<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Good Morning!</div><div>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!</div><div>Cathy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Sloan, Rose" <<a href="mailto:rsloan@nfb.org">rsloan@nfb.org</a>> (by way of David Andrews <<a href="mailto:dandrews@visi.com">dandrews@visi.com</a>>)<br><b>Date:</b> January 14, 2014, 2:44:05 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbnet-members-list] 2 Minutes of Your Time Can Help #FixWia: Call Your Senators Tomorrow</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Federationists: <br>
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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. <br>
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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
<a href="https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/fix-wia">
https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/fix-wia</a>. <br>
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Thanks for all of your work. Let’s #FixWIA!<br>
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Rose<br>
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<b>Rose Sloan<br>
</b>Government Affairs Specialist<br>
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“Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities” <br>
<a href="http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages">http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages</a>
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<b>National Federation of the Blind<br>
</b>200 East Wells Street <br>
Baltimore, MD 21230<br>
<a href="mailto:rsloan@nfb.org">rsloan@nfb.org</a><br>
(410)-659-9314 ext 2441<br>
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</b>The National Federation of the Blind needs your support to ensure
blind children get an equal education; to connect blind veterans with the
training and services they need; and to help seniors who are losing
vision continue to live independent and fulfilling lives. To make a
donation, please go to <a href="http://www.nfb.org">www.nfb.org</a>.<br>
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