Subject: "Stand Pat" draft answer
From: Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>
To: Marlon Marshall <[email-masked]>, Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Christina Reynolds <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 19:09:45 -0400

Second version coming up.

STAND PAT ANSWER

As President, no one would be a tougher negotiator on behalf of American
workers than Hillary Clinton.

On the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal specifically, she has been very clear
in laying out the tests it will need to meet to earn her support. One, it
needs to protect American workers. Two, it needs to raise wages. And three,
it needs to be in our national security interests.

But there is no final language to judge right now because the deal is still
being negotiated. The votes that are happening in Congress so far all
pertain to procedural questions, not the underlying deal. And she is not
weighing in on the parliamentary back-and-forth between the House and
Senate, which seems to shift by the day. Her focus is on the bigger issue -
the TPP agreement itself - and since the final agreement hasn't been
reached yet, she is reserving judgment.