[Tn-talk] FW: Legislative Alert - Urgent Action Needed to Protect Talking Books Program
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Is there a house bill or senate bill number; amendment number? mark-up number?
Warren Bragg
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From: "Seay, Michael" <Michael.Seay at ssa.gov>
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> FW: Legislative Alert - Urgent Action Needed to Protect Talking Books Program
> Heather & friends,
>
> I got the earlier information sent to me by you (Heather) but I wasn't certain
> of some of the thoughts shared. Here is the scoop from the Hill!
> Mike --
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hartle, Jesse [ mailto:JHartle at NFB.ORG mailto:JHartle at NFB.ORG
> ]
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 3:55 PM
> To: undisclosed-recipients
> Subject: Legislative Alert - Urgent Action Needed to Protect Talking Books
> Program
>
>
>
> Fellow Federationists:
>
> Urgent action is needed to respond to the House’s Legislative Branch
> Subcommittee’s proposed appropriations bill relating to the fiscal year
> 2008 budget request of the Library of Congress. As you all know the National
> Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) has been working
> on a plan to convert the Talking Books program to a digital format. The cost of
> this needed transition from analog cassette to digital technology is $76.4
> million over a four-year period ($19.1 million for each of the next four years).
> The House Legislative Branch Subcommittee has only included $7.5 million for
> this project in the bill, which passed the subcommittee yesterday. The
> subcommittee also voted against an amendment raised by Congressman Ray LaHood of
> Illinois that sought to include full funding for the NLS upgrade. Not only is
> this amount just a third of what was requested by the Library of Congress, but
> the subcommittee further gave the Librarian of Congress the power to transfer
> all or part of the funds from the Books for the Blind program to other upgrades
> for the Library. Essentially, if the Librarian of Congress chooses to transfer
> funds from the $7.5 million allotted for the digital conversion program, the
> Talking Books program will be killed due to a lack of equipment to repair broken
> tape players and the simple fact that all aspects of cassette technology will
> become obsolete in the next four years.
>
> The Legislative Branch Appropriations bill will now be presented to the full
> Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday, July 12. It is imperative that we flood
> the offices of Committee members and the office of Subcommittee Chair Debbie
> Wasserman Schultz before July 12th to urge them to include the full funding for
> the digital upgrade and to protect these funds from being shifted within the
> Library of Congress to meet other needs. The Talking Books program is the
> largest and most essential available source of information for blind people as a
> whole, and we need to protect this information source with our greatest effort.
> Included below is a list of the members on the Appropriations Committee and
> their office numbers. Please contact their offices, and let them know how
> important the Talking Books program is to the blind. I will update you with
> further information on this initiative, but your calls should start immediately.
>
> Thanks in advance for all of your hard work.
>
> Jesse Hartle
> Government Program Specialist
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
> 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
> (410) 659-9314, ext. 2233
> jhartle at nfb.org < mailto:jhartle at nfb.org mailto:jhartle at nfb.org
> >
>
>
>
> House Committee on Appropriations
> Full Committee - June 7, 2007
>
> FL D, Schultz, Rep Debbie Wasserman, 202-225-7931
>
> (alphabetical by state)
> AL D, Cramer, Rep Robert E. Bud, Jr., 202-225-4801
> AL R, Aderholt, Rep Robert B., 202-225-4876
> AR D, Berry, Rep Marion, 202-225-4076
> AZ D, Pastor, Rep Ed, 202-225-4065
> CA D, Farr, Rep Sam, 202-225-2861
> CA D, Honda, Rep Mike, 202-225-2631
> CA D, Lee, Rep Barbara, 202-225-2661
> CA D, Roybal-Allard, Rep Lucille, 202-225-1766
> CA D, Schiff, Rep Adam, 202-225-4176
> CA R, Calvert, Rep Ken, 202-225-1986
> CA R, Lewis, Rep Jerry, 202-225-5861
> CT D, DeLauro, Rep Rosa L., 202-225-3661
> FL D, Boyd, Rep F. Allen, 202-225-5235
> FL R, Crenshaw, Rep Ander, 202-225-2501
> FL R, Weldon, Rep Dave, 202-225-3671
> FL R, Young, Rep C. W. Bill, 202-225-5961
> GA D, Bishop, Rep Sanford D., Jr., 202-225-3631
> GA R, Kingston, Rep Jack, 202-225-5831
> IA R, Latham, Rep Tom, 202-225-5476
> ID R, Simpson, Rep Mike, 202-225-5531
> IL D, Jackson, Rep Jesse L., Jr., 202-225-0773
> IL R, Kirk, Rep Mark Steven, 202-225-4835
> IL R, LaHood, Rep Ray, 202-225-6201
> IN D, Visclosky, Rep Peter J., 202-225-2461
> KS R, Tiahrt, Rep Todd, 202-225-6216
> KY D, Chandler, Rep Ben, 202-225-4706
> KY R, Rogers, Rep Hal, 202-225-4601
> LA R, Alexander, Rep Rodney, 202-225-8490
> MA D, Olver, Rep John W., 202-225-5335
> MD D, Ruppersberger, Rep C. A. Dutch, 202-225-3061
> MI D, Kilpatrick, Rep Carolyn Cheeks, 202-225-2261
> MI R, Knollenberg, Rep Joe, 202-225-5802
> MN D, McCollum, Rep Betty, 202-225-6631
> MO R, Emerson, Rep Jo Ann, 202-225-4404
> MS R, Wicker, Rep Roger F., 202-225-4306
> MT R, Rehberg, Rep Dennis, 202-225-3211
> NC D, Price, Rep David E., 202-225-1784
> NJ D, Rothman, Rep Steve, 202-225-5061
> NJ R, Frelinghuysen, Rep Rodney P., 202-225-5034
> NM D, Udall, Rep Tom, 202-225-6190
> NY D, Hinchey, Rep Maurice D., 202-225-6335
> NY D, Israel, Rep Steve, 202-225-3335
> NY D, Lowey, Rep Nita M., 202-225-6506
> NY D, Serrano, Rep Jose E., 202-225-4361
> NY R, Walsh, Rep James T., 202-225-3701
> OH D, Kaptur, Rep Marcy, 202-225-4146
> OH D, Ryan, Rep Tim, 202-225-5261
> OH R, Hobson, Rep David L., 202-225-4324
> OH R, Regula, Rep Ralph, 202-225-3876
> PA D, Fattah, Rep Chaka, 202-225-4001
> PA D, Murtha, Rep John P., 202-225-2065
> PA R, Peterson, Rep John E., 202-225-5121
> RI D, Kennedy, Rep Patrick J., 202-225-4911
> TN R, Wamp, Rep Zach, 202-225-3271
> TX D, Edwards, Rep Chet, 202-225-6105
> TX D, Rodriguez, Rep Ciro D., 202-225-4511
> TX R, Carter, Rep John R., 202-225-3864
> TX R, Culberson, Rep John, 202-225-2571
> TX R, Granger, Rep Kay, 202-225-5071
> VA D, Moran, Rep Jim, 202-225-4376
> VA R, Goode, Rep Virgil H., Jr., 202-225-4711
> VA R, Wolf, Rep Frank R., 202-225-5136
> WA D, Dicks, Rep Norm, 202-225-5916
> WI D, Obey, Rep David R., Chair, 202-225-3365
> WV D, Mollohan, Rep Alan B., 202-225-4172
>
>
>
>
>
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Is there a house bill or senate bill number; amendment number? mark-up number?
Warren Bragg
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Seay, Michael" <Michael.Seay at ssa.gov>
> _______________________________________________
> Tn-talk mailing list
> Tn-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tn-talk
> FW: Legislative Alert - Urgent Action Needed to Protect Talking Books Program
> Heather & friends,
>
> I got the earlier information sent to me by you (Heather) but I wasn't certain
> of some of the thoughts shared. Here is the scoop from the Hill!
> Mike --
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hartle, Jesse [ mailto:JHartle at NFB.ORG mailto:JHartle at NFB.ORG
> ]
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 3:55 PM
> To: undisclosed-recipients
> Subject: Legislative Alert - Urgent Action Needed to Protect Talking Books
> Program
> ;
>
>
> Fellow Federationists:
>
> Urgent action is needed to respond to the House’s Legislative Branch
> Subcommittee’s proposed appropriations bill relating to the fiscal year
> 2008 budget request of the Library of Congress. As you all know the National
> Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) has been working
> on a plan to convert the Talking Books program to a digital format. The cost of
> this needed transition from analog cassette to digital technology is $76.4
> million over a four-year period ($19.1 million for each of the next four years).
> The House Legislative Branch Subcommittee has only included $7.5 million for
> this project in the bill, which passed the subcommittee yesterday. The
> subcommittee also voted against an amendment raised by Congressman Ray LaHood of
> Illinois that sought to include full funding for the NLS upgrade. Not onl y is
> this amount just a third of what was requested by the Library of Congress, but
> the subcommittee further gave the Librarian of Congress the power to transfer
> all or part of the funds from the Books for the Blind program to other upgrades
> for the Library. Essentially, if the Librarian of Congress chooses to transfer
> funds from the $7.5 million allotted for the digital conversion program, the
> Talking Books program will be killed due to a lack of equipment to repair broken
> tape players and the simple fact that all aspects of cassette technology will
> become obsolete in the next four years.
>
> The Legislative Branch Appropriations bill will now be presented to the full
> Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday, July 12. It is imperative that we flood
> the offices of Committee members and the office of Subcommittee Chair Debbie
> Wasserman Schultz before July 12th to urge them to include the full funding for
> the digital upgrade and to protect these funds from being shifted within the
> Library of Congress to meet other needs. The Talking Books program is the
> largest and most essential available source of information for blind people as a
> whole, and we need to protect this information source with our greatest effort.
> Included below is a list of the members on the Appropriations Committee and
> their office numbers. Please contact their offices, and let them know how
> important the Talking Books program is to the blind. I will update you with
> further information on this initiative, but your calls should start immediately.
>
> Thanks in advance for all of your hard work.
>
> Jesse Hartle
> Government Program Specialist
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
> 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
> (410) 659-9314, ext. 2233
> jhar tle at nfb.org < mailto:jhartle at nfb.org mailto:jhartle at nfb.org
> >
>
>
>
> House Committee on Appropriations
> Full Committee - June 7, 2007
>
> FL D, Schultz, Rep Debbie Wasserman, 202-225-7931
>
> (alphabetical by state)
> AL D, Cramer, Rep Robert E. Bud, Jr., 202-225-4801
> AL R, Aderholt, Rep Robert B., 202-225-4876
> AR D, Berry, Rep Marion, 202-225-4076
> AZ D, Pastor, Rep Ed, 202-225-4065
> CA D, Farr, Rep Sam, 202-225-2861
> CA D, Honda, Rep Mike, 202-225-2631
> CA D, Lee, Rep Barbara, 202-225-2661
> CA D, Roybal-Allard, Rep Lucille, 202-225-1766
> CA D, Schiff, Rep Adam, 202-225-4176
> CA R, Calvert, Rep Ken, 202-225-1986
> CA R, Lewis, Rep Jerry, 202-225-5861
> CT D, DeLauro, Rep Rosa L., 202-225-3661
> FL D, Boyd, Rep F. Allen, 202-225-5235
> FL R, Crenshaw, Rep Ander, 202-225-2501
> FL R, Weldon , Rep Dave, 202-225-3671
> FL R, Young, Rep C. W. Bill, 202-225-5961
> GA D, Bishop, Rep Sanford D., Jr., 202-225-3631
> GA R, Kingston, Rep Jack, 202-225-5831
> IA R, Latham, Rep Tom, 202-225-5476
> ID R, Simpson, Rep Mike, 202-225-5531
> IL D, Jackson, Rep Jesse L., Jr., 202-225-0773
> IL R, Kirk, Rep Mark Steven, 202-225-4835
> IL R, LaHood, Rep Ray, 202-225-6201
> IN D, Visclosky, Rep Peter J., 202-225-2461
> KS R, Tiahrt, Rep Todd, 202-225-6216
> KY D, Chandler, Rep Ben, 202-225-4706
> KY R, Rogers, Rep Hal, 202-225-4601
> LA R, Alexander, Rep Rodney, 202-225-8490
> MA D, Olver, Rep John W., 202-225-5335
> MD D, Ruppersberger, Rep C. A. Dutch, 202-225-3061
> MI D, Kilpatrick, Rep Carolyn Cheeks, 202-225-2261
> MI R, Knollenberg, Rep Joe, 202-225-5802
> MN D, McCollum, Rep Betty, 202-225-6631
> MO R, Emerson, Rep Jo Ann, 202-225-4404
> MS R , Wicker, Rep Roger F., 202-225-4306
> MT R, Rehberg, Rep Dennis, 202-225-3211
> NC D, Price, Rep David E., 202-225-1784
> NJ D, Rothman, Rep Steve, 202-225-5061
> NJ R, Frelinghuysen, Rep Rodney P., 202-225-5034
> NM D, Udall, Rep Tom, 202-225-6190
> NY D, Hinchey, Rep Maurice D., 202-225-6335
> NY D, Israel, Rep Steve, 202-225-3335
> NY D, Lowey, Rep Nita M., 202-225-6506
> NY D, Serrano, Rep Jose E., 202-225-4361
> NY R, Walsh, Rep James T., 202-225-3701
> OH D, Kaptur, Rep Marcy, 202-225-4146
> OH D, Ryan, Rep Tim, 202-225-5261
> OH R, Hobson, Rep David L., 202-225-4324
> OH R, Regula, Rep Ralph, 202-225-3876
> PA D, Fattah, Rep Chaka, 202-225-4001
> PA D, Murtha, Rep John P., 202-225-2065
> PA R, Peterson, Rep John E., 202-225-5121
> RI D, Kennedy, Rep Patrick J., 202-225-4911
> TN R, Wamp, Rep Zach, 202-225-3271
> TX D, Edwards, Rep Chet, 202-225-6105
> TX D, Rodriguez, Rep Ciro D., 202-225-4511
> TX R, Carter, Rep John R., 202-225-3864
> TX R, Culberson, Rep John, 202-225-2571
> TX R, Granger, Rep Kay, 202-225-5071
> VA D, Moran, Rep Jim, 202-225-4376
> VA R, Goode, Rep Virgil H., Jr., 202-225-4711
> VA R, Wolf, Rep Frank R., 202-225-5136
> WA D, Dicks, Rep Norm, 202-225-5916
> WI D, Obey, Rep David R., Chair, 202-225-3365
> WV D, Mollohan, Rep Alan B., 202-225-4172
>
>
>
>
>
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