<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Thank you, Tangi. I am so disappointed in this ruling.<div><br></div><div>I have the contact info for our Florida senators and congressman. I will share with others who are not in NFB or ACB. </div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>Senators and Congressmen 2026<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Senator Ashley Moody <a href="https://www.moody.senate.gov/contact-us/" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">https://www.moody.senate.gov/contact-us/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Senator Rick Scott <a href="https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/contact/contact" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/contact/contact</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Congressman Randy Fine <a href="https://fine.house.gov/contact/" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">https://fine.house.gov/contact/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Cory Mills lost the primary and his seat will be filled in the November 3 election., but you can still contact him. </p><p>(407) 638-7900</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span class="field-content"></span></p><p><strong>Port Orange Office</strong><br>(386) 238-9711</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Nancy Epps</p><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 4, 2026, at 1:59\u202fPM, TANGI YONCE <tangiyonce@aol.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><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> "Grace Hart via acblists.org" <ghart=acb.org@acblists.org><br><b>Date:</b> October 1, 2026 at 11:07:59\u202fAM EDT<br><b>To:</b> announce <announce@acblists.org><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Announce] Urge Congress to Reaffirm the Integration Mandate - New Speak4 Campaign</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Announce@acblists.org<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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In response to the recent challenges to community integration, a bipartisan House Resolution reaffirming the right of disabled people to live in their homes and communities has been introduced by Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of
Pennsylvania. H.Res.1586 maintains that the Congressional intent of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act was affirmed in the Supreme Court decision of
<i>Olmstead v. L.C</i>. This resolution clearly states that the integration mandate is the law, and that unnecessarily segregating people with disabilities into institutions is a form of discrimination. This resolution also details the history of the integration
mandate and its firm placement in the law today. It calls on all levels of government to champion policies that promote community integration for people with disabilities.</div>
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ACB applauds this resolution in the House and calls on the Senate to put forward a similar resolution. To reach out to your House representatives and encourage them to sign on to this resolution and affirm disability rights, you can use our Speak4 campaign
at this link: <a href="https://speak4.app/lp/at01eszb?ts=1790867190">https://speak4.app/lp/at01eszb?ts=1790867190</a></div>
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To read the full text of the resolution, please use this link: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1586/text?s=1&r=1&hl=hres1586">
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