[NFBOH-Cleveland] Legislative Alert

Ali Benmerzouga ali.benmerzouga at hotmail.com
Tue Feb 5 15:18:32 UTC 2019


Suzanne,

Sounds great to me.

Looking forward to receiving the legislation from you today or so.

Have a nice day.

Ali
Ali
NFB Member – Cleveland Chapter
Board Member
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From: NFBOH-Cleveland <nfboh-cleveland-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Suzanne Turner via NFBOH-Cleveland
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Subject: [NFBOH-Cleveland] Legislative Alert

Cleveland,

It is time to get working on our National legislative bills. Read below and seek clarification if you do not understand. I will be home in the morning and can advise you. I will be home all day on Wednesday and so we can cold call our Congressmen and Senators as a group.

Please do not call tomorrow; as we are most effective as a group. We will call on Wednesday.

This is a National initiative. This is not anything to do with the Columbus Seminar. It is the National Washington Seminar activity.

I will send out the legislation to morrow for you to read.

ST

From: NFBNET-Master-List <nfbnet-master-list-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nfbnet-master-list-bounces at nfbnet.org>> On Behalf Of Cazares, Gabe via NFBNET-Master-List
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2019 10:22 AM
To: nfbnet-master-list at nfbnet.org<mailto:nfbnet-master-list at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [Nfbnet-master-list] Legislative Alert

Howdy Fellow Federationists:

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Washington Seminar. Because of your advocacy, we are off to a fantastic start in the 116th Congress!

As President Riccobono announced at the Great Gathering-In, we have a new bill which needs your immediate attention. The Transformation to Competitive Employment Act was introduced in the Senate by Senator Casey of Pennsylvania and Senator Van Hollen of Maryland, and was assigned bill number S. 260. In the House, Chairman Bobby Scott of Virginia and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington introduced companion legislation, H.R. 873. These bills would phase out Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act over a six-year period, at which point the provision would officially be sunset.

All of this means that we have the opportunity to give these bills a strong start by immediately building cosponsor support for both S. 260 and H.R. 873. Therefore, please call or email your senators and ask them to cosponsor S. 260 and call or email your representative and has him or her to cosponsor H.R. 873.

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

“Hello, my name is [your name] and I am a constituent of [your senator/representative]. I live in [city, state]. I am calling to urge [your senator/representative] to cosponsor [S. 260 for Senate calls/H.R. 873 for House calls], the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act. This bill would phase out subminimum wages for people with disabilities over a six-year period, at which point Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the provision that allows this practice, would be sunset. I urge [your senator/representative] to cosponsor the bill. Thanks.”

You can contact your member of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard and asking for the office in question. The number is 202-224-3121. If you email your representative or senators, please copy me at gcazares at nfb.org<mailto:gcazares at nfb.org>.

It is critical that we move on this quickly, so please strive to make your calls and send your emails as soon as possible.
 Warm regards,

...Gabe

Gabe Cazares
Manager of Government Affairs
200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
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