[Nfbnet-members-list] National Federation of the Blind Applauds House Passage of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

[Danielsen, Chris]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



National Federation of the Blind Applauds House Passage of Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act

Urges President Obama to Sign into Law



Baltimore, Maryland (July 10, 2014): The National Federation of the 
Blind today applauded the passage of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (WIOA) by the United States House of Representatives 
and urged President Barack Obama to sign this important legislation.

Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act is the product of 
dialogue between advocates for Americans with disabilities and 
members of Congress. We applaud Congressional leaders for listening 
to the National Federation of the Blind and other organizations of 
people with disabilities and incorporating much of our input into the 
final bill. This legislation, which has now passed on bipartisan 
votes in both houses of Congress, will reduce the number of young 
people with disabilities being tracked into sheltered, subminimum 
wage jobs and preserve a strong rehabilitation system for the blind 
and other Americans with disabilities. We urge President Obama to 
sign this critically important act as soon as it comes to his desk."



###


About the National Federation of the Blind

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise 
the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create 
obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life 
you want; blindness is not what holds you back.




-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbnet-members-list_nfbnet.org/attachments/20140711/c4857890/attachment.html>