Subject: Re: HRC on TPA/TPP to Jon Ralston
From: Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>
To: Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>
Cc: Varun Anand <[email-masked]>, Tony Carrk <[email-masked]>, Tyson Brody <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>, HRCRR <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, Marlon Marshall <[email-masked]>, Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:53:17 -0400

Following a conversation with the policy team, we drafted the below
statement. The goal here is to prevent people from mistaking her statement
as an outright "no" on TPA, and to instead emphasize--as she did in the
interview--that the lack of assurance on TAA makes it disqualifying at the
present time. The below also still preserves the option of still opposing
TPA even if TAA does get extended:

Consistent with her strong support for worker protections, Hillary Clinton
said she of course couldn't consider voting for any TPA without confidence
that TAA would be extended. That said, her focus remains on the substance
of the TPP agreement.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> We are working on a clarifying statement that is consistent with what she
> said but prevents people from interpreting it as more than what she said.
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]
> > wrote:
>
>> Can someone monitor who is firing off one-off tweets from Ralston's
>> and we can reach out to make sure they have the full context?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 18, 2015, at 2:26 PM, Varun Anand <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> + JDP's gmail.
>>
>> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Tony Carrk <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>> > Adding some other folks for awareness
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] On
>> Behalf
>> > Of Tyson Brody
>> > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 5:22 PM
>> > To: Varun Anand
>> > Cc: Jennifer Palmieri; Kristina Schake; HRCRR; Jake Sullivan; Robby Mook
>> > Subject: Re: HRC on TPA/TPP to Jon Ralston
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > FYSA
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > White House Said It Would Not Sign TPA Without TAA, But Could Allow TPA
>> to
>> > Reach Desk First, And Declined To Say Obama Would Veto TPA Without TAA.
>> “But
>> > Earnest did acknowledge that the two measures could move separately,
>> and TPA
>> > could come first. That would require a clear ‘path’ for TAA to follow.
>> > Ultimately, he noted, any scenario will require the votes of Democrats,
>> > several of whom have told CQ Roll Call they want assurances that TAA
>> will
>> > become law.  He declined to say several times that Obama would veto TPA
>> if
>> > TAA was not also on his desk, saying he didn’t think it would come to
>> that.”
>> > [Roll Call, 6/17/15]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Varun Anand <[email-masked]
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > Jon Ralston: Last question on this, hopefully it's a simple yes or no
>> > but I'm not that optimistic. And if you were in the Senate, still,
>> > would you vote for TPA when it gets there?
>> >
>> > HRC: At this point, probably not. Because it's a process vote and I
>> > don't want to, you know, say it's the same as TPP. Right now, I'm
>> > focused on making sure we get trade adjustment assistance, and I
>> > certainly would not vote for it unless I were absolutely confident we
>> > would get trade adjustment assistance.
>> >
>> > Jon Ralston: It's almost a yes or no, I'm impressed.
>> >
>> > HRC: Well these are complicated issues.
>> >
>> > Jon Ralston: Well, I agree. I just wanted to make sure...
>> >
>> > HRC: And I appreciate you asking me about it and giving me a chance to
>> > talk about some of the complexity—you know—around it.
>> >
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