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[Cathy Jackson]

Good Morning!
We need to put in our legislative hats this morning. We need to contact our Senators, Mitch McConnel and Rand Paul to express our opposition to the language in S 1356, the Workforce Investment Act. We want them to offer an amendment to strike section 511 of Title V. Below you will find more information that has been passed along from our Governmental Affairs Office at NFB. Please pass this information along to your family and friends and anyone else who is willing to stand up for the disabled worker. Let's get busy!
Cathy

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> From: "Sloan, Rose" <rsloan at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)
> Date: January 14, 2014, 2:44:05 PM EST
> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] 2 Minutes of Your Time Can Help #FixWia: Call Your Senators Tomorrow
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> Federationists: 
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> For those of you who prefer to call your Senators (rather than send an email or fax) here is a sample message you can leave.  
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> Hi! My name is Rose Sloan, and I am a constituent of Senator Durbin.  I am calling to express my objection to language in S. 1356, the Workforce Investment Act.  Please ask the Senator to offer an amendment that will strike Section 511 of Title V., which endorses segregated subminimum wage training and employment, and to remove the language that diminishes the quality of rehabilitation services by transferring the Rehabilitation Services Administration from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor. Thank you!  
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> Some of you may have the chance to talk to staffers in your senators’ offices in more depth.  To learn more information about fixing WIA, please review our blog post at https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/fix-wia.  
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> Thanks for all of your work. Let’s #FixWIA!
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> Rose
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> Rose Sloan
> Government Affairs Specialist
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> “Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities” 
> http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages 
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