[Missouri-l] HR 3101 support letter

[Chip Hailey]

>Hello listers,

I trust most of you are reading these e-mails on 
HR 3101 and have taken an interest and would be 
willing to write your U.S. Representative and ask 
for their support on this very important bill.
Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions.
Thanks!

Chip Hailey
MCB Education and Welfare Chairman


>To all:
>
>Attached is a letter I wrote to U.S. Senator 
>Robert Casey of Pennsylvania.  A similar letter 
>was written to Senator Arlen Specter.
>
>In addition, it will be e-mailed to all House 
>Representatives and to PSAD Chapter officers.
>
>For PSAD President Larry Brick:  Please forward it to NAD_TC and COAT.
>
>Very respectfully,
>
>Gary Bootay
>Acting Executive Director of PSAD

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Text Box: Board of Managers
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PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF THE DEAF
Founded 1881 * Incorporated 1891


                                                                                     August 
23, 2009

Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.
393 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Honorable Senator Casey:

Please support HR 3101 as a sponsor and vote to pass it.

This bill updates the Telecommunications Act to 
make all telecommunications and video media 
accessible to people with disabilities. You 
should be familiar with Telecommunications Act 
and your support as a sponsor will be much valued 
by the membership of the Pennsylvania Society for 
the Advancement of the Deaf (PSAD). This bill is 
a much needed update of the earlier 
Telecommunications Act which requires that the 
rapid expansion of technology, communications, 
and media be accessible to all people with 
disabilities.  HR 3101 goes a long way to 
leveling the playing field for people with disabilities.

PSAD is the state’s premier civil rights 
organization of, by and for Deaf and Hard of 
Hearing voters of the Commonwealth of 
PA.  Established in 1881, the PSAD was shaped by 
deaf leaders who believed in the right of the 
American deaf community to use sign language, to 
congregate on issues important to them, and to 
have its interests represented at the state and 
national level. These beliefs remain true to this 
day, with American Sign Language as a core value.

The advocacy scope of the PSAD is broad, covering 
a lifetime and impacting future generations in 
the areas of early intervention, education, 
employment, health care, technology, youth 
leadership, telecommunications, and more – 
improving the lives of thousands of deaf and hard 
of hearing citizens of the Commonwealth.

The mission of PSAD is to maximize the 
participation and productivity of its Deaf and 
Hard of Hearing citizens within the larger 
society of Pennsylvania through education, advocacy and service.

The PSAD is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization 
supported by the generosity of individual and 
organizational donors, including corporations and foundations.

Sincerely yours with deep appreciation,


Gary M. Bootay
Acting Executive Director of PSAD


cc: PSAD Board of Managers
       Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology
       National Association of the Deaf Technology Committee
       Hearing Loss Association of America

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