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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY WASHINGTON, D.C. September 5, 2018 Sara Kaiser Creighton Elizabeth France John E. Bies American Oversight 1030 15th Street NW, Suite B255 Washington, DC 20005 [email protected] Re: American Oversight v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, 17-cv-2078-RBW (D.D.C.): Treasury September 5 Production Counsel: This letter describes the September 5, 2018 production from the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) in the above-referenced Freedom of Information Act litigation. Pursuant to the Court’s February 2, 2018 Order, Treasury has reviewed and processed 60 documents collected in response to American Oversight’s Congressional Communications FOIA Request, 2017-08-121. Via email, Treasury is producing 20 documents totaling 34 pages, comprising the non-exempt, responsive portions of the records within this collection. The documents are numbered UST 000875 - 908; portions of these materials are withheld pursuant to Exemptions 5 and 6 of the FOIA. An additional 36 documents, totaling 226 pages, are being withheld in their entirety pursuant to Exemption 5, and four documents are non-responsive and/or duplicative of other materials within this collection and are therefore not being produced. Treasury is continuing to review records that are potentially responsive to this request and will respond to you again on or before October 5, 2018. If you have any questions concerning this production or a related matter, please contact Rebecca Kopplin, U.S. Department of Justice, at (202) 514-3953. Sincerely, Ryan Law Office of Privacy, Transparency, and Records U.S. Department of the Treasury A\11 f C, I N pVERSIGHT Staff Summar From: "Knight, Shahira E. EOP/WHO" To: "Brendan M. Dunn ([email protected])" <[email protected] .gov>, "Callas, George" <[email protected]> Cc: "Muzinich, Justin" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:43:10 -0400 Attachments: Big 4 Staff Consensus Summary - Treasury NEC Edits.docx (38.23 kB) We took the liberty of converting the document into Word format so we could edit it. The attached reflects comments from Treasury and NEC. It is not as heavily edited as it appears. There is a lot of redlining because we deleted the tables, moved one section and had some wordsmithing changes. We also have several questions as we didn't understand the context of some of the language and numbers in here. Thanks. AMERICAN pVERSIGHT UST 000875 TREAS-17-0313-G-000001 Re: Tax Education From: mail.house.gov> To: @treasury.gov> Cc: "Bailey, Bradley" <[email protected]>, "Maloney, Drew" <[email protected]>, "Kellogg, Matthew" <[email protected]>, "Specht, Brittan" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:44:23 -0400 Super thank you! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2017, at 6:43 PM, Great. Please meet at Drew's Office - Main Treasury 3134 at 8AM and then can walk down to the dining room. From: Dunham, Will [mailto:[email protected] ) Sen 6:40 PM To: treasu . ov> Cc: Bailey, Bradley <[email protected] >; Maloney , Drew <[email protected] >; Kellogg, Matthew <[email protected] >; Specht, Brittan <[email protected] > Subject: Re: Tax Education Thanks Casey. Brittan and I can do that. I'll send you my info directly. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2017, at 6:35 PM,' wrote: HiW ill, Hope you are doing well! Any chance you can do a 8AM breakfast? We can host at Treasury, but will need the information below asap. First,M iddle, and Last Name DOB Y/N US Citizen SSN Countryo f Birth City and State of Residence From: Bailey, Bradley Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 5:55 PM To: Dunham, Will <Will.Dunham@mai l.house.gov> Cc: Maloney, Drew <Drew.Malone <Matthew. Kel [email protected]>; Subject: Re: Tax Education AMERICAN pVERSIGHT UST 000876 TREAS-17-0313-G-000002 Adding- From: Dunham, Will <[email protected] .gov> Date: September 19, 2017 at 5:38:12 PM EDT To: Bailey, Bradley <Bradley.Bailey@treasury .gov> Cc: Maloney, Drew <[email protected] >, Kellogg, Matthew <Matthew. Kellogg@treas u ry.gov> Subject: Re: Tax Education It'll take me half an hour at least to get there and get in the building if I leave right now - let's do it tomorrow AM. rm flexible in the morning. Adding Brittan. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2017, at 5:28 PM, "[email protected] " <Bradley. Bailey@treasw:y.gov> wrote: Prob 6:30 if you want or we could do tomorrow From: Dunham, Will <[email protected] > Date: September 19, 2017 at 5:20:34 PM EDT To: Bailey, Bradley <Bradley.Bailey@treasury .gov> Cc: Maloney, Drew <[email protected] >, Kellogg, Matthew <Matthew .Kellogg@treasury .gov> Subject: Re: Tax Education You're thinking meeting tonight in person? How late are you guys in? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2017, at 5:16 PM, "[email protected] " <[email protected] > wrote: Will--just tried giving you a call. We can do someth ing this evening if that still works for you. 202-615-2125 From: Dunham, Will <[email protected] > Date: September 19, 2017 at 10:34:30 AM EDT To: Kellogg, Matthew l<Matthew.Kellogg@treasury .gov> Cc: Bailey, Bradley <Bradley.Bailey@treasury .gov>, Maloney, Drew <[email protected] > Subject: RE:T ax Education Happy to come down at your convenience. Free noon-3 today and after 5. I'd bring Brittan along. AMF F~ IC,A pVERSIGHT UST 000877 TREAS-17-0313-G-000003 From: [email protected] [m ailto:[email protected] ] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 10:29 AM To: Dunham, Will <[email protected] > Cc: [email protected];v [email protected] Subject: Tax Education Will - Following up on our discussion. Any chance you'll be down this way in the near future so we could have a quiet conversation of how to be helpful on tax reform education efforts? Thanks. -Matt Matt Kellogg Deputy Assistant Secretary for Banking and Finance Office of Legislative Affairs Department of the Treasury [email protected] 202.622.1900 AMFfllCAN pVERSIGHT UST 000878 TREAS-17-0313-G-000004 Re: Bi 6 Comms Meetin From: "Sayegh, Tony E. EOP/WHO" To: "Buck, Brendan" <[email protected]> Cc: "Dorr, Kaelan K. EOP/WHO" >, "Ferrier, Antonia (McConnell)" <[email protected] v>, c 1 1nger, m1ly" <[email protected]> , "Lawless, Julia (Finance)" <·u1ia lawless finance.senate.gov>, "Ditto, Jessica E. EOP/WHO" >, "Strong, Ashlee" <[email protected]>, "Andres, oug < oug.an res ma1. ouse.gov>, "Popp, David (McConnell)" <[email protected]>, "Stewart, Don (McConnell)" <don stewart mcconnell.senate.gov>, "Knight, Shahira E. EOP/WHO" >, "Muzinich, Justin" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 05:58:44 -0400 Thanks Brendan. This is the exact right list of action items. I know it's ambitious to execute all this in 30 minutes so I would suggest we view the first 30 as Comms only discussion b(5) b(5) b(5) Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2017, at 5:02 PM, Buck, Brendan <[email protected]> wrote: Hey folks, sorry for delay. I know we only have 30 minutes for the comms portion of the meeting, but these are the things I think we need to work through for next week. UST 000879 TREAS-17-0313-G-000005 From: "Dorr, Kaelan K. EOP/WHO" > Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 3:28 PM To: "Ferrier, Antonia (McConnell)" <Antonia Ferrier@mcconnell .senate.gov>, Emily Schillinger <[email protected] >, "Buck, Brendan" <[email protected] > Cc: "Lawless Julia Finance "< [email protected] >,Jessica Ditto >, Ashlee Strong <[email protected] >, "Andres, Doug" <[email protected] >, "Popp, David (McConnell)" <David [email protected] >, "Stewart, Don (McConnell)" <Don Stewart mcconnell.senate . ov>, "Sayegh, Tony E. EOP/WHO" >, "Knight, Shahira E. EOP/WHO" >, "[email protected] " <[email protected] > Subject: Big 6 Comms Meeting All, Tentative agenda for tomorrow's Communicators meeting is below. If you haven't already submitted your vitals please let me know ASAP. Best, Kaelan AMERICAN pVERSIGHT UST 000880 TREAS-17-0313-G-000006 RE: RELEASE: Corker Toome Statement on Tax Reform From: "Dunn, Brendan (McConnell)" <[email protected]> To: "Muzinich, Justin" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:09:38 -0400 You guys were a huge assist. Brendan M. Dunn Policy Advisor and Counsel Office of the Senate Majority Leader From: [email protected] [mailto:Justin. Muzinich@trea sury.gov] Sent: Wednesday, Septembe r 20, 2017 4:52 AM To: [email protected] ; Dunn, Brendan (McConnell) <Bren dan_Du n n@mcco n nel I. senate .gov> Subject: Re: RELEASE:C orker, Toomey Statement on Tax Reform Thanks. Nice work on this. From: Dunn, Brendan (McConnell) <Brendan [email protected] > Date: September 19, 2017 at 8:59:28 PM EDT To: Kowalski, Daniel <[email protected] >, Muzinich , Justin <Justin.Muzinich@treasury .gov> Subject: FW: RELEASEC: orker, Toomey Statement on Tax Reform From: Johnson, Micah (Corker) Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 7:34 PM To: Johnson, Micah (Corker) <Micah [email protected] > Subject: RELEASE:C orker, Toomey Statement on Tax Reform UNITED STATES SENATE For immediate release: September 19, 2017 Contacts: Micah Johnson (Corker), 202-228-6523 Kasia Mulligan( Toomey), 202-224-8609 Corker, Toomey Statement on Tax Reform WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), members of the Senate Budget Committee, today announced a path forward on tax reform. The budget resolutionw ould allow for a tax reduction,a s scored on a static basis, over a 10-year period. 1c.n pVERSIGHT UST 000881 TREAS-17-0313-G-000007 "I am strongly committed to pro-growth tax reform that will lead to more jobs and higher wages and was glad to work with Chairman Enzi and Senator Toomey at the request of Senate leadership to reach an agreement that will allow the committees of jurisdiction to begin their work to craft this important legislation," said Corker. "While each member of the caucus will have to make their own decision , I believe our agreement gives the tax writing committees enough headroom to achieve real tax reform that eliminates loopholes and lowers tax rates for hardworking Americans. I will be watching closely as the tax reform legislation is drafted, and ultimately, my support will be contingent on a final package that generates significant economic growth and does not worsen but hopefully improves our fiscal situation." "I am confident the budget agreement I have reached with Chairman Enzi and Senator Corker will give the Finance Committee the headroom needed to write a pro-growth tax plan that reforms the code, causes the economy to surge, and ultimately results in reduced federal budget deficits," said Toomey. ft## AMt::HICAr\ pVERSIGHT UST 000882 TREAS-17-0313-G-000008 Possible Bi 6 Document - DRAFT From: "Knight, Shahira E. EOP/WHO" To: "Muzinich, Justin" <[email protected]>, "(RYAN) Callas, George" <george.callas@mail. house .gov>, "Brendan M. Dunn (Brendan_Dunn@mcconnell .senate.gov)" <brendan_dunn@mcconnell .senate.gov> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:59:25 -0400 Attachments: Big 6 Framework Decision ltems.docx (17.6 kB) ······ ... .... -. ... .. .... ... ·- , , -, -- . - - - I 1 • 1 • 1 • b( 5) b(5) AMERICAN pVERSIGHT UST 000883 TREAS-17-0313-G-000009