[Ohio-talk] Great news from Cleveland!

[Turner, William H. TSC Cleveland]

Barbara I want to thank you for clearly pointing out the fact that MS Fudge was not a cosponsor on either bill.  Her staff was forced to scramble to ensure that she  "do the right thing. "

Thanks again
William

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From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Barbara Pierce
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:41 AM
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Subject: [Ohio-talk] Great news from Cleveland!

I joined the Cleveland chapter Friday evening for a round table discussion with reps from Marcy Kaptur's office and Marcia Fudge's office. Bev Charles from the Fudge staff said that her boss was on both bills as a cosponsor. I know that she had not been as of noon that day, so I gently said that her name did not appear on Thomas, which was absolutely true. If Bev had announced that the staff had decided that Ms. Fudge would support both bills that very day, she would have had the credit for that decision and the thanks of the entire audience. 
 
I have now talked with Kyle Williams of Fudge's Washington staff, and he assures me that they have given her name to the lead sponsors of both bills!
She really is now on both bills, or she will be as soon as the list catches up with the staff's action.
 
I am absolutely certain that this would not have happened without the hard work of the Cleveland chapter, and especially of Suzanne Turner. This experience demonstrates why getting to members of Congress in the district is so valuable. 
 
All three women in the Ohio congressional delegation are now cosponsors of the space available bill, and the only two Ohioans on the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act are Joyce Beatty and Marcia Fudge. Ohio now has 11 cosponsors of the space available bill. We are over half way there.
Please do everything you can to increase our numbers on both bills, and congratulations to Cleveland.
 
Barbara
 

Barbara Pierce

President Emerita

National Federation of the Blind of Ohio

 

 
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