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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hello,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have been asked to forward this important message from ALA's Washington office to as many relevant lists as possible:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">Advocacy Alert: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 24px;">Take action today to oppose a transfer
of authority from the Librarian of Congress to the President</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">
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<span style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 17px;">With fewer than two weeks left in this congressional session, we face serious threats on the U.S. Copyright Office and Library of Congress.</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">
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<span style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 17px;">On Wednesday, December 12, the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act (<a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxak5wL3TQWKft3Wx5IcUulsYT-sgbM_aGP-PKz1_jCbw-YNKDFTBHhsIiK8K1RyntWeJlqOuzjRqjG-OazYiIyS-Ju1RWQMdcStr7EVaweEyza5DSqI9fShcIm3DKDwX-EQo8N5Cnm4bALXnRQ6Fy32ckzicWpFK7cUZBIkA8Bu4&lp=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="LPlnk195934" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">S.
1010</a>), a Senate companion to the already-passed House bill (<a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxKDVriLNgWDl_JSi4CDmPsE0XvrlkVPDHZkgfFYQRwmtUW53jQt3jV6QUD6fNefDwesYknp2nTnsjFZ4SlR5jQ6kP6dh35zD7yLTPM4ziFbWw5rgwyohnCTPjIFo2jW-mOkEOQ1zMdxpe2RFRbci_X5hfQIciGPkMhvnNTLL1rF8&lp=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="LPlnk126744" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">H.R.
1695</a>) will be voted on by the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, in spite of strong opposition by ALA and others in the library community. There is intense industry pressure to pass this legislation in the lame duck session, even though this would
take authority away Dr. Hayden and give it to the President.<br>
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<strong>ALA strongly opposes this <a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxAMIgO8z4B8gNosN02Igl-Gb-G8PaMW1Ohyj1lcTIaVXo5L5ZwpIhc8qW25F268YqYdlGhYuyePpO3evBmT-21cOjbDrtSvyCwkbru_zQHG7xx4D651KmJpmU9xwML9EYxqMUvWbh41ydHIsrFanwSrAGW6EHCcQucVD8RwDD0f-pgp8rOSGmi_ZCpS8vvy3ju58M1rdHYyzhBcRcM081n0CyPpRMcUROthA7ok7ckNE&lp=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="LPlnk618633" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">bill</a>.
We urge you to contact your U.S. Senators now to express your personal opposition and ask them to vote against it. Click here: <a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/write-a-letter?10&engagementId=490753" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk75729" previewremoved="true">http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/write-a-letter?10&engagementId=490753</a></strong><br>
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We must keep Congress from undermining Dr. Hayden and her leadership. Make your voice heard for the Library of Congress and libraries everywhere--for Dr. Hayden, a past-president of ALA.</span><br>
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<p><i>Cathy Wolford</i></p>
<p><i>Systems Librarian III</i></p>
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