This needs to be forwarded over to the blind like me list. I'll do it. Regards.
Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "tunecollector" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 3:10 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] House bill > >HOUSE RELEASES 21ST CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO ACCESSIBILITY ACT > >FOR > >>PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES > >> > >>On December 21, 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives released a draft > >>bill, the long-awaited "Twenty-first Century Communications and Video > >>Accessibility Act." This proposal is a dramatic and comprehensive step > >>forward for consumers with disabilities. It proposes to amend the > >>Communications Act - the main statute that impacts the telephone and video > >>programming industries - to add new consumer protections that will ensure > >>people with disabilities do not get left out or left behind as telephones > >>and television programming increasingly rely on digital and Internet > >>Protocol (IP) technologies. The proposals will allow greater numbers of > >>people with disabilities to become independent and productive members of > >>society, as well as to enjoy all the new electronic gadgets and devices > that > >>everyone else takes for granted. > >> > >>To see the draft bill (PDF only) please go to > >><<http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/draft_of_telecom_legislation.pdf > <http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/draft_of_telecom_legislation.pdf> >>http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/draft_of_telecom_legislation.pdf > <http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/draft_of_telecom_legislation.pdf> > > >>http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/draft_of_telecom_legislation.pdf > <http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/draft_of_telecom_legislation.pdf> > >> > >>To see a summary of the bill (Word) please go to > >><<http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/summary_of_telecom_legislation.doc > <http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/summary_of_telecom_legislation.doc> >>http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/summary_of_telecom_legislation.doc > <http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/summary_of_telecom_legislation.doc> > > > >>http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/summary_of_telecom_legislation.doc > <http://markey.house.gov/docs/telecomm/summary_of_telecom_legislation.doc> > >> > >>Or go to <http://markey. <http://markey./> >http://markey. > >><http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content > <http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3236&Item >> &task=view&id=3236&Item > <http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content > <http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3236&Item >> &task=view&id=3236&Item> > >>id=46> house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3236&Itemid=46 > >>and CLICK on the documents. > >> > >>IMMEDIATE ACTION STEPS!!! To help pass these simple communication fixes > >>that will bring communications into the 21st century for people with > >>disabilities, please send letters as soon as you can to the following >>House > >>members who are the leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee > >>(the committee that is assigned this bill). Make sure to ask them for >>their > >>sponsorship of the legislation: > >> > >>Rep. John Dingell, (D-MI), Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee, > >>Room 2328 Rayburn House Building, Washington, DC 20515. > >>Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman, House Subcommittee on Telecommunications > >>and the Internet, Room 2125 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC > >>20515. > >> > >>Ranking Minority Members: > >> > >>Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), Room 2109 Rayburn House Building, Washington, DC > >>20515. > >> > >>Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Room 2322A Rayburn House Office Building, > >>Washington, DC 20515. > >> > >>Also send letters to your own representatives if they are members of the > >>House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, whichwill >>review > >>the bill first (This subcommittee is within the full House Committee.) You > >>can see list of subcommittee members and get their addresses at > >><<http://energycommerce.house.gov/Subcommittees/telint.shtml > <http://energycommerce.house.gov/Subcommittees/telint.shtml> >>http://energycommerce.house.gov/Subcommittees/telint.shtml > <http://energycommerce.house.gov/Subcommittees/telint.shtml> > > >>http://energycommerce.house.gov/Subcommittees/telint.shtml. > <http://energycommerce.house.gov/Subcommittees/telint.shtml.> Snail mail > is > >>preferred. > >> > >>Please send copies of your letters to: COAT, c/o of AAPD, 1629 K Street >>NW, > >>Suite 503, Washington, DC 20006, attn: J. Simpson. > >> > >>Your letter could help make sure that there really is 21st century > >>electronic communication for people with disabilities! > >> > >>Additional Action Steps will follow! 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