[NFBF-Melbourne] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert - July 22, 2019

Tue Jul 23 01:34:30 UTC 2019

For your information. I would appreciate member support on this alert. These are important issues to us as blind people, working blind people and blind people of the future. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Camille Tate

President, Melbourne Space Coast Chapter , National Federation of the Blind, FL

Board of Directors, National Federation of the Blind, FL

Email: ctate2076 at att.net

Phone:  321 372 4899

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> From: "Pare, John via NFBNet-Members-List" <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
> Date: July 22, 2019 at 11:50:05 AM EDT
> To: "nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org" <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert - July 22, 2019
> Reply-To: "Pare, John" <JPare at nfb.org>
> 
> Dear Federation Family:
>  
> The House of Representatives will go on its annual August break at the end of this week. The Senate will go on its August break at the end of the following week. We need to build as much cosponsor support as we can before this occurs. 
>  
> Please call your representative and two senators and urge them to cosponsor the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act and the Access Technology Affordability Act if they have not already done so. A complete list of current cosponsors is included at the end of this email. A summary of the two bills follows.
>  
> Transformation to Competitive Employment Act
> House - H.R. 873 - Sponsored by Bobby Scott (D-VA-3)
> Senate - S. 260 - Sponsored by Bob Casey (D-PA)
> These bills would phase out Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act over a six-year period, at which point the provision would officially be sunset.
>  
> Access Technology Affordability Act
> House - H.R. 2086 - Sponsored by Mike Thompson (D-CA-5)
> Senate - S. 815 - Sponsored by John Boozman (R-AR)
> 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 these technologies.
>  
> When you call or email, you might say something like the following:
> "Hello, my name is [your name] and I am a constituent of [your senator/representative]. I live in [city, state]. I am calling to urge [your senator/representative] to cosponsor [S. 260 for Senate calls/H.R. 873 for House calls], the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act. This bill would phase out subminimum wages for people with disabilities over a six-year period, at which point Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the provision that allows this practice, would be sunset. I urge [your senator/representative] to cosponsor the bill.
>  
> I am also calling to urge [your senator/representative] to cosponsor [S. 815 for Senate calls/H.R. 2086 for House calls], the Access Technology Affordability Act. 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 these technologies. I urge [your senator/representative] to cosponsor the bill.
>  
> Thanks."
>  
> 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 representative or senators, please copy Gabe Cazares at gcazares at nfb.org. Your calls and emails do make a difference. Of particular note, we are up to fifty cosponsors on the House Transformation to Competitive Employment Act.
>  
> List of cosponsors as of July 22, 2019:
>  
> Transformation to Competitive Employment Act S. 260
> Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
> Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
> Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
> Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
> Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
> Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
> Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
>  
> Transformation to Competitive Employment Act H.R. 873
> Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]  
> Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]
> Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21]  
> Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]  
> Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]             
> Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]       
> Rep. Hill, Katie [D-CA-25]             
> Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]    
> Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]         
> Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]     
> Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]          
> Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]     
> Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]          
> Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]       
> Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]       
> Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]         
> Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]        
> Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]     
> Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] 
> Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]  
> Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]      
> Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]   
> Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]        
> Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]    
> Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] 
> Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
> Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]           
> Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]            
> Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]    
> Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]         
> Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]     
> Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]         
> Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]    
> Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]           
> Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]             
> Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]      
> Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]     
> Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]            
> Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]            
> Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
> Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]            
> Rep. Gonzalez-Colon, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]  
> Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
> Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]        
> Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]           
> Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]          
> Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]       
> Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] 
> Rep. Rodgers, Cathy McMorris [R-WA-5]
> Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
>  
> Access Technology Affordability Act S. 815
> Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
> Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
> Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
> Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
> Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
> Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
> Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
> Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
> Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
> Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
> Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
> Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
> Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
> Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
>  
> Access Technology Affordability Act H.R. 2086
> Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]        
> Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]           
> Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]            
> Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]        
> Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
> Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]            
> Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]              
> Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]             
> Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
> Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]        
> Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]  
> Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-4]            
> Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]    
> Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]           
> Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]    
> Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
> Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]            
> Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
> Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]           
> Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
>  
> If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 410-659-9314, extension 2218 or email me at JPare at nfb.org.
>  
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