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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Below are the switchboards for both the Iowa House and Senate. These are the numbers that many of the Representatives and Senators prefer to be contacted. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Senate Switchboard 515-281-3371 is the number that we have for any member of the Senate.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The House of Representatives</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Switchboard 515-281-3221 is the number that we have for any member of the House.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Bob </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b> Tall-Corn <<a href="mailto:tall-corn-bounces@nfbnet.org">tall-corn-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Intesar via Tall-Corn<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 24, 2023 6:07 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NFB of Iowa Internet Mailing List <<a href="mailto:tall-corn@nfbnet.org">tall-corn@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Intesar <<a href="mailto:idsummerlove@gmail.com">idsummerlove@gmail.com</a>><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Tall-Corn] Legislative Update<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello Bob,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you for all the information. I was talking with an elder member from our chapter today about the matter, and she would really like to make a phone call to express her views and support our issue. Would you please provide me with some phone numbers that she can call? That’s the only way she would like to participate with this. She lives in Iowa city. Thank you very much for all your assistance in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Peace, Intesar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.” Helen Keller<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On Feb 24, 2023, at 12:30 PM, Bob Ray via Tall-Corn <<a href="mailto:tall-corn@nfbnet.org">tall-corn@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Greetings, In case you haven’t heard it the Iowa Senate State Government Committee has voted the reorganization bill out by a vote of 12 to 6. Some of the members of the committee expressed concerns about some of it but didn’t change it. If you have any contacts with any State Senator, please contact them and let them know how much these changes will negatively impact the blind of Iowa. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>In the House so far there has been no vote. We have been concentrating on the subcommittee of the State Government Committee but now contacting the rest of the State Government Committee is certainly in order. Here again, contact your Representative even if they are not on the committee and make your feelings known.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We have done a good job so far and we are going to need to keep the pressure on in both houses. We can still win but it is not going to be easy. Ask your friends, relatives and anyone that will listen to help out.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I do want to thank the number of you who have written emails and sent copies of your email and the responses to me either on either of our lists or to me directly. If you haven’t sent these to me yet I strongly encourage you to do so. With this information we know better who in either house of the legislature is likely to support us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Keep up the good work. We can still win if we work together.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bob<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Legislative Chair, NFBI<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Email:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="mailto:bray@nfbi.org">bray@nfbi.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Tall-Corn mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Tall-Corn@nfbnet.org">Tall-Corn@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tall-corn_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tall-corn_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Tall-Corn:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tall-corn_nfbnet.org/idsummerlove%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tall-corn_nfbnet.org/idsummerlove%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>