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<DIV> Greetings to all!</DIV>
<DIV>Each phone call, each email brings us closer to victory!</DIV>
<DIV>Please make the calls and email.</DIV>
<DIV>Once you have done, please email Ryan Stevens at </DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:rysteve@comcast.net">rysteve@comcast.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV>The email is below.</DIV>
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<DIV>Warmly </DIV>
<DIV>Joe </DIV>
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inline'><B>From:</B>
<A title=rysteve@comcast.net href="mailto:rysteve@comcast.net">Ryan
Stevens</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 16, 2019 12:14 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=nfbnj1@verizon.net
href="mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net">joe
ruffalo</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> FW: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] TCE full committee
hearing
next week</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Joe,</DIV>
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<DIV>Please forward the below email from Kimi Eacobacci. Thanks.</DIV>
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<DIV>Greetings, fellow New Jersey Federationists,</DIV>
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<DIV>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!</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Take care,</DIV>
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<DIV> Ryan</DIV>
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<DIV>Ryan Stevens, Legislative Director</DIV>
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<DIV>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey</DIV>
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<DIV>From: NFB-Legislative-Directors
<nfb-legislative-directors-bounces@nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Eacobacci,
Kimie via NFB-Legislative-Directors</DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 10:52 AM</DIV>
<DIV>To: NFB Legislative Directors List
<nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org></DIV>
<DIV>Cc: Eacobacci, Kimie <KEacobacci@nfb.org></DIV>
<DIV>Subject: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] TCE full committee hearing next
week</DIV>
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<DIV>Good Morning Fellow Advocates:</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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@nfb.org>
keacobacci@nfb.org .</DIV>
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<DIV>It is critical that we move on this quickly, so please strive to make
your
calls and send your emails as soon as possible.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have also included a short sample ask for you: </DIV>
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<DIV>“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. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you for your support of blind Americans.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sincerely,</DIV>
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<DIV>[Your Name]”</DIV>
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<DIV>Kimie Eacobacci</DIV>
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<DIV>Government Affairs Specialist</DIV>
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<DIV>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230</DIV>
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<DIV>(410) 659-9314, extension 2441 | keacobacci@nfb.org
<mailto:keacobacci@nfb.org> </DIV>
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