[NFBV-Announce] please urge your representatives to cosponsor the ATAA

[jackibruce6 at gmail.com]

From: Deepa Goraya 

 

 

Hello everyone,

 

We have a legislative action alert from the NFB National Office for the
Access Technology Affordability Act. Please see below.

 

The National Federation of the Blind urges both the House and Senate to pass
the Access Technology Affordability Act, H.R. 1529/S. 1918. This bill will
help blind Americans afford the high cost of qualified access technology by
creating a refundable tax credit of $2,000 for use over a three-year period.

We are hoping that a large surge of cosponsor support at the end of 2025
will give the bill a significant amount of momentum to start 2026, but we
need your help to spread that message of independence and savings to all
members of Congress who have not yet signed on to the bill. We are asking
that you call or email both of your Senators and your Representative and ask
them to cosponsor the Access Technology Affordability Act. A sample script
is below. As of right now, only Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] has
signed on to cosponsor. So his constituents do not need to contact him. But
please contact the other Virginia representatives and senators. The contact
information for your specific senators' or representative's office is
attached and below.

 

Background:

 

Since 2017, the National Federation of the Blind has been working to get a
tax credit for the purchase of qualified access technology for the blind
passed into law. We believe that this would help blind Americans to better
handle the high cost of access technology that we need in order to be able
to search for, apply for, and maintain steady and fulfilling employment.

In turn, with more of us working, we would actually be paying more into the
federal government through income and payroll taxes and be less dependent on
government benefits. Over time, this increased employment and reduced
dependence will save the federal government approximately $315 million
dollars over the course of five years according to an analysis by
Mathematica.

 

Sample Script:

When you call or email you might say:

"My name is [YOUR NAME] and I want to urge [REPRESENTATIVE/SENATOR NAME] to
support the Access Technology Affordability Act, [H.R. 1529/S 1918]. This
bill will save the federal government an estimated 315 million dollars over
the span of five years according to Mathematica, a well-respected economic
firm. It will do this by creating a 2,000 dollar refundable tax credit for
blind people for the purchase of specialized access technology. This
technology will help blind people search for a job, apply for a job, and
then keep that job, which in turn increases the number of blind Americans
who are working and paying into programs like Social Security and decreases
the number of blind Americans who receive government benefits. Please
cosponsor the Access Technology Affordability Act."

We suggest a subject like: "Mathematica estimates H.R. 1529/S. 1918 would
save the federal government 315 million dollars over five years."

 

Deepa

 

 


VA

Representative

Beyer

Kate

Schisler

Legislative Director

Representative Don Beyer

kate.schisler at mail.house.gov <mailto:kate.schisler at mail.house.gov> 

	

VA

Representative

Cline

Nicole

Manley

Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director

Representative Ben Cline

nicole.manley at mail.house.gov <mailto:nicole.manley at mail.house.gov> 

	

VA

Representative

Griffith

James

Decker

Chief of Staff

Representative Morgan Griffith

james.decker at mail.house.gov <mailto:james.decker at mail.house.gov> 

	

VA

Representative

Kiggans

Maddie

Mitchell

Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director

Representative Jen Kiggans

maddie.mitchell at mail.house.gov


VA

Representative

McClellan

Donald

Pollard

Legislative Director

Representative Jennifer McClellan

donald.pollard at mail.house.gov <mailto:donald.pollard at mail.house.gov> 

	

VA

Representative

McGuire

John

Castillo

Legislative Director

Representative John McGuire

john.castillo at mail.house.gov <mailto:john.castillo at mail.house.gov> 

	

VA

Representative

Scott

Paige

Schwartz

Legislative Director

Representative Bobby Scott

paige.schwartz at mail.house.gov

	

VA

Representative

Subramanyam

Chris

Katson

Legislative Director

Representative Suhas Subramanyam

chris.katson at mail.house.gov <mailto:chris.katson at mail.house.gov> 

	

VA

Representative

Vindman

Eli

Taichman

Legislative Director

Representative Eugene Vindman

elya.taichman at mail.house.gov <mailto:elya.taichman at mail.house.gov> 

	

VA

Representative

Wittman

Katherine

Getty

Legislative Director

Representative Rob Wittman

katherine.getty at mail.house.gov

	

VA

	Nick

Barbash

Legislative Director

Senator Tim Kaine

Democratic

Senator

Kaine

nick_barbash at kaine.senate.gov

202-224-4024


VA

	Lot

Kwarteng

Legislative Director

Senator Mark Warner

Democratic

Senator

Warner

lot_kwarteng at warner.senate.gov

202-224-2023

 

 

Peace,

 

Jacki Bruce

 

Corresponding Secretary NFBV

mailto:jackibruce6 at gmail.com

tel:(757)291-1789

 

Membership Chair

mailto:membership at nfbv.org

 

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STRONGER TOGETHER!

 

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