[NFBNJ] Ruffalo and Melendez To Attend Hearing April 18 at 10:30 AM Senator Menendez Presentation Scott LaBarre

[joe ruffalo]

Note to all!
Linda Melendez was the group leader during the Washington seminar that 
presented issues to Senator Menendez’s staff.
Veronica Gaspa, President of the New Jersey Association of Blind Students, 
Ida Behrini, a student at Drew University and I were also present during the 
presentation of issues.
I and Linda Melendez will be attending the hearing, see information below, 
and Veronica has submitted her testimony.  Senator Menendez could use part 
of her comments in his opening remarks.
The information is provided.

Joe

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Joe Ruffalo, President
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
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From: Vallurupalli, Swarna (Menendez)
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 4:30 PM
To: 'joe ruffalo'
Cc: Linda Melendez ; Veronica R Gaspa ; ida.behreini at gmail.com
Subject: RE: NFBNJ Comments: Re: Senator Menendez State Contacts


Hi Joe, Linda, Veronica, and Ida:

I hope you are all well. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on which
Senator Menendez is the lead Democrat, will be holding a hearing next week 
at 10:30 am.
on the Marrekesh Treaty. The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, April 18,
2018. Scott LaBarre, legal counsel for the National Federation of the Blind,
will be testifying as will Allan Adler, General Counsel of the Association
of American Publishers.

The link to the hearing is here:
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/treaties-041818a

Best,

Swarna

From: joe ruffalo <nfbnj1 at verizon.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 10:44 AM
To: Vallurupalli, Swarna (Menendez)
<Swarna_Vallurupalli at menendez.senate.gov>; joe ruffalo <nfbnj1 at verizon.net>
Cc: Linda Melendez <lindamelendez220 at gmail.com>; Veronica R Gaspa
<veronica.gaspa at student.shu.edu>; ida.behreini at gmail.com
Subject: NFBNJ Comments: Re: Senator Menendez State Contacts

Greetings Swarna

Thank you for your time and interest pertaining to the issues presented to
you by the members of the National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey on
Wednesday, january 31.
The information you provided is helpful and members of the NFBNJ will be
contacting the Senator to review the issues presented and we are hopeful of
his support.

We care. We share. We grow. We make a difference
Joe Ruffalo, President
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
973 743 0075
nfbnj1 at verizon.net<mailto:nfbnj1 at verizon.net>
www.nfbnj.org<http://www.nfbnj.org>
Raising Expectations To Live The Life We Want.

From: Vallurupalli, Swarna
(Menendez)<mailto:Swarna_Vallurupalli at menendez.senate.gov>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 10:29 AM
To: mailto:nfbnj1 at verizon.net
Subject: Senator Menendez State Contacts


Dear Mr. Ruffalo,

Thank you for coming in yesterday and I hope your journey home was a
pleasant one. Here is the information about the Senator’s state offices:

Newark
One Gateway Center, Suite 1100
Newark, New Jersey 07102
973.645.3030
973.645.0502 (fax)

Barrington
208 White Horse Pike, Suite 18
Barrington, New Jersey 08007
856.757.5353
856.546.1526 (fax)

Thank you,

Swarna

We care. We share. We grow. We make a difference
Joe Ruffalo, President
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
973 743 0075
nfbnj1 at verizon.net
Your old car keys can be keys to literacy for the blind.
Donate your unwanted vehicle to us by clicking
www.carshelpingtheblind.org
or call 855 659 9314


From: joe ruffalo via NFBNJ
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 5:28 PM
To: nfbnj at nfbnet.org
Subject: [NFBNJ] Hearing April 18 at 10:30 AM Senator Menendez Presentation 
Scott LaBarre
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