<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Upcoming Hearing on Phasing Out Subminimum Wages</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span dir="ltr">On Wednesday, July 21, at 10:15 a.m., eastern</span>, Anil Lewis, our executive director for Blindness Initiatives, will be testifying in a joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services. Both of these are subcommittees of the House Education and Labor Committee. More information on this hearing can be found at </span><a href="https://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/phasing-out-subminimum-wages-supporting-the-transition-to-competitive-integrated-employment-for-workers-with-disabilities"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;">https://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/phasing-out-subminimum-wages-supporting-the-transition-to-competitive-integrated-employment-for-workers-with-disabilities</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br><div dir="ltr">Denise Valkema, President <span style="font-size: 13pt;">National Federation of the Blind of Florida </span><div>(305)972-8529<br><div><span style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">valkemadenise@aol.com</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">www.nfbflorida.org</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Follow us @nfbflorida</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">You can live the life you want.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></div></div></body></html>