<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Good afternoon all,<div>If you haven’t already submitted comments for this, please do so as we definitely want this change to go through.</div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Helen<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Helen Mejia, President</div>National Federation of the Blind<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of Iowa<br>hmejia@nfbi.org<br>(570) 983-7867</div>
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Young, Justin via NFBNet-Members-List" <nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>[Nfbnet-members-list] Time-Sensitive Legislative Alert - January 16, 2025</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January 16, 2025 at 8:45:57 AM CST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org" <nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Young, Justin" <jyoung@nfb.org><br></span></div><br><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dear Federation Family, <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/policy-statements/comments-regarding-department-labors-proposed-rule" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">submitted comments</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on Wednesday, January 15.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">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>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://regulations.gov/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">regulations.gov</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>before clicking “submit.”<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Again, we apologize for the last-minute notice. Thank you for all your hard advocacy on this matter.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Justin T. Young, Ed.D</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">410-659-9314, extension 2210 |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue;">jyoung@nfb.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nfb.org/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" width="210" height="76" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/nfblogo.png" alt="National Federation of the Blind" style="width: 2.1833in; height: 0.7916in;"></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" style="width: 0.25in; height: 0.25in;"></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/NFB_Voice" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" style="width: 0.25in; height: 0.25in;"></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/NationsBlind" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/youtube.png" alt="Youtube" style="width: 0.25in; height: 0.25in;"></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. 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