Subject: RE: Remarks: American nurses - 5/12
From: "Shapiro, Alexandra" <[email-masked]>
To: Kate Houghton <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Bonosky, Garret" <[email-masked]>, "Comer, Scott" <[email-masked]>, "Kroll, Amy" <[email-masked]>, "Guerra, Liana" <[email-masked]>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>, Sarah Farhadian <[email-masked]>, "Frank, Carla" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 19:54:23 -0700

Hi all,

I honestly don't think this is going to be a leg heavy conversation. The whole reason the ANA wanted this breakfast is because they're working to raise money towards their convention package. Everyone coming is going to be wearing their Dem hats and will expect to get DNC talking points on the presidential election and how crazy Trump is.

They're not expecting 16 rounds on the minutia of a bill about opioid reform. Our ANA contact (Monisha Smith) mentioned Zika and opioids because they've been in the news lately and POTUS has given some high level speeches about it lately. If the issues come up at all, it will be the 9,000 foot view of the issues but I think the majority of the conversation is going to be political gossip and presidential election strategy.

If she's comfortable doing it, I think it's appropriate for her to discuss her fight with cancer. Alternatively, she could mention Obamacare and general healthcare reform and focus on the convention and our upcoming election fights.

Let me know if anyone would like to chat on the phone, too (858) 361-2468.

From: Kate Houghton
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 10:18 PM
To: Shapiro, Alexandra
Cc: Bonosky, Garret; Comer, Scott; Kroll, Amy; Guerra, Liana; Walsh, Tom; Sarah Farhadian; Frank, Carla
Subject: Re: Remarks: American nurses - 5/12

Alex. Love you but we can't do this to Debbie. There were no joke 10 bills on this topic on the floor in the last two days.  Talk to Tom ASAP and get something pulled together for the brief. Every time we lean on the legislative staff to do this it is recorded and we can't have that.

On May 11, 2016, at 9:47 PM, Shapiro, Alexandra <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
Hey there!

Unfortunately, I don't have any talking points but we were talking to our host and they're likely going to want to talk about the legislation that was on the floor today (or was meant to be on the floor-sorry, I don't follow this stuff all too closely) regarding opioid abuse and regulation.

They'll also be interested in talking about the Zika virus. There's legislation to move funds away from Ebola support to address a potential Zika outbreak this summer. ANA is opposed to this move as there's still potential for another Ebola outbreak; they believe that Ebola AND Zika both warrant research and that funds should be found elsewhere to address a potential Zika outbreak.

Congressman G. K. Butterfield will also be in attendance and sits on Energy & Commerce. He votes in favor of a lot of ANA's priority issues so I don't see this being a tense breakfast in any way.

Tomorrow is the last day of Nurses Week (5/6-5/12) Florence Nightingale's birthday so I'm sure it would also be good for her to touch on all the good (and generally thankless) work that nurses do.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks!

From: Bonosky, Garret
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 8:57 PM
To: Comer, Scott
Cc: Kroll, Amy; Guerra, Liana; Walsh, Tom; Kate Houghton; Sarah Farhadian; Shapiro, Alexandra; Frank, Carla
Subject: Remarks: American nurses - 5/12

Scott/Shapiro/Carla - are there talking points/remarks for the chairwoman to use tomorrow morning that can be uploaded? I am looping Sarah Farhadian who will be there as well on comp time in case legislative issues come up for healthcare.

Garret Bonosky
Deputy Director
Office of the Chair
Democratic National Committee