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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please write to the following Senators who serve on the Senate Finance Committee and ask them to vote in favor of SB417, The Ken Cappone Equal Employment Act so that we can eliminate the practice of paying workers with disabilities less than the minimum wage. I will give you the room number and the building. The remainder of the address will be Annapolis, MD 21401. If you wish to send an email, firstname.lastname@senate.state.md.us. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Everyone should write to the chairman of the committee Senator Thomas Middleton, room 3E Miller Senate Office Building.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you live in Baltimore city, write to Senator Catherine Pugh, room 3E Miller Senate Office Building. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you live in Baltimore county, write to Senator Delores Kelley, room 302 James Senate Office Building. Thank her for sponsoring SB417. Also write to Senator J. B. Jennings, room 423 James Senate Office Building and Senator Katherine Klausmeier, room 103 James Senate Office Building. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you live in Anne Arundel county, write to Senator John Astle, vicechair of the committee, room123 James Senate Office Building. Also write to Senator Edward Reilly, room316 James Senate Office Building. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sharon Maneki, </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>410-715-9596</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>