[Nfbwv-talk] Correction FW: Legislative Alert

Wed Apr 10 14:56:50 UTC 2019

The E-mail address for Dana Richter at Senator Capito's office should be:

Dana_richter at capito.senate.gov<mailto:Dana_richter at capito.senate.gov>

From: Smyth, Charlene R
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 10:21 AM
To: NFB of West Virginia Discussion List (nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org) <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Legislative Alert

Greetings Fellow Federationists:

Please review the below E-mail from John Pare of our national office and do as he requests.  To assist you with contacting West Virginia's senators and representatives, I have placed all of their contact information and who you should contact after John's message at the end of this E-mail.  Please let me know if I can be of assistance.

Charlene Smyth

NFBWV Legislative Director

Dear Fellow Federationists:

We are off to a terrific start in the 116th Congress. We have four bills introduced: The Transformation to Competitive Employment Act in the House and Senate and the Access Technology Affordability Act, also in both the House and Senate.

Please call your representatives and two senators and urge them to cosponsor these two bills if they have not already done so. A complete list of current cosponsors is included at the end of this email. A summary of the two bills follows.

Transformation to Competitive Employment Act House - H.R. 873 - Sponsored by Bobby Scott (D-VA-3)

Senate - S. 260 - Sponsored by Bob Casey (D-PA)

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.

Access Technology Affordability Act

House - H.R. 2086 - Sponsored by Mike Thompson (D-CA-5)

Senate - S. 815 - Sponsored by John Boozman (R-AR)

This legislation removes an employment barrier commonly experienced by blind Americans who cannot afford the high cost of access technology by creating a refundable tax credit in the amount of $2,000 to offset the cost of these technologies.

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.

I am also calling to urge [your senator/representative] to cosponsor [S. 815 for Senate calls/H.R. 2086 for House calls], the Access Technology Affordability Act. This legislation removes an employment barrier commonly experienced by blind Americans who cannot afford the high cost of access technology by creating a refundable tax credit in the amount of $2,000 to offset the cost of these technologies. 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 Gabe Cazares at gcazares at nfb.org<mailto:gcazares at nfb.org<mailto:gcazares at nfb.org%3cmailto:gcazares at nfb.org>>.

List of cosponsors as of April 9, 2019:

Transformation to Competitive Employment Act S. 260

Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]

Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]

Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]

Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]

Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

Transformation to Competitive Employment Act H.R. 873

Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]

Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]

Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]

Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]

Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]

Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]

Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]

Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]

Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]

Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]

Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]

Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]

Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]

Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

Rep. Gonzalez-Colon, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]

Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]

Rep. Rodgers, Cathy McMorris [R-WA-5]

Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]

Access Technology Affordability Act S. 815

Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]

Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]

Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]

Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]

Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]

Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]

Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]

Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]

Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]

Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]

Access Technology Affordability Act H.R. 2086

Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]

Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]

Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 410-659-9314, extension 2218 or email me at JPare at nfb.org<mailto:JPare at nfb.org>.

Warm regards,

John

John G. Paré Jr.

410-659-9314 x 2218

Congresswoman Carol Miller

Third District

Republican

PHONE:  202-225-3452
STAFFERS
Billman, Lauren
E-MAIL:  Lauren.Billman at mail.house.gov<mailto:Lauren.Billman at mail.house.gov>
Incerto, Jacquelyn
E-MAIL:  Jacquelyn.Incerto at mail.house.gov<mailto:Jacquelyn.Incerto at mail.house.gov>
Pedrotti, Max
E-MAIL:  Max.Pedrotti at mail.house.gov<mailto:Max.Pedrotti at mail.house.gov>

Congressman Alex Mooney

Second District

Republican

PHONE:  202-225-2711

Legislative Assistant John Caddock
E-MAIL:  John.Caddock at mail.house.gov<mailto:John.Caddock at mail.house.gov>

Congressman David McKinley

First District

Republican

PHONE:  202-225-4172
Chris Buki
E-MAIL:  Chris.buki at mail.house.gov<mailto:Chris.buki at mail.house.gov>
Katie Brown
Executive Assistant
E-MAIL:  Kaetlyn.brown at mail.house.gov<mailto:Kaetlyn.brown at mail.house.gov>

Senator Joe Manchin III

Democrat

PHONE:  202-224-3954

TJ Lucas

Legislative Aide

E-MAIL:  Thomas_lucas at manchin.senate.gov<mailto:Thomas_lucas at manchin.senate.gov>

Senator Shelley Moore Capito

Republican

PHONE:  202-224-6472

Dana Richter

E-MAIL:  Richter at capito.senate.gov<mailto:Richter at capito.senate.gov>

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