[VABS] Legislative Update

[André Hill]

Dear Members,
Here are the additional members of Congress who have signed onto our
legislative agenda. This is updated as of 5/19/19.

S. 815
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] 04/29/2019
Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] 04/29/2019
Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] 05/06/2019

HR 2086
Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] 04/18/2019
Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] 04/18/2019
Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] 04/25/2019
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13] 04/25/2019
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] 04/29/2019
Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2] 05/09/2019
Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1] 05/09/2019

S.260
Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] 04/30/2019

HR 873
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] 05/15/2019
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] 04/12/2019
Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]  04/29/2019
Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]  05/01/2019
Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] 05/03/2019
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] 05/03/2019
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] 05/03/2019
Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] 05/10/2019
Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] 05/14/2019
Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]  05/14/2019
Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] 05/14/2019
Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] 05/14/2019
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13] 05/14/2019
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] 05/15/2019
Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] 05/15/2019
Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] 05/15/2019
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] 05/15/2019


In this week: The House Committee on Education and Labor will hold a full
committee hearing regarding H.R. 873 entitled, “Eliminating Barriers to
Employment: Opening Doors to Opportunity." This hearing is chaired by
Robert "Bobby" Scott, who introduced HR 873. Is slated to occur on Tuesday,
May 21, 2019 at 10:15 AM and is located in the Rayburn House Office
Building for those who are able to attend.

If you wish to watch it live, you can go to
https://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/eliminating-barriers-to-employment-opening-doors-to-opportunity_

If you which to watch it on C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/schedule/
Scroll down until you get to the date of the hearing (5/21/19) and click on
U.S. House of Representatives.

Yours in Solidarity,

André



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André E. Hill

-Chairperson
Legislative Committee
Virginia Association of Blind Students
National Federation of the Blind of Virginia







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