[NFBK] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert – 9/9/2019

[Cathy Jackson]

Good Afternoon,
Read below the legislative alert from John Pare. Be sure to call your
respective Congressman and our Senators, McConnell and Paul. Thanks for
your help with this issue.
Cathy

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From: Pare, John via NFBNet-Members-List <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
Date: Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 1:35 PM
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert – 9/9/2019
To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>


Dear Federation Family:



As President Riccobono mentioned in the Presidential Release, the United
States House and Senate are now back in session and there is no better time
to rally support for our legislative priorities. Congress will be in
session until the two week break at the beginning of October. That gives us
exactly three weeks to build serious cosponsor support for our three
legislative priorities. Since we have three weeks and three pieces of
legislation, we’re going to focus on one issue per week. I will include
bill summaries and cosponsor counts for the relevant bills in each
legislative alert email. This week’s top legislative priority is the Access
Technology Affordability Act.



Access Technology Affordability Act (ATAA)

House – H.R. 2086 – Sponsored by Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) – 28 cosponsors

Senate – S. 815 – Sponsored by John Boozman (R-AR) – 14 cosponsors

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.



These cosponsor counts are impressive, but we need to keep the pressure up
to ensure that ATAA moves from the committees to the floor and is
ultimately passed into law. Please call your representative and two
senators and urge them to cosponsor 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.



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. 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 John Pare at
jpare at nfb.org. Your calls and emails do make a difference.



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. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]

Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]

Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]

Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]

Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]

Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]

Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]

Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]

Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]

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. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]

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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