[NFBNJ] Urgent Need Your Involvement TCE full committee hearing next week

Thu May 16 16:32:25 UTC 2019

    Greetings to all!
Each phone call, each email brings us closer to victory!
Please make the calls and email.
Once you have done, please email Ryan Stevens at
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The email is below.

Warmly
Joe

From: Ryan Stevens
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 12:14 PM
To: joe ruffalo
Subject: FW: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] TCE full committee hearing next 
week
Joe,

Please forward the below email from Kimi Eacobacci. Thanks.

Greetings, fellow New Jersey Federationists,

Kimi Eacobacci, NFB Governmental Affairs Specialist has sent the following 
email noting that there will be a hearing for the Transformation to 
Competitive Employment Act (HR 873). She is strongly encouraging all of us 
to contact our members of the House of Representatives and ask them to 
cosponsor the bill. I am hoping equally strongly that you will do so. If we 
can get enough cosponsors, we can get rid of subminimym wages for disabled 
workers once and for all!

To reach your Representative by phone, call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 
224-3121 and ask for his or her office. Once you have done this, please 
email me letting  me know. Thanks for your attention to this very important 
matter.

Take care,

   Ryan

Ryan Stevens, Legislative Director

National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey

From: NFB-Legislative-Directors 
<nfb-legislative-directors-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Eacobacci, Kimie 
via NFB-Legislative-Directors
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 10:52 AM
To: NFB Legislative Directors List <nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Eacobacci, Kimie <KEacobacci at nfb.org>
Subject: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] TCE full committee hearing next week

Good Morning Fellow Advocates:

The House Education and Labor Committee will hold a full committee hearing 
on the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act, H.R. 873, on Tuesday, 
May 21st. We need to build more cosponsor support for this bill before that 
date. Chairman Bobby Scott is the bill champion along with Cathy 
McMorris-Rogers. Currently, there are thirty-seven co-sponsors on TCE. 
Please contact your member of congress and urge them to cosponsor H.R. 873, 
the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act.

You can contact your representative by calling the Capitol Switchboard and 
asking for the office in question. The number is (202) 224-3121. If you 
email your representative, please copy me at  <mailto:keacobacci at nfb.org> 
keacobacci at nfb.org .

It is critical that we move on this quickly, so please strive to make your 
calls and send your emails as soon as possible.

I have also included a short sample ask for you:

“My name is [name] and I am a constituent of Representative [name]. I am 
calling to encourage the Representative to cosponsor the Transformation to 
Competitive Employment Act (H.R. 873). The Transformation to Competitive 
Employment Act provides a thoughtful approach to phasing out Section 14(c) 
subminimum wage certificates over a six-year period while providing the 
funding, supports and training necessary to change the infrastructure of 
outdated business models. This “capacity-building” component of the bill is 
what distinguishes it from other bills that have attempted 14(c) phase-outs 
and is a responsible approach to ending the discriminatory payment of 
subminimum wage while helping businesses transform to competitive integrated 
employment settings. This bill aligns with the Workforce Innovation 
Opportunity Act (WIOA), which prioritizes competitive integrated employment 
for people with disabilities and significantly limits the use of subminimum 
wages, and with the recommendations of the WIOA Advisory Committee, which 
recommended a thoughtful phase-out of 14(c) together with a systematic 
approach to expand capacity for competitive integrated employment, 
particularly for people transitioning out of sheltered workshops.

Thank you for your support of blind Americans.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]”

Kimie Eacobacci

Government Affairs Specialist

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

(410) 659-9314, extension 2441 | keacobacci at nfb.org 
<mailto:keacobacci at nfb.org>

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