[Faith-talk] Legislative Alert HR 4137 Update

[Mary Ellen Sanchez]

hi dave can you please check if my mail on faith talk is disabled?  i
thought i did it but i wanted to make sure.

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Subject: [Faith-talk] Legislative Alert HR 4137 Update


>From: Hartle, Jesse
>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 4:38 PM
>Subject: Legislative Alert HR 4137 Update
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>Fellow Federationists:
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>I want to thank you all for your hard work in telling members of the 
>House Education and Labor Committee about the concerns of the Blind 
>relating to Section 766A of HR-4137.  Because of your hard work and 
>many, many phone calls, a Manager's amendment has been included to 
>strengthen the consumer participation of the Commission designed to 
>study the problem of inaccessible materials in Higher Education, and to 
>direct the Commission to develop a program that will solve this 
>problem.
>This language was adopted by the Education and Labor Committee 
>yesterday.  The National Federation of the Blind is now fully 
>supportive of Section 766A as established by the Manager's amendment.
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>Blind students in Institutions of Higher Education must have access to 
>textbooks in the format of their choosing at the same time materials 
>are made available to their sighted peers.  This legislation will put 
>us on the path to achieving this important goal.
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>It is very important that we make follow-up phone calls to members of 
>the Education and Labor Committee and thank them for passing an 
>improved version of Section 766A.  We should also contact Congressman 
>Grijalva's, Miller's, and Petri's offices.  These members worked hard 
>to get this language into the Manager's amendment, and their staff 
>members should know that the National Federation of the Blind 
>appreciates their work.
>I have included contact information for these staff members below.
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>think email will be the best way to reach them.
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>We will continue to update you all on the latest information relating 
>to this legislation as it moves towards a Conference Committee.  Thank 
>you all once again.
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>Congressman Grijalva
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>Alethea Scally
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>alethea.scally at mail.house.gov
><mailto:alethea.scally at mail.house.gov>
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>Congressman Petri
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>Tom Culligan
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>thomas.culligan at mail.house.gov
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>Chairman Miller
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>Sharon Lewis
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>sharon.lewis at mail.house.gov <mailto:sharon.lewis at mail.house.gov>
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