[Nfbofnc] Fw: Senator Meeting Request Follow Up

[sharon_newton]

Hello everyone!

Attached is a second letter to send to your senators if you have not been able to obtain an appointment with the senator or an aide.  Adapt the letter as needed.  

Thank you all so very much for your time, energy, and efforts.  It counts!

Sharon Newton


Federation:

 

Hope your efforts to meet with your Senators during the recess are going well.  Please remember to let me know if you are able to schedule a meeting with either of your Senators.

 

Some of you have still not received an answer to their initial request, and others have received a response that the Senator is not available.  In either case, I have attached a draft letter for you to use to follow up on your request for a meeting.  Do not forget to make the appropriate edits to the draft by substituting your affiliate's information for the Baltimore, Maryland information.  If you have not received a response from your initial request, remove the following sentence from the draft letter before sending it, "We have subsequently received a polite, yet disconcerting response saying that your calendar is completely full and that you will be unable to meet with us."  

 

If your Senator is still unable to meet with you, please take the meeting with the staff person.  Remember to ask if they are willing to support an amendment to strike section 511, and to remove the language transferring the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to the U.S. Department of labor. 

 

Please contact me with any questions, and keep me posted on your progress.

 

Sincerely,

 

Anil

 

 

 

Mr. Anil Lewis, M.P.A.

Director of Advocacy and Policy

 

"Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities" 

http://www.nfb.org/fairwages

 

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place

Baltimore, Maryland   21230

 

(410) 659-9314 ext. 2374 (Voice)

(410) 685-5653 (FAX)

Email: alewis at nfb.org

Web: www.nfb.org

twitter: @anillife 

 
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