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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">I received an Email from Senator Barbara Mikulski,
regarding our Legislative Agenda of Blind Americans, 112th
Congress.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">Ken Chrane</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=senator@mikulski.senate.gov
href="mailto:senator@mikulski.senate.gov">senator@mikulski.senate.gov</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=kenneth.chrane@verizon.net
href="mailto:kenneth.chrane@verizon.net">kenneth.chrane@verizon.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 13, 2012 10:24 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: www_email</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><A href="http://mikulski.senate.gov"><IMG border=0
src="http://mikulski.senate.gov/systemimages/site_header05.jpg"></A>
<DIV class=Section1>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">Dear Mr. Chrane:</SPAN></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> Thank you for getting
in touch with me. It's good to hear from you. </SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> I appreciate your
thoughts on the National Federation of the Blind's legislative priorities.
As a United States Senator, I am committed to meeting the day to day needs of
Marylanders and the long-term needs of our nation. One of my guiding
principles here in the Senate is that Marylanders have a right to know, to be
heard, and to be represented. Information from people like you is
essential if I am to be not only the Senator from </SPAN><ST1:STATE
xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">Maryland</SPAN></ST1:STATE><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">, but also the Senator
for </SPAN><ST1:PLACE
xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" w:st="on"><ST1:STATE
w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">Maryland</SPAN></ST1:STATE></ST1:PLACE><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">. </SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> If I can be of
assistance in the future, or if there is any other federal issue on which you
would like to comment, please feel free to let me know.</SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"
class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN></SPAN> </P></DIV><BR><FONT size=3
face="Courier New">Sincerely, <BR>Barbara A. Mikulski<BR>United States Senator
<BR><BR><BR>Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating
e-mail account is not monitored.<BR>If you would like to get in touch with me
again, please visit the comments page of my website <A
href="http://mikulski.senate.gov/contact/shareyouropinion.cfm">here</A>.<BR>If
you would like to get regular updates, please sign up for my E-Newsletter <A
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