[NFBNJ] Legislative update: Five New Jersey cosponsors for Access Technology Affordability Act

[joe ruffalo]

Greetings to all!
Received from Ryan Stevens, NFBNJ Legislative Director.

Greetings to all!

Please read and share the updated news as five Congressional Representatives 
from New Jersey have co-sponsored the Access Technology Affordable Act.

Ryan has provided valuable information and information is only as good as 
we, the members contact the Congressional representatives from New Jersey.

Let’s continue to make the calls to make a difference!
Regards,
Joe

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From: Ryan Stevens
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 9:09 PM
Subject: Legislative update: Five New Jersey cosponsors for Access 
Technology Affordability Act

Joe,



Please forward the below message to the NFBNJ distribution list.



Thanks and take care,

   Ryan





Greetings, my fellow NFBNJ members,



As you are probably aware, we are making a hard push to get the Access 
Technology Affordability Act (HR2086) passed in the US House of 
Representatives. We now have over 100 cosponsors, and yesterday, 
Congresswoman Bonnie Watson-Coleman became the fifth member of the New 
Jersey delegation to sign on! She joins Bill Pascrell, Albio Sires, Mikie 
Sherrill and Christopher Smith from our state’s contingent to give their 
support to this important legislation.



As a reminder, the Access Technology Affordability Act will help blind 
people purchase their own adaptive tech, such as screen readers and Braille 
displays, by giving them a $2,000 refundable tax credit to offset the cost. 
This credit can be used over a three-year period. This allows the blind 
person to avoid delays that come with asking the state agency to procure the 
necessary equipment, increasing their chance of gaining meaningful 
employment.



Of course, with five New Jersey Congress members signed onto HR2086, this 
means there are still seven who are not. If your member of Congress is one 
of those seven, please call them and ask them to support the bill. If your 
Congressperson is one of the cosponsors, please call them to thank them. To 
reach your member, call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and say 
you wish to speak to their office.



While you are making that call, please also call Senator Robert Menendez and 
ask him to sign onto S815, the Senate version of ATAA. Corey Booker is 
already a cosponsor, so you may wish to give him a thank-you call, as well.



Making these calls takes less than five minutes, and if we flood the phone 
lines, we show how important this bill is and increase our chances of 
getting more cosponsors. Finally, feel free to ask your friends and family 
to also make calls. Thank you in advance for making the effort to help blind 
people live the lives we want.



Take care,

   Ryan



Ryan Stevens, Legislative Director

National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey




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