LCV Questionnaire Feedback

From:tiernan_sittenfeld@lcv.org To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-07-10 13:43 Subject: LCV Questionnaire Feedback

Hi John, We’re so excited about today’s national monument designations – so great to see so much of your amazing leadership continue in such a big way. As you know, we very much hope that the attached questionnaire can be strengthened. I’ve taken the liberty of making some suggestions below. We spoke with Jake, Ben, Trevor, and Pete earlier this week and shared these suggestions with them as well. Is there a time that would be convenient for us to chat briefly about this and a couple other things? Thanks, Tiernan 1. We strongly recommend that you put the yes or no boxes back in and check yes on all. Even if you can’t check yes on every single one, it’s much better to have them in there and check yes on the vast majority. Removing them is unprecedented and will definitely be cause for concern. 2. We would love to see more bold, visionary and personal language included, especially on the climate change questions. For starters, it would be good to include some of the very strong climate language from the 6/13 launch. There is also strong language from both the Reid Clean Energy Summit and the LCV NYC dinner in 2014 that could be good to include. 3. In Q1, Q2 and elsewhere, there are references to sharing new ideas in the days ahead – if possible it would be helpful to include some of those ideas. Please note that we absolutely intend to keep this confidential as we move through the process, but of course we can’t 100% guarantee that it wouldn’t somehow leak through a political committee member. 4. Q3: Be more specific, especially on $100B for GCF. And how about that successful GCF amendment in Senate Approps yesterday! 5. Q4: Note that you do not answer whether you support permanent extension of PTC and ITC. 6. Q5: It’s good to see her moving in the right direction, and we know she has been clear that she is not going to comment while the process is still underway, but it’s hard to imagine we can move forward until she makes clear she now opposes KXL. 7. Q7: This language is fine if you check the yes box. Otherwise, it seems a bit squishy as written and requires far more specific responses. 8. Q8: Drop the 1st paragraph, and we strongly recommend that you explicitly oppose Arctic Ocean and mid-Atlantic drilling. 9. Q9: It’s great that she supports closing the Halliburton loophole – good to make that a little more explicit. We recommend that you also support regulating existing sources of methane. 10. Q10: Please answer the question more explicitly. 11. Q16: She supported Arctic Refuge wilderness bills as a senator, so it seems pretty straightforward to say that you support permanent protection question. 12. Q20: You answer the constitutional amendment, but please also answer the part about whether you support legislation to increase the influence of low-dollar contributions. Tiernan Sittenfeld Senior Vice President, Government Affairs League of Conservation Voters 1920 L Street NW #800 Washington, DC 20036 w: (202) 454-4582 c: (202) 422-6796 tiernan_sittenfeld@lcv.org<mailto:tiernan_sittenfeld@lcv.org> Tiernan - Please find attached the LCV Questionnaire. Thank you for your patience. Best, Brynne -- Brynne Craig Deputy National Political Director || Hillary for America (646) 847-7577 (O) (202) 812-2619 (C)