[CASL-L] Fwd: [aaslforum] Contact your Representative Today for Library Funding

[Shelley Stedman]

Hello All:  I am  forwarded this from Silvia Norton at AASL.  I am also attaching a document which lists what IMLS (& LSTA grants) have paid for in CT.  If your rep has already signed, please thank them for their support.  If you have family with reps in the states listed please contact them to have their rep sign on.  This legislation is vital for our libraries in CT


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From: Sylvia Norton <snorton at ala.org<mailto:snorton at ala.org>>
Subject: [aaslforum] Contact your Representative Today for Library Funding
Date: March 14, 2018 at 4:12:18 PM EDT
To: "aaslforum at lists.ala.org<mailto:aaslforum at lists.ala.org>" <aaslforum at lists.ala.org<mailto:aaslforum at lists.ala.org>>
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Today is our last real day to get Representatives to sign the LSTA and IAL letters.  In these final hours:

  *   Please check whether your representative has signed on to the FY19 LSTA and IAL letters? You can find out here<http://www.ala.org/fundlibraries> (the FY18 history is available here too).  Also, please check  the state list below of the key Members  we need to secure.
  *   If the answer is no, please reach out (once again, if applicable) to your Member’s office TODAY?  You can find the dollar amount and state<https://www.imls.gov/grants/grants-state/state-allotments> and further detailed information is available here<http://www.ala.org/takeaction>.


Talking points:

  *   Ask for the staffer who handles education. (Leave a message if you don’t reach them.)
  *   Give your name and say you are calling on behalf of their state library association (or else the American Library Association). If you are a constituent, say so.
  *   Ask for the Representative’s support to protect library programs that the Trump Administration has proposed to eliminate.
  *   Ask them to sign two Dear Appropriator letters.* (See the note below and adjust as needed.)
  *   1: The Library Services and Technology Act provides funding directly to their states libraries for programs that support education and employment. Ask them to sign the letter by Representative Grijalva (gree-HALL-vuh).
  *   2: Innovative Approaches to Literacy supports school libraries and helps kids get ready to learn. Ask them to sign the letter by Representative Bernice Johnson.
  *   Ask them to sign on by COB Wednesday, TODAY.
  *   If they ask for more information, give them the following contact info:

Kevin L. Maher
Deputy Director, Office of Government Relations
American Library Association
Washington Office
(202) 403-8236


  *   Thank them for their support.


Members who signed letters last year and have not yet signed this year (state LSTA contribution included):

ALABAMA ($2.48 million)

Rep. Mike Rogers: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Teri Sewell: Signed IAL in 2017


ARIZONA ($3.24 million)

Rep. Raul Grijalva: Signed IAL in 2017


CALIFORNIA ($15.18 million)

Rep. Nanette Diaz Barrigan: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Karen Bass: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017
Rep. Ami Bera: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017
Rep Julia Brownley: Signed LSTA in 2017
Rep. Salud Carbajal: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Tony Cardenas: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017
Rep. Lou Correa: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017
Rep. Jim Costa: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. John Garamendi: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Ro Khanna: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Barbara Lee: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Ted Lieu: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Grace Napolitano: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Scott Peters: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Raul Ruiz: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Linda Sanchez: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Brad Sherman: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Mark Takano: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Mike Thompson: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Norma Torres: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017
Rep. Juan Vargas: Signed IAL in 2017

WASHINGTON, DC ($932 thousand)
Rep. Eleanor Norton: Signed IAL in 2017


FLORIDA ($8.29 million)

Rep. Ted Deutsch: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017
Rep. Darren Soto: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Frederica Wilson: Signed IAL in 2017


GEORGIA ($4.49 million)

Rep. John Lewis: Signed IAL in 2017


HAWAII ($1.21 million)

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: Signed LSTA in 2017


IOWA ($1.84 million)

Rep. Dave Loebsack: Signed IAL in 2017

ILLINOIS ($5.41 million)
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017
Rep. Dan Lipinski: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017
Rep. Mike Quigley: Signed LSTA in 2017
Rep. Bobby Rush: Signed IAL in 2017


MASSACHUSETTS ($3.20 million)

Rep. Bill Keating: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Joe Kennedy: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017
Rep. Stephen Lynch: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Richard Neal: Signed LSTA in 2017
Rep. Nikki Tsongas: Signed LSTA in 2017


MARYLAND ($2.90 million)

Rep. Anthony Brown: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Elijah Cummings: Signed IAL in 2017’
Rep. Jamie Raskin: Signed IAL in 2017


MICHIGAN ($4.35 million)

Rep. Debbie Dingell: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Brenda Lawrence: Signed IAL in 2017



MINNESOTA ($2.72 million)

Rep. Rick Nolan: Signed IAL in 2017


MISSOURI ($2.93 million)

Rep. Lacy Clay: Signed IAL in 2017

NORTH CAROLINA ($4.43 million)
Rep. Alma Adams: Signed IAL in 2017

NEW HAMPSHIRE ($1.16 million)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter: Signed IAL in 2017

NEW JERSEY ($3.98 million)
Rep. Josh Gottheimer: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017
Rep. Donald Norcross: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Frank Pallone: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Bill Pascrell: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Albio Sires: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Chris Smith: Signed LSTA in 2017
Rep. Bonnie Watson Colman

NEW MEXICO ($1.45 million)
Rep. Ben Ray Lujan: Signed IAL in 2017

NEW YORK ($7.97 million)
Rep. Yvette Clarke: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Adriano Espillat: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney: Signed LSTA in 2017
Rep. Louise Slaughter: Signed LSTA in 2017
Rep. Nydai Velazquez: Signed IAL in 2017


OREGON ($2.19 million)

Rep. Earl Blumenauer: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici: Signed IAL in 2017


PENNSYLVANIA ($5.40 million)

Rep. Bob Brady: Signed IAL in 2017

RHODE ISLAND ($1.07 million)
Rep. Jim Langevin: Signed IAL in 2017


TEXAS ($10.97 million)

Rep. Al Green: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Filemon Vela: Signed IAL in 2017


VIRGINIA ($3.76 million)

Rep. Don Beyer: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Donald McEachin: Signed IAL in 2017


WASHINGTON  ($3.37 million)

Rep. Pramila Jayapal: Signed IAL in 2017
Rep. Rick Larson: Signed LSTA in 2017
Rep. Adam Smith: Signed IAL in 2017

WISCONSIN ($2.72 million)
Rep. Ron Kind: Signed LSTA in 2017
Rep. Gwen Moore: Signed LSTA in 2017
Rep. Mark Pocan: Signed IAL & LSTA in 2017

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