<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I am just sharing this information.<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jordan MiranNCder</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> nfbc-info-request@nfbnet.org<br><b>Date:</b> February 22, 2020 at 4:03:55 AM PST<br><b>To:</b> nfbc-info@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 177, Issue 8</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> nfbc-info@nfbnet.org<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Send NFBC-Info mailing list submissions to</span><br><span> nfbc-info@nfbnet.org</span><br><span></span><br><span>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit</span><br><span> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to</span><br><span> nfbc-info-request@nfbnet.org</span><br><span></span><br><span>You can reach the person managing the list at</span><br><span> nfbc-info-owner@nfbnet.org</span><br><span></span><br><span>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific</span><br><span>than "Re: Contents of NFBC-Info digest..."</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Today's Topics:</span><br><span></span><br><span> 1. Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert ? 2/21/202020</span><br><span> (Shannon Dillon)</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>----------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span>Message: 1</span><br><span>Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 14:30:37 -0800</span><br><span>From: Shannon Dillon <shannonldillon@gmail.com></span><br><span>To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info@nfbnet.org></span><br><span>Subject: [NFBC-Info] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert ?</span><br><span> 2/21/202020</span><br><span>Message-ID:</span><br><span> <CA+JLRL8_jXfr+JXRKq1MJoFXsJCqrEXUsML4rn0mmdNtve5NEw@mail.gmail.com></span><br><span>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"</span><br><span></span><br><span>Hi Everyone,</span><br><span>Please see the message from John Pare below about contacting your</span><br><span>legislative representatives and senators about the legislation we</span><br><span>worked on this year at Washington Seminar.</span><br><span>Thank you.</span><br><span></span><br><span>---------- Forwarded message ----------</span><br><span>From: "Pare, John via NFBNet-Members-List" <nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org></span><br><span>Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 14:35:27 +0000</span><br><span>Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert ? 2/21/202020</span><br><span>To: "nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org" <nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org></span><br><span></span><br><span>Dear Federation Family:</span><br><span></span><br><span>This year?s Washington Seminar was a great success. We had over 500</span><br><span>attendees from 49 states. Representative Bobby Scott, chair of the</span><br><span>House Committee on Education and Labor, spoke at the Great</span><br><span>Gathering-In. Chairman Scott is the sponsor of the Transformation to</span><br><span>Competitive Employment Act. Senators Ben Cardin and Bob Casey,</span><br><span>Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Representative Mike Thompson all</span><br><span>spoke at our Congressional reception. Representative Mike Thompson is</span><br><span>the chair of the Tax Policy Subcommittee, and he is the sponsor of the</span><br><span>Access Technology Affordability Act.</span><br><span></span><br><span>We also had a substantial increase in the number of cosponsors for</span><br><span>each of our bills. In the House, the Access Technology Affordability</span><br><span>Act went from forty-nine to sixty-three cosponsors. And in the Senate,</span><br><span>it went from fifteen to seventeen cosponsors. The GAIN Act went from</span><br><span>four to thirteen cosponsors. Finally, AIM HIGH went from four to</span><br><span>twelve cosponsors in the House.</span><br><span></span><br><span>We need to keep building on the momentum generated by Washington</span><br><span>Seminar. Similar to what we did in the fall, we are going to focus on</span><br><span>our legislation one bill per week for the next several weeks. We will</span><br><span>begin next week by focusing on the Access Technology Affordability Act</span><br><span>(H.R. 2086 and S. 815).</span><br><span></span><br><span>This legislation removes an employment barrier commonly experienced by</span><br><span>blind Americans who cannot afford the high cost of access technology</span><br><span>by creating a refundable tax credit in the amount of $2,000 to offset</span><br><span>the cost of these technologies.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Please call your representative and two senators and urge them to</span><br><span>cosponsor the Access Technology Affordability Act if they have not</span><br><span>already done so. For those of you who attended Washington Seminar, you</span><br><span>should follow up with the staff person you met with. A complete list</span><br><span>of current cosponsors is included at the end of this email.</span><br><span></span><br><span>When you call or email, you might say something like the following:</span><br><span></span><br><span>"Hello, my name is [your name] and I am a constituent of [your</span><br><span>senator/representative]. I live in [city, state]. I am calling to urge</span><br><span>[your senator/representative] to cosponsor [S. 815 for Senate</span><br><span>calls/H.R. 2086 for House calls], the Access Technology Affordability</span><br><span>Act. This legislation removes an employment barrier commonly</span><br><span>experienced by blind Americans who cannot afford the high cost of</span><br><span>access technology by creating a refundable tax credit in the amount of</span><br><span>$2,000 to offset the cost of these technologies. I urge [your</span><br><span>senator/representative] to cosponsor the bill.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thanks."</span><br><span></span><br><span>You can contact your member of Congress by calling the Capitol</span><br><span>Switchboard and asking for the office in question. The number is</span><br><span>202-224-3121.</span><br><span></span><br><span>It is best to email the specific staff person who handles tax policy</span><br><span>for that member of Congress. You can typically get the name and email</span><br><span>address of that person by calling the office in question. You can also</span><br><span>email Jesa here at the NFB and she will get this information for you.</span><br><span>Her email is jmedders@nfb.org<mailto:jmedders@nfb.org>.</span><br><span>Your calls and emails do make a difference!</span><br><span></span><br><span>The goal is to get to 100 cosponsors in the House and 25 in the Senate</span><br><span>within the next few weeks. I am certain that if we all work together</span><br><span>we can reach this goal.</span><br><span></span><br><span>If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at</span><br><span>410-659-9314, extension 2218 or email me at</span><br><span>jpare@nfb.org<mailto:jpare@nfb.org>.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Warm regards,</span><br><span></span><br><span>John G. Par? Jr.</span><br><span>Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy</span><br><span>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230</span><br><span>(410) 659-9314, extension 2218 | Jpare@nfb.org</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Access Technology Affordability Act (S. 815)</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>1. Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>2. Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>3. Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>4. Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>5. Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>6. Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>7. Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>8. Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>9. Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>10. Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>11. Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>12. Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>13. Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>14. Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>15. Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>16. Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>17. Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Access Technology Affordability Act (H.R. 2086)</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>1. Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]*</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>2. Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>3. Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>4. Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>5. Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>6. Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>7. Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>8. Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>9. Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>10. Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>11. Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>12. Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>13. Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>14. Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-4]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>15. Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>16. Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>17. Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>18. Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>19. Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>20. Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>21. Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>22. Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>23. Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>24. Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>25. Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>26. Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>27. Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>28. Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>29. Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>30. Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>31. Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>32. Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>33. Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>34. Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>35. Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>36. Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>37. Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>38. Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>39. Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>40. Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>41. Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>42. Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>43. Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>44. Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>45. Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>46. Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>47. Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>48. Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>49. Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>50. Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>51. Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>52. Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>53. Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>54. Rep. 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