<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Greetings Florida federation lists,<div><br></div><div>We have been asked to follow up with our senators. See the email from John Pare below. Many say they want to get involved with legislation and attend Washington seminar. Here is a way for you to start getting involved along with those who already are. Go Florida! </div><div><br></div><div>I have already done this. How about you? Let’s shine as the sunshine state! </div><div><br>Forward Together, <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><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Pare, John via NFBNet-Members-List" <nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> September 15, 2021 at 4:15:33 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert 9/15/2021</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Pare, John" <JPare@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">Congratulations, our hard work has paid off. The provisions of the Access Technology Affordability Act have been included in the reconciliation package currently moving through the House of Representatives. We will keep you apprised of
this activity.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the meantime, we need to move quickly to build cosponsor support for the Access Technology Affordability Act in the Senate. We currently have 24 Senate cosponsors but if we can dramatically increase this number over the next week or
two, it would greatly improve our chances of this bill being included in the Senate version of the reconciliation package.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Senator Cardin is the sponsor of the bill. The other 24 Senate cosponsors are listed below. If one or both of your senators has not yet cosponsored the Access Technology Affordability Act (S. 212) then I urge you to call or email them and
urge them to please cosponsor this important legislation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When you call or email, you might say the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME], and I live in [CITY, STATE]. I would like to urge [SENATOR NAME] to cosponsor the Access Technology Affordability Act, S. 212. This legislation removes an employment barrier commonly experienced by blind
Americans who cannot afford the high cost of access technology by creating a refundable tax credit in the amount of $2,000 to offset the cost of this technology.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks."<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. If you email your senators, please copy Jeff Kaloc at
<a href="mailto:jkaloc@nfb.org">jkaloc@nfb.org</a>. Your calls and emails do make a difference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is best to call or email the relevant staff person in your senator’s office. For your convenience, we have attached a list of relevant staffers in the Senate offices that have not cosponsored the Access Technology Affordability Act (S.
212). If you do not see your member of Congress, please email Jeff and he will do further research.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The list of current cosponsors is pasted below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for all that you do,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">S. 212 Cosponsors<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Leahy, Patrick [D-VT] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] <o:p></o:p></p>
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