[NFBF-L] Florida support for ATAA growing!

[Andrew Rood]

Awesome, thanks for the update!

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 11:14 Russell Davis <russell at radiorusty.com> wrote:

> Good morning everyone,
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> I decided to check the website, Congress.gov this morning to see if there
> was any mid-week movement on HR-431, The Access Technology Affordability
> Act, and was thrilled to see sponsorship on the bill is growing in the
> House. Here in Florida we have added the names of three more Congressmen,
> bringing our total to 5. Currently, 48 Congressional Reps have signed onto
> the bill.
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> Congratulations to members  of all of our regional teams. All of us now
> have members from our meetings giving us support.
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> Today I noted the new names of:
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> Gus Bilirakis – Dist. 12  (awesome job West Team, you did it again)!
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> Bill Posey – Dist. 8 (East Team victory, of course it was)!
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> &
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> John Rutherford – Dist. 04 (So happy to see this Jacksonville Rep. signing
> on again, the North Team continues to have a great relationship with this
> Representative…don’t worry, I’ll be getting my thank you note out soon).
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> We had previously noted the names of:
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> Al C. Hastings – Dist. 20
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> &
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> Maria Salazar – Dist. 27.
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> If you were part of any meetings with any of these Reps, (or if you are a
> constituent of any of the above named), sending them a brief thank you for
> supporting HR-431 would truly be appreciated. Small gestures like that let
> the House members know we do not take their support for granted and will
> help build and strengthen a good working relationship with them as we move
> forward with more initiatives.
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> Senators Rubio and Scott have not yet added their names to the ATAA,
> (S-212), but we won’t stop working towards that goal. Currently, 11
> Senators across the US have signed onto the Senate bill.
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> Florida is really doing some amazing work and I am so very proud to be
> part of our fantastic team.
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> Please let me know if you need anything at all from me, I’m happy to serve.
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> Merry, Camille and Denise, if you have team members who may not be on the
> Florida listserve, please share this great news with them. Thanks
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> Very Respectfully,
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> Russ Davis,
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> Legislative Director, National Federation of the Blind of Florida
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> Ph. 904-993-8433
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> Email: Russell at radiorusty.com
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