[NFBF-L] FW: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] Access Technology Affordability Act

Mon Mar 1 22:59:42 UTC 2021

Good afternoon Florida Federation family,

I wanted to share some exciting news with you all concerning the Access Technology Affordability Act, (HR-431 / S-212). 

Our efforts here in Florida are beginning to reap some fruitful rewards. As you will see in the below shown email, 41 members of the U.S. House have now signed on to the bill.

Of Florida’s 27 Congressional Representatives, 2 are shown as cosponsors, those being, Al C. Hastings, (Dist. 20) and Maria Salazar, (Dist. 27). Congratulations to all of those who met with Representative Salazar and with staff from Rep. Hastings office. 

I am sure that many more Florida House members will be adding their names in support of this vital piece of legislation soon. I’m looking forward to keeping you all updated on developments regarding our 2021 National Federation of the Blind Legislative priorities. We will be holding a statewide meeting in the near future to bring everyone up to date and to keep the strong Florida momentum going.

With kind regards,

Russ Davis,

Legislative Director, NFB of Florida

Coordinator, NFB Newsline of Florida

Board member, National Federation of the Blind of Florida

Ph. 904-993-8433

Email: Russell at radiorusty.com

From: NFB-Legislative-Directors [mailto:nfb-legislative-directors-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pare, John via NFB-Legislative-Directors
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 9:18 AM
To: 'NFB Legislative Directors List'
Cc: Pare, John
Subject: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] Access Technology Affordability Act

Colleagues:

We are making great progress on the Access Technology Affordability Act. We are up to 41 cosponsors in the House (H.R. 431) and 11 cosponsors in the Senate (S. 212). Two new cosponsors of particular note are Senator Patti Murray, Chair of the Senate HELP Committee, and Representative Tom Cole, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Rules.

Below is the complete list of House and Senate cosponsors sorted by state.

House:

Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]       

Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]   

Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]   

Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]

Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]

Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]       

Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] 

Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]

Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]        

Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]

Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]         

Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]

Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]            

Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]          

Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]   

Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]

Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]           

Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]

Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]      

Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] 

Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]

Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]

Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]

Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]

Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]

Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] 

Rep. Manning, Kathy E. [D-NC-6]

Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]

Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]

Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]              

Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]

Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14]

Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]          

Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]

Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]    

Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]     

Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]        

Rep. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]    

Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]            

Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]               

Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]

Senate:

Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]

Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] 

Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]  

Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]      

Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]              

Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]        

Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] 

Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]           

Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]

Best regards,

John G. Paré Jr. 

Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

(410) 659-9314, extension 2218 |  <mailto:Jpare at nfb.org> Jpare at nfb.org

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