[TVARC] parity act

[Rich Erlichman]

FYI - if you go to the website I put a link to the page just below the monthly meeting announcement. 
—Rich, ND4G 
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> On Sep 7, 2018, at 5:40 PM, John Ellis <john.np2b at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Folks,   
> 
> Once again we press to get this legislation 
> approved by the House and Senate, and 
> enacted into law by the President. Whether 
> contacting Senator Bill Nelson at this late 
> date will help, we don't know. But, like chicken 
> soup, we don't think it will hurt. 
> 
> Please see the message from Mike Lisenco
> N2YBB below, and if you concur, please 
> endeavor to contact Senator Nelson as the 
> letter requests.  
> 
> "Dear Florida ARRL member:
> 
> We have asked you before to write to Florida Senator Bill Nelson to ask
> him to remove his hold on the Amateur Radio Parity Act. You have
> responded perfectly each time. We are going to ask you to help ARRL get
> the Parity Act across the finish line one more time. Here is where we
> are: The Parity Act has passed unanimously in the House of
> Representatives four separate times. Most recently, it passed the House
> as part of the FY 2019 Financial Services and General Government
> Appropriations Act (FSGG). It was not included in the Senate version of
> that Bill, however, so now, both bills having passed in their respective
> houses of Congress, a joint committee of House and Senate conferees have
> to agree on the final version of the FSGG, and resolve the differences
> in the two, before the FSGG goes to the President for signature.
> 
> We are working hard to ensure that the Parity Act remains in the final
> version of this Bill. We are encouraged, but we are making one last
> effort to ask Senator Nelson to support Amateur Radio. If this effort is
> not successful, we have other plans to get this important relief for
> Amateur Radio operators, but it would be best if we could get the Bill
> passed right now as part of the FSGG. The White House absolutely
> supports the Parity Act.
> 
> Please go to https://arrl.rallycongress.net/  to contact Senator Nelson
> and help us finish this. We really need your help once more. Thanks and
> 73,
> 
> Mike Lisenco, N2YBB
> Chair, ARRL Legislative Affairs Committee"   
> 
> Thanks for your help and concern,   
> 73,   
> John, NP2B   
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> John Ellis         (NP2B)  
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> The Villages, FL 32163  
> 
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> 
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