<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">It’s been taken care of<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 16, 2025, at 7:09 PM, Ali Benmerzouga via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi Andra,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Trust all is well with you and those around you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It did ask me about my email address, City, State, Zip Code and phone number.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I hope I did not do something wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I did receive a notice too that they got my comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">FYI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Take care,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andra Stover via Ohio-Talk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2025 5:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Ohio Announcement List <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Andra Stover <astover@kent.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ohio-Talk] EXT: Ohio react: Time-Sensitive Legislative Alert - January 16, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, I am resending this. I completed the short form. It did not ask for an email or at least it was not a field that had to be filled in. However, I still got the notification that it was sent to the proper place.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Andra <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 10:41<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM smturner.234--- via Ohio-Talk <<a href="mailto:ohio-talk@nfbnet.org">ohio-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please read and complete the form. Assist members in your Chapter or Division who might need help.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> NFBNet-Members-List <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Young, Justin via NFBNet-Members-List<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2025 9:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nfbnet-members-list] Time-Sensitive Legislative Alert - January 16, 2025</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On December 4, 2024, the US Department of Labor released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the phaseout of Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The National
 Federation of the Blind fully supports this NPRM and <a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/policy-statements/comments-regarding-department-labors-proposed-rule" target="_blank">
submitted comments</a> on Wednesday, January 15.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The NPRM has received thousands of individual comments from those in favor of keeping subminimum wages for people with disabilities. We apologize that we did not anticipate such
 a substantial response from these individuals who support subminimum wages. As a result, we have an urgent request for our members to submit comments by the deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Friday, January 17.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">All comments are helpful even if the comment is, "I believe people with disabilities should be paid at least the minimum wage, and 14(c) certificates should be phased out.” All
 public comments should be submitted using the online form found at <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-27880/employment-of-workers-with-disabilities-under-section-14c-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act#open-comment" target="_blank">
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-27880/employment-of-workers-with-disabilities-under-section-14c-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act#open-comment</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The page contains a place for you to type in your comment, and then you will need to select that you are an individual, which will bring up fields for you to type in your first
 and last name. You will then need to check a box acknowledging you are aware any information you provide will be publicly available on
<a href="http://regulations.gov" target="_blank">regulations.gov</a> before clicking “submit.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Again, we apologize for the last-minute notice. Thank you for all your hard advocacy on this matter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org" target="_blank">jyoung@nfb.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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