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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jessica’s e-mail was incorrect. Her correct e-mail address is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:jessica_mcniece@appro.senate.gov">jessica_mcniece@appro.senate.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">John G. Paré Jr.
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Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives <br>
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Nfbmd [mailto:nfbmd-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>NFBMD<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 28, 2013 1:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Maryland List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nfbmd] Contact Senator Mikulski on Monday or Tuesday July 29th-30th<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Senate HELP Committee will be voting on S1356, the Workforce Investment Act on Wednesday. We need to tell Senator Mikulski to remove 2 provisions from this act.. The first is Section 511 that requires vocational rehabilitation (VR)
agencies to include training and employment at wages below the federal minimum wage as a VR service. Second, remove the provision transferring rehabilitation services from the US Department of Education to the US Department of Labor. Both of these provisions
will be detrimental to persons with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sen. Barbara A Mikulski’s phone number is: (202) 224-4654 <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Send email to both: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Her Chief of Staff: Julia Frifield <a href="mailto:julia_frifield@mikulski.senate.gov">
julia_frifield@mikulski.senate.gov</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And Her HELP Committee Staff Person: Jessica McNiece <a href="mailto:jessica_mcniece@mikulski.senate.gov">
jessica_mcniece@mikulski.senate.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We need all of our members, family members, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances that reside in Maryland to make calls and send e-mails to tell Senator Mikulski to remove
these provisions from the act.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We cannot save the Rehabilitation Program without your action. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sharon Maneki</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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