Subject: Re: HRC @ American Camp Association
From: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 18:27:27 +0000

Here’s the relevant passage:

Our environment, which is at the heart of many camp experiences, is also under threat.

It was wonderful to see President Obama announce that every 4th grader in America will be able to visit our National Parks for free, along with their families.  That’s a great chance for the next generation to learn about our natural heritage and the responsibility we all share to be stewards for the future.

But it’s still an uphill battle to mobilize the will and the resources we need to protect the air our kids breathe, the water they drink, and the natural wilderness we want them to explore, enjoy, and inherit.   We should be fully and permanently funding America’s best parks program - the Land and Water Conservation Fund - not blocking the protection of new campgrounds and open spaces.  And we should be cutting carbon pollution, not gutting funding for research into the effects of climate change.

From: John Podesta <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 2:21 PM
To: Dan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Re: HRC @ American Camp Association

Gotcha.  Need anything else from me?

JP
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On Mar 18, 2015, at 1:39 PM, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

John, the latest draft of this speech includes a plug for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, even without the GOP budget hit.

From: John Podesta <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 6:59 PM
To: Dan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Re: HRC @ American Camp Association

Dan is this tomorrow? Probably can get some budget stuff in the am . Other big positive budget issue in this space is full and permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Easy to be for.  Don't know this group, but that's a safe space.

On Mar 17, 2015 6:14 PM, "Dan Schwerin" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
Thanks Mandy - do you have a particular line of attack in mind on the budget?

From: Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 6:11 PM
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Subject: Re: HRC @ American Camp Association

A couple thoughts:

- The line on Atlantic City is a little too cheerful.  Hotels have been closing and the city has been kind of on the ropes.
- If we want to make news by criticizing the GOP budget, we should be clearer about our critique -- and clearer that we are not hitting Christie.
- Finally, there's a camp for sick kids that Paul Newman started that I think some of HRC's friends are involved with -- it's called the Hole in the Wall Gang camp.  She might want to mention.

thanks.

Mandy Grunwald
Grunwald Communications
202 973-9400<tel:202%20973-9400>

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Subject: HRC @ American Camp Association

All, as you know, HRC is speaking at the American Camp Association
conference
in Atlantic City on Thursday. I¹d welcome your thoughts on the
attached draft.
In particular, there¹s a hit in here on the new GOP budget
that could be dialed
up or down. I¹m not sure how much edge she¹ll be
comfortable with given the
soft setting, but its worth discussing.
Thanks
Dan