I'm pleased to report that Congressman Larson, who represents the district where ARRL Headquarters is located, will be cosponsoring HR 1301. That makes 80% of the Connecticut House delegation; I will chase the staffer in Congresswoman DeLauro's office, whom I have met with twice, to make it 100%. By the way, the reference to the NFA Ham Radio Club is because Scott's father and I went to the same high school. Connecticut is a small place. Dave K1ZZ ________________________________________ From: Stephanou, Scott [Scott.Stephanou@mail.house.gov] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 4:29 PM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Subject: RE: HR 1301 Dave – I wanted to let you know that Congressman Larson will be cosponsoring HR 1301. Cosponsors can’t officially be added to bills when the House is out of session so his name likely won’t appear on the bill until after Labor Day but we’ve asked Rep. Kinzinger’s office to add him. Sorry it took a while to run this up the flag pole but we’re 100% behind you on this. Let me know if there’s ever anything else we can do to be helpful. All the best, Scott From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 9:29 AM To: Stephanou, Scott Subject: RE: HR 1301 Hi Scott, I hope you’re weathering the triple-digit weather down there. I haven’t heard from you about Congressman Larson’s co-sponsorship of HR 1301, the Amateur Radio Parity Act, and thought I should touch base since we just received confirmation from Allison Smith in Rep. Esty’s office that she is going on the bill this week. Not counting Rep. Esty we have 87 co-sponsors now; with her, we have 60% of the Connecticut House delegation. We really want to achieve 100% and especially value Congressman Larson’s co-sponsorship since ARRL Headquarters is in the 1st District. By the way, Senator Blumenthal is the original co-sponsor of S. 1685, the Senate counterpart bill. If there is anything more we can do at our end, please let me know. Thanks. Dave Sumner Chief Executive Officer, ARRL 860-594-0205 From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 11:11 AM To: 'Stephanou, Scott' Subject: RE: HR 1301 That’s great, Scott. Thanks. I know you folks have been up to your eyeballs the past few weeks. As of yesterday the co-sponsor count stood at 57 including Rep. Himes. Dave Sumner From: Stephanou, Scott [mailto:Scott.Stephanou@mail.house.gov] Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 10:58 AM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Subject: RE: HR 1301 Dave, It was great meeting with you on March 20th. I enjoyed our discussion and getting to know more about ARRL. I’m sorry for the delayed response to your previous e-mail. I plan to have a response for you in the next few days regarding HR 1301. Best regards, Scott Scott Stephanou Legislative Assistant Congressman John B. Larson (CT-1) 1501 Longworth House Office Building 202-225-2265 larson.house.gov From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 10:40 AM To: Stephanou, Scott Subject: HR 1301 Scott, thank you again for meeting with me on March 20 to discuss HR 1301 and the possibility of Congressman Larson’s co-sponsorship. As a reminder, this is a bipartisan bill introduced by Rep. Kinzinger and my own Congressman, Joe Courtney, to instruct the FCC to extend its existing policy for reasonable accommodation of amateur radio communications in state and local land use regulations to property that is subject to private land use restrictions. The number of co-sponsors is now up to 44. I hope Congressman Larson is considering co-sponsoring the bill. It would mean a lot to have the support of the Congressman for the district where the ARRL’s national headquarters and almost 100 staff are located. If there is any additional information you need, please let me know. Thanks for your consideration. Sincerely, David Sumner Chief Executive Officer ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio Newington, CT 860-594-0205 P.S. On a personal note, on May 6 I will be visiting the NFA Ham Radio Club to see what the club members at my alma mater are up to.