Fwd: Happy Holidays

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: jsullivan@hillaryclinton.com, dcheng@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2015-12-22 18:46 Subject: Fwd: Happy Holidays

do we have a transcript of that? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- John, I finally got word on where the aforementioned comments were made. It was at a fundraiser in Denver. That is not what she should be saying anywhere, but Denver is an especially bad spot for that message due to the number of well-heeled labeling supporters there. It is clear that she does not have a consistent message so I hope you can get through to her on this with my suggestion from earlier today. Again, I am happy to brief her or anyone on the behind-the-scenes politics here. Thanks, *Gary Hirshberg Chairman, Stonyfield Farm* *Chairman, Just Label It * This is what we found that she said most recently. Not exactly what you want her to say, but actually pretty good and not what your friend suggested. This was at a Maryland fundraiser. Is that where he was? QUESTION: Do you think people have a right to know what's in their food and that GMO, genetically modified organisms, should be labeled? HILLARY CLINTON: I believe in two things. I believe in what the Department of Agriculture is doing is to start with a voluntary labeling program because that's all they can get through right now. That's all they can get through, but they need to start it. And we need to tell food manufacturers, through consumer and buyer pressure, to put more information on labels. And people can do that. But the other thing, the thing I am worried about most right now is one of these riders we were talking about, is to preempt states from imposing more rules on what information people should be able to have. So our first order is to stop that rider until we can actually try to let states do more and give states the chance to lead the way. That's what I support. Thank you all. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- I hadn't seen your earlier email. I'll ck on this. Don't think it's accurate, but let me ck. On Tuesday, December 22, 2015, Gary HIRSHBERG <GHIRSHBERG@stonyfield.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','GHIRSHBERG@stonyfield.com');>> wrote: Thanks and the same to you, John. We are planning to host a Primary-eve party in Concord for all of our out-of-town Hillary friends and supporters so I hope I will see you there. We also have 4 empty bedrooms in the week leading up to, and during the primary so let me know if you need a "base camp". And separately, did you see my email to you from a couple days ago? If not, I have appended it below. With the defeat of the Dark Act in 2015, this next year is going to be THE crucible year for getting this resolved, so Hillary's support is very important and I honestly cannot imagine she wants to take a position that is the opposite of what 90% of America's mothers support. Please, lets discuss this asap. Hi john, I hope the anecdote below from one of the nation's most successful and awarded advertising execs is not accurate, but if so, it is very disappointing. We just won a staggering victory in keeping the "Dark Act" out of the Omnibus and Tom Vilsack, Debbie Stabenow and I are organizing a meeting with large food companies in January to try to hammer out a final mandatory labeling solution. Hillary's publicly opposing this is both the wrong policy position but also a direct breach of what she told me, namely that she supports average citizens and moms having the right to know. I have raised nearly $400K for her because I believed what she told me. If that is not the case, I'd like the chance to speak to her. Thanks, Gary