[NFBofSC] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] URGENT Legislative Alert - Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act

[floza58 at bellsouth.net]

From: NFBNet-Members-List <nfbnet-members-list-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Young, Justin via NFBNet-Members-List
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2024 4:47 PM
To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] URGENT Legislative Alert - Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act

 

Dear Federation Family:

 

We are coming down to the wire on the 118th Congress and we want to make sure that we’ve done everything that we possibly can in order to advocate for our legislative priorities. In this case, we are trying to ensure that the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) is included in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) reauthorization bill that is currently being considered. Right now is a crucial time for this initiative because Congress wants to pass the WIOA reauthorization when they return after Thanksgiving. We need you to flood the email inboxes and telephone lines and voicemail boxes of four key committee staff members in order to make sure TCIEA gets included in the final bill:

 

Amy Jones

Majority Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Amy.jones at mail.house.gov <mailto:Amy.jones at mail.house.gov> 

202-225-4527

 

Véronique Pluviose-Fenton

Minority Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce

veronique.pluviose at mail.house.gov <mailto:veronique.pluviose at mail.house.gov> 

202-225-3725

 

Warren Gunnels

Majority Staff Director, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Warren_Gunnels at help.senate.gov <mailto:Warren_Gunnels at help.senate.gov> 

202-224-0767

 

Amanda Lincoln

Minority Staff Director, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amanda_lincoln at help.senate.gov <mailto:Amanda_lincoln at help.senate.gov> 

202-224-5375

 

When you call or email, you might say something like:

 

“Dear [NAME]:

 

I am urging the [HOUSE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE/SENATE HELP COMMITTEE] to please include the TCIEA in the WIOA reauthorization bill. The TCIEA will eliminate the payment of subminimum wages for people with disabilities and eliminate the need for a government program to monitor special wage certificate holders. Thank you.”

 

If you send an email, please use the subject line “Please Include the TCIEA in the WIOA Reauthorization” and copy Justin Young jyoung at nfb.org <mailto:jyoung at nfb.org> . 

 

Congress is working diligently to move the WIOA reauthorization bill as soon as they get back after the Thanksgiving break, so time is of the essence for us to make our voices heard. If you have any questions, please contact me. 

 

Thank you for all that you do,

 

Justin T. Young, Ed.D

Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 

410-659-9314, extension 2210 |  <mailto:jyoung at nfb.org> jyoung at nfb.org

 

 

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