<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Our legislative power comes from our collective voices. Please participate. Thank you.<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sincerely,<div><br></div><div>Camille Tate</div><div><br></div><div>President, Melbourne Space Coast Chapter , National Federation of the Blind, FL</div><div><br></div><div>Board of Directors, National Federation of the Blind, FL</div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Email: <a href="mailto:ctate2076@att.net">ctate2076@att.net</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Phone: 321 372 4899</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Sent from my iPhone</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Merry Schoch via NFBF-L <<a href="mailto:nfbf-l@nfbnet.org">nfbf-l@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> July 16, 2019 at 8:51:40 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nfbf-l@nfbnet.org">nfbf-l@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Merry Schoch <<a href="mailto:merrys@verizon.net">merrys@verizon.net</a>>, <a href="mailto:GCazares@nfb.org">GCazares@nfb.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFBF-L] Legislative Information and Call to Action</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nfbf-l@nfbnet.org">nfbf-l@nfbnet.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Legislative Information and Call to Action</span><br><span>Follow up on Legislative Committee call this evening. Thank you all for joining we will not be successful without you. The most important thing in “success” is “U”!</span><br><span></span><br><span>I would like to create a database of our members and their districts. This way if we have need to focus on a specific district we can contact those members directly. The information needed is: full name, district (National level), phone number, and email address.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Valuable website mention previous meetings.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Find information on a bill, your congressmen and women, committees, etc.</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.Congress.gov">www.Congress.gov</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Current focus:</span><br><span></span><br><span>Access Technology Affordability Act (ATAA) </span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Senate Information:</span><br><span></span><br><span>S 815 </span><br><span></span><br><span>Sponsor: Senator Boozman, John (R-AZ)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Cosponsors: (14)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Committees: Senate – Finance (no Florida Senators)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Action: On March 14, 2019 read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>House Information: </span><br><span></span><br><span>HR 2086</span><br><span></span><br><span>Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike (D-CA-5)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Cosponsors: (18)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Florida Cosponsors:Gaetz, Matt (R-FL-1)Murphy, Stephanie (D-FL-7)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Committees: House-Ways and Means </span><br><span></span><br><span>Florida Committee Members: Murphy, Stephanie (Majority)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Buchanan, Vern (Minority) </span><br><span></span><br><span>Please contact Buchanan, Vern (Minority) and all other Florida House of Representatives who have not cosponsored.</span><br><span></span><br><span>If you are in the district of the two cosponsors, please reach out to thank them for their support.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Script to use when calling or emailing:</span><br><span></span><br><span>Hello, </span><br><span></span><br><span>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. 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. </span><br><span></span><br><span>With warm regards and gratitude, (your name)</span><br><span></span><br><span> 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.</span><br><span></span><br><span>If you email your representative or senators, please copy Merry Schoch at <a href="mailto:merrys@verizon.net">merrys@verizon.net</a> and Gabe Cazares at <a href="mailto:gcazares@nfb.org">gcazares@nfb.org</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Sent from my iPad</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBF-L mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:NFBF-L@nfbnet.org">NFBF-L@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBF-L:</span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/ctate2076%40att.net">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/ctate2076%40att.net</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>