[bksvol-discuss] OT Legislative Alert, NLS Funding
- From: David Andrews <dandrews@xxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:38:46 -0500
This is a Legislative Alert from the National Federation of the Blind, NFB.
The following is from Jesse Hartle. This will be one of the last
opportunities we have to get NLS the funding it needs to make the
much-needed transition
to digital talking books. Please call today, Wednesday!
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David Andrews
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From: Hartle, Jesse
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:02 PM
Subject: Legislative Alert - Immediate Action Needed on Talking
Books
Program
Fellow Federationists,
Immediate action must be taken. The Senate has decided
to skip the subcommittee mark up on the Legislative Branch
Appropriations bill, opting to mark up the bill before the full
Senate Committee
on Appropriations on Thursday June 21. This will not allow us to see
how much they have funded the Talking Books program until the bill is
presented to the committee. We must call our Senators tomorrow,
Wednesday June 20, and urge them to include full funding of the
Talking Books program. You should also call the Chairman of the full
Committee Robert Byrd of West Virginia, and Subcommittee Chairwoman Mary
Landrieu of Louisiana, and express your feelings about the Talking Books
program.
To be connected with your Senators office, please call
the capitol switchboard starting at 9:00 am eastern standard time, at
202-225-3121. I count on all of you to make calls tomorrow to help
us achieve our goal of protecting the Talking Books program.
Thank you for all that you do. Jesse
Jesse Hartle
National Federation of the Blind
Government Programs Specialist
Phone: 410-659-9314 Ext. 2233
Email: jhartle@xxxxxxx
David Andrews and white cane Harry.
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