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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><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Ms. Painter:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. My name is Andrew Harmon, and I am a legally blind constituent from New Hampton, NH. I am writing to urge Congresswoman Goodlander to please co-sponsor H.R. 1175, the Blind Americans Return to Work Act. This bill would help people like myself pursue employment without the fear of losing benefits as anyone currently receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits automatically lose their benefits if they make even one dollar over the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) threshold. As someone who works part-time as an independent contractor working with a company out of Canada performing accessibility testing on assignment, I never know what hours I will earn in a given month until I complete the current billing cycle. If I earned enough to go over the threshold, I would not know if I could continue to make that same amount the following months, but I would lose my disability benefits, which could endanger my ability to pay my everyday bills.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I thank you for taking the time to read this letter, and I also thank you for passing it along to Congresswoman Goodlander. I hope she will consider co-sponsoring this vital piece of legislation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Sincerely<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Andrew Harmon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>138 Main Street New Hampton, NH 03256<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>(603) 992-4053<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="mailto:andrewjharmon@gmail.com">andrewjharmon@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>