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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We got two new cosponsors on the Access Technology Affordability Act, H.R. 431, last week: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rep. Valadao CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rep. Napolitano CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That means we are now up to 116 in the House and 33 in the Senate. Please continue to urge your members of Congress to cosponsor this bill. Both the House and Senate are in session this week and they may also be in session part of the next week. It is important that we surge right up to the point when they adjourn for the calendar year.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some of the folks we are particularly interested in are listed below (alphabetical by state). Getting more cosponsors this week will help ensure we are in the next potential large vehicle. If you are unsure who you need to contact, please email Jesa at <a href="mailto:jmedders@nfb.org">jmedders@nfb.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In the Senate:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>1.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Sullian – Alaska<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>2.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Cotton – Arkansas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>3.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Hickenlooper – Colorado <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>4.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Carper – Delaware<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>5.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Crapo – Idaho<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>6.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Risch – Idaho<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>7.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Durbin – Illinois <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>8.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Braun – Indiana<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>9.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Grassley – Iowa <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>10.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Marshall – Kansas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>11.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Cassidy – Louisiana <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>12.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Warren – Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>13.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Stabenow – Michigan <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>14.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Hawley – Missouri <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>15.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Daines – Montana <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>16.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Sasse – Nebraska <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>17.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Hassan – New Hampshire<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>18.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Menendez – New Jersey <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>19.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Schumer – New York <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>20.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Tillis – North Carolina<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>21.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Hoeven – North Dakota <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>22.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Portman – Ohio <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>23.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Lankford – Oklahoma <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>24.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Merkley – Oregon <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>25.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Toomey – Pennsylvania <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>26.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Scott – South Carolina<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>27.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Thune – South Dakota <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>28.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Cornyn – Texas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>29.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Sanders – Vermont<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>30.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Cantwell – Washington<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>31.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Manchin – West Virginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>32.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Johnson – Wisconsin <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>33.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Senator Barrasso – Wyoming <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>House <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>1.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Chu – California<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>2.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Gomez – California<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>3.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Sanchez – California <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>4.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Ferguson – Georgia <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>5.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Walorksi – Indiana <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>6.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Estes – Kansas <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>7.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Kildee – Michigan <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>8.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Smith – Missouri <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>9.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Smith – Nebrask<span style='color:#1F497D'>a</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>10.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Horsford - Nevada<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>11.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Higgins – New York<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>12.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'> </span>Rep. Reed – New York <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>13.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Hern – Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>14.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Wenstrup – Ohio<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>15.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Smucker – Pennsylvania <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>16.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Rice – South Carolina<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>17.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Arrington – Texas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>18.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Brady – Texas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>19.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Doggett – Texas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>20.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Miller – West Virginia <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>21.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Kind – Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>22.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>Rep. Moore – Wisconsin <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John G. Paré Jr. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(410) 659-9314, extension 2218 | <a href="mailto:Jpare@nfb.org">Jpare@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=210 height=76 style='width:2.1875in;height:.7916in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/nfblogo.png" alt="National Federation of the Blind"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/facebook.png" alt=Facebook></span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NFB_Voice"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/twitter.png" alt=Twitter></span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/NationsBlind"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/youtube.png" alt=Youtube></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. 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