Subject: FW: Remarks: American nurses - 5/12
From: "Shapiro, Alexandra" <[email-masked]>
To: "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Frank, Carla" <[email-masked]>, "Comer, Scott" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 19:23:29 -0700

Hey Tom-Let me know when you have time to chat. (858) 361-2468. Thanks!

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