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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=Swarna_Vallurupalli@menendez.senate.gov
href="mailto:Swarna_Vallurupalli@menendez.senate.gov">Vallurupalli, Swarna
(Menendez)</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 13, 2018 4:30 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=nfbnj1@verizon.net
href="mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net">'joe ruffalo'</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=lindamelendez220@gmail.com
href="mailto:lindamelendez220@gmail.com">Linda Melendez</A> ; <A
title=veronica.gaspa@student.shu.edu
href="mailto:veronica.gaspa@student.shu.edu">Veronica R Gaspa</A> ; <A
title=ida.behreini@gmail.com
href="mailto:ida.behreini@gmail.com">ida.behreini@gmail.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: NFBNJ Comments: Re: Senator Menendez State
Contacts</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Joe, Linda, Veronica, and Ida:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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
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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The link to the hearing is here: <A
href="https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/treaties-041818a">https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/treaties-041818a</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Swarna</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>From: joe ruffalo <nfbnj1@verizon.net></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 10:44 AM</DIV>
<DIV>To: Vallurupalli, Swarna (Menendez)
<Swarna_Vallurupalli@menendez.senate.gov>; joe ruffalo
<nfbnj1@verizon.net></DIV>
<DIV>Cc: Linda Melendez <lindamelendez220@gmail.com>; Veronica R Gaspa
<veronica.gaspa@student.shu.edu>; ida.behreini@gmail.com</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: NFBNJ Comments: Re: Senator Menendez State Contacts</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Greetings Swarna</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We care. We share. We grow. We make a difference</DIV>
<DIV>Joe Ruffalo, President</DIV>
<DIV>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey</DIV>
<DIV>973 743 0075</DIV>
<DIV>nfbnj1@verizon.net<mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net></DIV>
<DIV>www.nfbnj.org<<A
href="http://www.nfbnj.org">http://www.nfbnj.org</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Raising Expectations To Live The Life We Want.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>From: Vallurupalli, Swarna
(Menendez)<mailto:Swarna_Vallurupalli@menendez.senate.gov></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 10:29 AM</DIV>
<DIV>To: mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Senator Menendez State Contacts</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dear Mr. Ruffalo,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Newark</DIV>
<DIV>One Gateway Center, Suite 1100</DIV>
<DIV>Newark, New Jersey 07102</DIV>
<DIV>973.645.3030</DIV>
<DIV>973.645.0502 (fax)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Barrington</DIV>
<DIV>208 White Horse Pike, Suite 18</DIV>
<DIV>Barrington, New Jersey 08007</DIV>
<DIV>856.757.5353</DIV>
<DIV>856.546.1526 (fax)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thank you,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Swarna</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>