet with
> the office of Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy, District 7. At 1:00 PM we’ll
> have the opportunity to sit down with Representative Kat Cammack from
> Florida’s 3rd District. Everyone is welcome to join in on these very
> important meetings. The Zoom call in information will be shown below.
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>
> Here’s a little more background on where we are with these two
> appointments and also where we stand after all of our hard work over these
> past several months. All four of our 2022 Legislative priorities still need
> our attention, especially with Congresswoman Cammack who has not yet signed
> on to any of our bills. I am pleased to advise that Rep. Murphy is a
> co-sponsor on The Access Technology Affordability Act, (HR431). We will
> want to quickly thank Murphy for her consistent support of the ATAA but
> then will present the other three initiatives, those being: The Medical
> device Non Visual Accessibility Act, (HR4853), The Transformation to
> Competitive Integrated Employment Act, (HR2373) and the 21st Century
> Websites and Applications Accessibility Act.
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> We’re doing incredibly well with the ATAA nationwide, with a total of 145
> co-sponsors in the House and 37 in the Senate. In Florida we have 11 House
> members in support. We did add one new supporter since Washington Seminar
> began last month. Congratulations to the South team for helping to secure
> the support of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. Although neither of
> Florida’s two Senators has agreed to lend their support to the ATAA,
> (S-212), we’re pleased that the bill has growing support in the Senate.
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> We are still working on securing appointments with Senators Rubio and
> Scott. Gaining support from our Senators has proven to be extremely
> difficult, but because there’s no quit in us, we’re going to keep trying.
> Since I’m on the topic of appointments, I’ll let you all know that after
> this week, we’ll only need to gain appointments with three more House Reps
> in order to reach our goal of 100%. We’re closing in on 24 total House
> appointments with only Representatives, Buchanan, Castor and Jiminez
> remaining. Again, in the Sunshine State, we don’t give in to adversity, we
> just keep trying harder!
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>
>
> Back to exciting bill update news, (keep reading, this is good stuff)! The
> Medical Device bill, (HR-4853) gained co-sponsor support in Florida thanks
> to our Washington Seminar efforts. Congratulations to the East team for
> helping to secure the support of  Congressman Darren Soto. It’s great to
> have this NFB Legislative Champion back with us. Nationwide, the Medical
> Device bill has 40 total cosponsors. We have lots of potential in Florida
> to raise those numbers dramatically.
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> Finally let’s cover the last legislative priority with a bill number, that
> being the TCIE, (HR-2373). Here’s an odd coincidence, this bill also has 40
> House cosponsors. The difference is, in Florida, we brought two House
> members on board through our efforts during Washington Seminar. Darren Soto
> signed onto the bill as did Rep Daniel Webster, (R-11). Way to go West Team
> for the terrific work with the Daniel Webster meeting. Let’s re-energize
> ourselves this week with the two new appointments we’ve obtained and build
> support for all of our initiatives here in Florida.
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>
>
> Here’s a heads up for another Affiliate wide meeting. We’ll hold our
> regular monthly Legislative Concerns meeting on Thursday, March 24th at
> 8:00 PM. By the time of that gathering, maybe we’ll have new support
> numbers to announce or new appointments to talk about. That call will have
> a different Zoom meeting ID, so don’t confuse it with this week’s calls,
> (which use the North team Washington Seminar meeting ID). Watch for a
> formal meeting announcement for this meeting soon.
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>
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> My last words of today regarding our NFB of Florida legislative work is
> that, we still need more involvement from our Affiliate members and
> supporters. Coming to any meetings you can make sends a strong signal to
> our elected officials that we are united in our determination to gain their
> support and to pass bills critical to blind Floridians and blind Americans.
> I am so happy with the turnout that we have had so far during this year’s
> Washington Seminar season, but I know we can do better. Having you at the
> meetings for this week is important, but I will stress that if you have not
> made any of our House meetings, having your presence with us this Thursday
> is truly indispensable. If you would like to call me and chat about our
> process, I am more than happy spending time discussing our efforts and your
> vital role in them. Feel free to reach out any time, my mobile number is at
> the bottom of this email.
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> Thanks for taking the time to read this lengthy email, so looking forward
> to seeing you this and next Thursday.
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> Take good care and stay safe,
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> Respectfully,
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>
>
> Russ Davis
>
> Legislative Director, National Federation of the Blind of Florida
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> Ph. 904-993-8433
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> Email: Russell at radiorusty.com
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>  National Federation of the Blind of Florida is inviting you to a
> scheduled Zoom meeting.
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> Topic: Washington Seminar Meeting
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> (don’t forget the house keeping rules: arrive 15 minutes early with
> microphones muted and cameras off…we’ll work on those as needed).
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> Meeting with Dist. 7 Representative, Stephanie Murphy
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> Time: March 17, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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> And
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> Meeting with Dist. 3 Representative, Kat Cammack
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> Time: March 17, 2022 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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> Join Zoom Meeting
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> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8448277371
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> Meeting ID: 844 827 7371
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> One tap mobile
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> +16468769923,,8448277371#
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> Meeting ID: 844 827 7371
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> Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbc9TdRZuW
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