HENRY A, WAEMAN, CALIFORNIA (ONE HUNOREO TWELFTH CONGRESS Congress of the United States Bouse of Representatives COMMITTEE OV ENERGY AND COMMERCE 2125 Ravan House Orrce Bunnie Wessaaron, DC 20515-6115 April 18,2011 Ms. Mary Kay Henry President ‘Service Employees Intemational Union 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. ‘Washington, D.C. 20036 Dear Ms. Henry: We are writing to request your assistance and cooperation ona matter of great importance to our Committe, On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patent Protection and Affordable Care ‘Act (PPACA) into law. The negotiations leading upto the passage of tae PPACA lasted for ‘more than a year and involved numerous meetings between representatives ofthe Administration and various interest groups, including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).' Given the secrecy with which the Administration conducted its aealth care reform negotiations, there is substantial public intrest in learning moe abou! them. On February 18, 2011, we wrote to Ms. Nancy-Ann DeParl, the forme head ofthe White House Offic of Health Reform (WEOHR), requesting information related to those negotiations. In response, on March 4, 2011, Mr. Rober Bauer, Counsel othe President, sent us a clletion of press releases end visitor logs "in an effort to adress [our] request” This information was not responsive to ‘our request. Although we will most certainly pursue more information from the White House, we are ‘writing to you because among the materials provided by Mr. Bauer was a submission by the ‘SEIU to the White House regarding health care reform. The SEIU's involvement in the sl Conoly ane Misael D. Stet, Oar on Heath Cae Dal Lar of New Pcs, WASH Pos ay 9,208 ‘Coe Haft owe fe Chris Fae Preset ft American opal trciation Sp th Whe Haute Mestad De, Fouic. May 132010, Dail DRinpaiy Whe Howe dtm Dean Drag Cant NY Tt, Ag 3,203Latter to Ms. Mary Kay Henry Page? ‘negotiations regarding the health care reform legislation is well known.” Attached isa partial ist of meetings the SEIU held with White House staff? Because SEIU worked directly withthe WHOHR, we request that you provide information regarding the SEIU’s meetings and discussions with the WHOHR and any other ‘Administration officials relating to health care reform. The relevant time period for the following requests is March 2, 2009, tothe present. Please provide the following documents and information within two weeks ofthe date ofthis letter: 1. A list of each employee or representative of the SEIU who discussed reforms or changes 1o the health care system with any employee, deailee or any other representative of the WHOHR, the White House, or the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Provide alist of your officers and directors for 2009 and 2010, Please include a ist of the individuals from the Administration with whom SEIU representatives discussed such reforms or changes 2. A list ofeach meeting, briefing or telephone call (including conference calls or video conferences) regarding reforms or changes to the health care system, between any employee or representative ofthe SEIU and any employee, detailee or any other representative ofthe WHOHR, the White House, or HHS. Please provide the following information about aay such meetings, briefings, or telephone calls: the dat, the duration, the names of te individuals present and their organization, office, or employer, and the subject matters diseassed 3. All noes, minutes, ranscrips, documents, summaries or any other writen or recorded jas prepared for generated or ulized during, or resulting from each meeting, fing, oF telephore call described in response to request number 2. b 4, All written commurications, including e-mail, regarding reforms or changes tothe health care system between any employee or representative ofthe SEIU and any employee, Getailee, or any other representative of the WHOHR, the White House, or HHS, ‘5. Allwriten communications, including e-mail, regarding reforms or changes tothe health ‘care system, between or among the employees or representatives of the SEIU, or between any employee or representative ofthe SEIU and any employee or representative ofthe SEIU's members ® alia Marca Kin Chip, Obama Promised 2 Trilion Savings 10 Years by Heh Grew, OMEN, May 08 Whe Huse srl nour pssesionLetter to Ms, Mary Kay Henry Page 3 6. Allestimates or analyses ofthe impact of health care reform legislation on your “organization or its members ‘You should immediately take steps to preserve all relevant documents. An attachment to this eter provides additional information on how to respond to the Committees request. Please ‘contact Todd Harison, Chief Counsel for Oversight and Investigations, at 202) 225.2927 if you Ihave any questions about the nature of the information requested othe manner of production, Sincerely, ‘Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcammittee on Health ‘Subcommittee on Health Attachments ‘ec: The Honorable Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member ‘The Honorable Diana DeGette, Ranking Member Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations ‘The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr, Ranking Member Subcommittee on Health‘White House Visitor Logs SEIU Dacey [Amy ‘Government Relations Director [2/18/09 _| RAHM EMANUEL Dacey | Amy ‘Government Relations Director | 10/25/09_| LISA GARCIA Dacey | Amy ‘Government Relations Director | 12/9/09 | ROBERT GIBBS Dacey__| Amy ‘Government Relations Director_| 3/10/10 _| ROBERT GIBBS Dacey [Amy ‘Government Relations Director | 6/18/10 | ROBERT GIBBS Healheare Chair 971809 [KRISTIN SHEEHY Healthcare Chair 11/19/09" | KRISTIN SHEEHY Healtheare Chair W/I2/10 | PATRICK GASPARD Hlealtheare Chair 1/12/10. | CARLOS ODIO Healtheare Chair i710 | NANCY DEPARLE Healtheare Chair 274/09 [TINA TCHEN Healtheare Chair 375709 | BARACK OBAMA Dennis | Hiealtheare Chair W309 TENNIFER CANNISTRA, Dennis | Healtheare Chair “W169 [JOE BIDEN Dennis | Healthcare Chair “S/11709_| BARACK OBAMA Rivera [Dennis | Healthcare Chair (630709 | RAHM EMANUEL Rivera [Dennis | Healtheare Chair 7724109 | SARAH FENNRESPONDING TO COMMITTEE DOCUMENT REQUESTS {In responding to the document request, please apply the instructions and definitions set forth Below: .UCTIONS 1. In complying with this request, you should produce all responsive documents that ae in ‘your possession, custody, or control or otherwise available to you, regardless of whether the ‘documents are possessed directly by you. 2, __ Documents responsive tothe request should not be destroyed, modified, removed, transferred, or otherwise made inaccessible to the Committe. 3. __ Inthe event that any entity, organization, or individual named in the request has been, oF is currently, known by any other name, the request should be read also to include such other names under that alternative identification. 4. Each document should be produced in a form that may be copied by standard copying machines. 5. When you produce documents, you should identify the paragraph(s) and/or lause(s) in the Committe's request to which the document responds, 6 Documents produced pursuant to this request shouldbe produced in the order in which they appear in your les and should not be rearenged. Any documents haar stapled lipped, ‘orotherise fastened together should not be separated. Document produced in response to this quest shuld be produced together with copies of il label, dividers, o identifying markers ‘vith which they were associated when this request was issued. Indicate the office or dvsion and person from whose files each document was produced 7. Each folder and box should be numbered, and a description ofthe contents of each folder and box, including the paragraph(s) and/or clause(s) ofthe request to which the documents are responsive, should be provided in an accompanying index. 8. Responsive documents must be produced regardless of whether any other person or entity ‘possesses non-identical or identical copies ofthe same document, 9. The Committee requests electronic documents in addition to paper productions. Ifany of the requested information is available in machine-readable or electronic form (such as on & ‘computer server, hard drive, CD, DVD, back up tape, or removable computer media such as thumb drive, flash drives, memory cards, and external hard drives), you should immediately consult with Committe staff to determine the appropriate format in which t produce the information. Documents produced in electronic format should be organize, identified and indexed electronically in s manner comparable to the organizational structure called fr in (6) and (7) above.