we win this election when we make it clear that women have fought too long and too hard to lose control over their own bodies. we win this election on we stand up and say, no, you are not going to cut or defund planned parenthood. you are going to put more money into planned parenthood. so, sisters and brothers, we are in an historical moment in american history. the crises that we face today in many ways are worse than at any time since the great depression of the 1930's.

in my view, what this is election is about is not just electing a president. far, far more significantly, it is about transforming the united states of america. it is about understanding that there is something very, very wrong where the united states of america is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee paid family and medical leave. how does that happen? the only major country on earth that does not guarantee paid sick time or paid vacation time. how does that happen? the only major country on earth

that does not guarantee health care for every man, woman, and child as a right. so, what this campaign is truly about is to bring people together by the tens of millions. and that's tough. that is tough stuff to do. but if we do that, were not just going to win this election. we are going to win it by a landslide. because what happens is -- how many people in your communities believe that the republicans -- as the republicans do, that we should cut social security, cut medicare, cut federal aid to education, and then give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the top 2/10 of 1%? nobody believes that.

but republicans can win elections because so many people have given up on the political process. and what this campaign is about is revitalizing american democracy by bringing people together to stand up and fight for the promise of what this great country can be. [applause] senator sanders: we can be a nation in which the middle class grows, not shrinks. we can be a nation in which we do not have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country and more economic and wealth disparity. we can do that. but in order to that, we're

going to have to do something pretty, pretty hard. pretty, pretty, pretty hard. to quote larry david. [applause] senator sanders: and this is what we have to do. in the last three decades, as everybody in this room knows because you have been part of the process, we have made significant progress in becoming a less discriminatory society, and we should be proud of that. we should be proud that in 2008, the american people decided to vote for a candidate waste on his program and his ideas and his character, not the color -- based on his program and his ideas and his character, not the color of his skin. at we should be proud that all over this country, as a result of your

efforts and those that came before you, women have made extraordinary progress in breaking down discriminatory barriers. and by the way, we are not going back. we are going to go forward. and if we were here 10 years ago, and somebody jumped up and said, you know, i think that gay marriage will be made legal in every state in this country, somebody else would have asked them what they were smoking? which raises another issue. [laughter] but we have. but we have made progress. we have made progress in women's rights, in gay-rights, in civil rights. we still have a long way to go in all of those areas, but we should be proud of what we have accomplished. but here is where we have not made progress. we have not made progress in the

economic struggle. we have lost ground. today, men and women in many cases are working longer hours for lower wages, and almost all of the wealth is going to the people on top. the essential question in terms of the economic struggle is are we prepared to organize and to take on the billionaire class, which today has so much economic and political power? that is the question. and if we are not successful in doing that, my prediction to you is the rich will continue to get richer, well almost everybody else gets poorer. my prediction to you is the republicans who do not believe citizens united went far enough, want to get rid of all

campaign-finance regulations, will simply be able to give checks of hundreds of millions of dollars to the candidate of their choice. in other words, having candidates come employees -- become employees of the corporate interests. that is the future if we do not educate and if we do not organize. but i have confidence we can do both. i have confidence that if we come forward with a progressive, strong agenda that is prepared to stand up to corporate america, is prepared to stand up to the koch brothers and the billionaire class, that is prepared to outline an agenda which will improve the lives of tens of millions of people, we can not only win the white house, regain the senate and the house, gain governors chairs all

over america -- not only can we do that, but much more importantly, we can transform this country and make it the country we all know that it can become. thank you all very much. [cheers and applause] ♪

>> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome house democratic leader nancy pelosi. ♪ leader pelosi: good morning, everyone. it is a morning, a day of great pride as we take pride in all of you here. debbie wasserman schultz, thank you for your great leadership. we are all proud of you. our executive director of the convention, which is going to nominate the next president of the united states --

and tell you, oh, state senator gina turner, doesn't she turn it on for all of us? she is just great. i said, gina -- [laughter] that is how she makes us feel. i know gina falwell. my daughter christine sings her praises practically every day. thank you, nina. and carol friedman. thank you for your great leadership. here we are today. you are hearing from our fabulous presidential candidates. we just heard the energy and enthusiasm of bernie sanders. we will see the confidence and the voice of the future of martin o'malley. how wonderful that lincoln chafee has said he is stepping

aside to fight with those who choose the democrats to elect a democratic president of the united states. and of course, we are very proud of hillary clinton. wasn't she wonderful? [applause] more on that in a moment. today, we come together in celebration of the outstanding leadership of women in our country. again, we take pride in the power of women in our economy, our society, and our democracy. we are proud of the extraordinary progress women have driven across america and throughout our history. and as women leaders in our party, our community, and our country, we read indicate ourselves to the work that -- we rededicate ourselves to the work the remains. guess what? i will get to that. the courage of generations that struggle for equality and civil rights of so many women. today, we must draw inspiration from their leadership and accept the challenge of their example.

this is the day marked by history, 100 years ago today, 30,000 women poured into the streets of new york city, marching down fifth avenue to demand the right to vote as americans. imagine their courage. imagine their courage. that was the strength of their dedication, of their commitment to change. that is the dedication and seriousness it took to win. just imagine what they could have done with the technology and communication and mobilization we have today. we don't have to imagine it. we just have to do it ourselves. as we look to our past and the present, we can see that nothing is more essential to our future, nothing is more wholesome to our politics than the participation and leadership of women. that was an applause line. [laughter] [applause]

one of the most valuable resources in our country are the outstanding democratic women in the house and the senate. and i want to brag about them. of course, they have always been leaders in issues that relate to women and children and families and their leadership does well beyond that now. on issue after issue, fight after fight, it is the democratic women of congress who are leading the way, ever, ever, even right now as we speak. ranking member maxine waters of the financial services committee, leading the fight to reauthorize the xm bank and to -- the ex-im bank and reauthorize. frank. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, on the front of the transportation bill and the negotiations going there.

nina lowy, the ranking democrat on appropriations, with barbara mikulski in the senate -- two women driving our fight to invest in america and keep america open, keeping government open. our ranking members -- karen brown, linda sanchez, carolyn maloney. all of these ranking members. they will be chair women when we take back the house in 2016. and i want to salute the excellent powerful and successful women in homeland services, the intelligence community. the leadership of women is all encompassing. on every issue, women are

leading the way. the women of the house to aquatic caucus arts -- house democratic caucus are standing with president obama and vice president biden, championing opportunity for american families each and every day. and before i go on about women, i want to talk about joe biden for a moment. it that profound statement that he made -- [applause] leader pelosi: we only great deal to joe biden. he was the champion when we passed the violence against women act over 20 years ago. and that was reauthorized just last year. he has been there for us over and over again and i joined debbie and commending them --

commending him in the fight against cancer, the moonshot to cure cancer, his personal grief, his governmental know-how, his record to focus on a problem, cancer, that has hit every family in america. it is hard to imagine a family that has not been affected your it thank you, joe biden, for your great leadership. it you are a warrior for the middle class. but now -- when i came to congress, there were 23 numbers of congress, 12 democrats, 11 republicans, out of 430 five. imagine. today we have that -- multiplied by five, house democrats, 65, the most women in a caucus in the history of a republic. but we want more. we want more. and we need you to help us to get more. it is women on the ballots and women at the polls that will lead us to victory. we're so proud that the democratic congressional campaign committee has women running and more than half of

our targeted races. and i think our magnificent executive director. she is just fabulous. so respected, so talented, so politically astute. i do not know if you are hearing from her, but you will be hearing from her. she is just fantastic. they are a priority, electing many more women to congress. we need your help to do so. we know -- i tell you this is a fact. we know that if we reduce the -- we will elect more women, more minorities, and all of america will be a victor in that success, because we know that when women succeed, america succeeds. ok. when women succeed, america -- ok. when women succeed, america succeeds.

all right. that's not just a slogan. it, too, is a statement of absolute fact and that is the title of democratic women's agenda for working families and not just the women. our entire caucus. our agenda inspired by our godmother, the great rosa delauro of connecticut. she's absolutely fantastic. the chair of the women's caucus. our women lead -- our women's league cochairs. and the proud member of the dnc -- we stand on their pillars. guarantee women equal pay for equal work. we will make our economy grow. paid sick leave. isn't it exciting that our new

speaker wants to spend time with his family? we want everybody in america to have that same opportunity, if someone in the family is sick. affordable, quality childcare. the linchpin of a parent's success in the workplace. this is not just for women. this is for families. this is for men as well. retirement security. ensuring that women can trust in a secure retirement. we have the cochairs of the senior task force. not that they are seniors, but cochairs of the senior task force. and this is so important because, as you will see, as we have the battle of the budget, so many of the issues that relate to seniors are at risk. but so many of the issues that pertain to women are out there if the american people weigh in. president lincoln said the public sector is everything. with the, you can accomplish everything. without it, nothing. the public sentiment is there. raising the minimum wage, paid

sick leave, quality, affordable childcare, for our seniors, it is therefore comprehensive immigration reform, it is therefore background checks to make america safer. in order to make all of these things happen, we must unleash the power of women. women at the polls, women at the ballots, women in every walk of life. the security of our country, the quality of our education system, the savior of families, every issue you can enter. yet again and again, republicans have shown their a comfortable of session with attacking women's health care, even at the expense of everything else in our country. last month, 151 house republicans voted to shut down government rather than allow women access to affordable family planning and life-saving preventative health care.

two thirds of the republicans said shut down the government, mr. speaker, and if you don't, give us your gavel. this is all about the lacked of the respect -- the lack of respect for women to make their own decision. and were we proud of cecile richards? they will keep at it. as they willed today with another one of the bills on the floor where they do not want to find planned parenthood and we will keep at it. we will keep at it. republicans are holding us hostage to a calendar of chaos. democrats offer a path to progress, from keeping the government opened, protecting the full faith and credit of the united states of america, having a robust transportation bill, protecting our 9/11 workers with

care and compensation, the list goes on. so many things that are overdue. and next week, our path to progress must overcome their calendar to chaos. and women are in the lead. and instead of doing the things we need to do, republicans are wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on a political committee that is nothing more than an an attempt to derail secretary clinton. how proud of we -- how proud are we all those members of the midi -- elijah cummings from maryland. tammy duckworth of illinois. i don't know if you watched much of it or sought any of it in the news, but our democratic members were absolutely superb. and i'm very, very proud. but how about hillary clinton?

[cheers] leader pelosi: as bernie sanders said, and as we all know, enough is enough. i know the women are ready to demand accountability for republicans' toxic priorities. and the main contrast between democrats and republicans will hit home for america's working families. if you believe, as republicans do, that trickle down economics is a way to create jobs in our country -- it trickles down, it creates jobs, that would be good, if it doesn't, so be it, that is the free market. that is their attitude. and if you believe that, then the money that it costs the taxpayers to give the tax breaks to the wealthiest people in america, give it to them, it

will trickle down, will not allow for the investment in education and infrastructure, research and development, all of the things that we need to strengthen the middle class and make sure everyone participates in the prosperity of our nation. instead of trickle down economics, we're talking about middle class economics. recognizing the middle class is a driving force in our economy. and that that middle class is the backbone of our country and that that stagnation of wages in the middle class -- we want to lift many more people into the middle class. and president obama and vice president biden have done it excellent job. just to review for a moment, when the president took office, standing on the steps of the capitol nearly seven years ago,

the debt was $4 trillion. it is under $500 billion now. we would like it to be lower, but it's 70% less than what the republicans left him. unemployment was over 10%. it is now flirting with 5%. under his leadership, and many of the initiatives that the house and senate democrats put into the recovery package, etc. the stock market was between 6000 and 7000. it is now over 17,000. 10,000 points. who says the economy is not better under democrats? 70 months, straight months of private-sector job creation. some of it to the ingenuity of the private sector, got bless them. a lot of it is tied to initiatives in our recovery package. tied to the rebound of the insurance industry -- excuse me, the auto in this tree.

not the insurance industry. with our policies and the president's leadership, the auto industry is now thriving and contributing to private-sector job creation. the list goes on and on. and i say very probably, 17 million more americans have access to quality, affordable health care. where being a woman is no longer a pre-existing medical condition. but again, this is great. all of the indicators are wonderful except the wage indicator, and that is what this debate has to be in this country. republicans have stood in the way of any additional measures the president wanted to take. their obstruction, their dysfunction has stood in the way of additional job growth and paycheck growth, and so, it is absolutely essential that in

this debate, in this election, the public understands what is at stake and what it means to them. what it means to them and to their families. we have to reclaim our politics from those that would drown our elections and really suffocate the airways with their dark, special interest, unidentified special interest money. we will lead and we will act. we will overturn citizens united. we will reform campaign finance systems. as my daughter dana always reminds me, we will not agonize. we will organize. in our presidential candidates

speaking before you today, we see wisdom, judgment, and vision. we know our nominee for president will draw a start contrast with strength and values with the destructiveness of the republican special business priorities. we may be electing the first woman president of the united states. we know we will be electing a democratic president of the united states. and we know that a democratic president will need a strong congress to succeed. not the republican congress of dysfunction and obstructionism and extremism. we will work hard and we will win and we will win big across the board in 2000 16. we are already seeing the list of the beginning of the way. the inspiration of the women leaders today, the inspiration and strength of our candidates for president across the board, our women candidates running -- i am so proud to be the leader

of the house democratic caucus, which is a majority of women, minorities, and lgbt members and that caucus. so, drawing courage -- drawing inspiration from women across the history of all of our country, we must bring the message to your state, to your district, to your community. when women vote, women succeed. and when women succeed -- now you've got it. thank you, women's leadership forum for your work on behalf of all americans. are you ready to get out there and ring doorbells? are you ready for a great democratic victory? i thought you were. thank you all very much. have a good day. ♪

>> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome governor martin o'malley! [cheers and applause] governor o'malley: thank you very much. thank you very much. let's give it up to nancy pelosi! [cheers and applause] governor o'malley: it is wonderful to be with all of you today. i haven't been in the company of so many strong women since my daughters moved out of the house. [laughter] governor o'malley: it's great to be with all of you and thanks so much for giving me the opportunity to share a couple of thoughts with you this morning. everybody wide awake? i thank our chair, debey wasserman schultz for allowing

me to be here. i want to thank all of you and those who flew in from the west coast for being up so early today. [applause] governor o'malley: you west coast folks are very hearty when it comes to the transcontinental flight. let's begin. my name is martin o'malley and i'm very, very lucky to have been -- to have spent my entire life surrounded by strong women. my mother, barbara o'malley was senator mikulski's gate keeper for more than 30 years. how about that? wakes up every day and goes to work at the ginger age of 87. she keeps that senate office open and keeps it in line and that is no surprise to me because she kept six of us in line. she and my dad were part of that

great generation, so-called greatest generation, by tom brokaw. my dad flew 33 missions over japan. went to college because of the g.i. bill. but my mom for her part at the age of 17 at fort wayne, indiana, she and her mom doubled team my grandfather and my mom at the age of 17, got a pilot's license and flew in the civil air patrol as an aviator. [applause] governor o'malley: strong woman. and she raised all six of us. my two older sisters, three younger brothers and myself to believe that every generation of americans has not only a responsibility to accomplish great things, but also has an incredible opportunity because

of this country of ours, this country which if we make stronger, we'll give back more to our children and grandchildren. and those are the lessons that my wife and i have done our very best to pass on to our kids. we are so proud of our daughters, tara and grace o'malley and what they are doing for our country and that better future that we seek. my daughter tara works at the u.n. foundation and my daughter grace is a first grade teacher at an elementary school in the heart of baltimore city. [applause] governor o'malley: when her dad announced for president about 100 days ago, a lot of her colleagues were there and returned to her class 100% eager to learn, adorable african-american kids and one tugged her by the sleeve, ms. o'malley, i'm not so sure about your father running for

president because quite frankly, i like barack obama. [laughter] governor o'malley: a lot of us like barack obama, right? [cheers and applause] governor o'malley: and for good reason. when our country was on the brink of being plunged into a second great depression, we elected a new leader to make the right decisions and now the nation of 67 months of positive job growth, the country is moving in a positive direction, thanks to president obama. [cheers and applause] governor o'malley: the hard truth of our times is this, we elected a president, not a magician. and 30 years of bad economic choices have left us with this hard truth we must address and that is 70% of us today are earning the same or less than we did 12 years ago.

which means we still have work to do. one of the most important things i learned about the american dream, i learned at the age of 17 or 18, i spent a lot of time working in restaurants, many of them were irish bars, quite honestly. [laughter] governor o'malley: i should put working in quotes because i was the guy in the band. i remember watching from the stage, this new american immigrant whose name was miguel and i wondered how that place could function. he was the first one to open up the door, busing tables and at the end of the night and in a quiet moment and one of the most important lessons i ever learned

about the truth of the american dream we shared. i asked him this question. i said mr. miguel, how is it that you work so hard? and instead of telling me how, he told me why in three very powerful words. he said, for my daughter. you see, you and i are part of a living self-creating mystery called the united states of america. but the promise that's at the heart of that mystery is not some vague idea or abstraction way out there someplace. far from it. it is the very real and concrete promise among us and between us that wherever you start in our country, you start where you start wherever your parents' zip code for our own hard work, for our own love of family and love of imagination, you should be able to get ahead. call that an economy that works for all of us. call it the american dream.

it is the actions that put into practice in every generation that included more of our people, and the economic and social and political life of our country. it is those actions that earned us the brand, that no other nation on the planet has as being the land of opportunity. we educate our children at higher and better levels. we make strides to make equal justice under the law to ensure that men and women in our country not only have equal opportunity but get paid equally for doing equal work. [applause] governor o'malley: let me share some thoughts with you. i'm running for president of the united states for one reason and one reason only and that is to rebuild the truth of that american dream we share and that is why an o'malley general administration closing the pay gap and restore the truth of that dream.

[applause] governor o'malley: a few weeks ago in iowa, i laid out 15 strategic goals for rebuilding that dream, many of them have to getting wages to go up again rather than down. what's the difference between a dream and a goal? it's a deadline. so all of these are tied by deadlines. to get there, we need clear measurable road maps of action and the first step must be taking pay discrimation head on, today in america, women can be paid less than men with no real penalty that any employer must face. we must hold employers, prevent retaliation against women who speak up and empower women to find out whether or not they are in fact being paid just as much as a man doing the same job next to them at work. [applause] governor o'malley: that's why i

have called for making pay data publicly available so all employees can see they are making a fair wage for their job. another issue, curbing pay discrimation alone is not enough. part of the reason why women are paid less than men for doing the same work is that many are forced to leave the work force in order to raise families and they are penalized for doing so. get this. only 12% of american workers have access to paid leave. 40% can lose their jobs for taking even unpaid leave to care for a newborn child. chailedkire costs more in america than public university in television -- tuition in a majority of states and forcing some parents who would like to work to actually have to stay home. if women decide to have

families, they shouldn't have to choose between a career and taking care of their children. [cheers and applause] governor o'malley: all parents both men and women, gay or straight, married or single should be able to take 12 weeks of leave with pay in order to care for newborn children or loved ones. and no family especially low or middle-income parents should have to pay more than 10% of their income on safe, affordable child care in any given year. these are the choices that include more people in our economy. but perhaps more pressing than either of these challenges is what we are witnessing from the republican presidential candidates and what we are witnessing in this republican congress.

what am i talking about? i'm talking about the way that they are kicking around women's health care and planned parenthood like it's some political football, and it has to stop. [applause] governor o'malley: it is the all-out ideological fundamentalist right-wing assault on women's health. republican eyed logs are defunding planned parenthood which provides services to millions of women at all income levels every year. every single republican candidate for president has embraced these backward, misguided and dangerous policies. think about it. if they had their way, millions of women every year who rely on planned parenthood for cancer screenings and prenatal care and

contraception would be in the dark. we cannot take our country backward and deny women's basic health care services. we must stand firm to expanding women's health care options for all. [applause] governor o'malley: i have been proud to have been in this fight throughout my years of public service as governor. and prior to that, as mayor. i'm the only candidate in our party with 15 years of executive experience. as governor i signed into law the family planning work act giving 35,000 low-income women access to contraception and cancer screenings. [applause] governor o'malley: i expanded family planning clinics into more comprehensive health centers and medicaid eligibility for prenatal services. because of these efforts, because of these actions, we cut maryland's infant mortality rate

by 18% and drove it down to one of the lowest levels. [applause] governor o'malley: as president, i would stand up to the republicans who are restricting women's health services, holding states accountable and providing funding so all women have access to essential reproductive health care, including contraception and i would support universal access to comprehensive prenatal care, adopting access as a measure for quality health systems and for states. [applause] governor o'malley: because it's about time that every woman in our nation enjoys to have a healthy life begins some of the idealogs that have taken over the republican party. i have had a record of protecting women's health care and i have been running on 15 years of experience. sometimes the trickle-down -- trickle-down economics are surprised to find we do the right thing when you do the just thing, when you treat people

with dignity and equal rights under the law, that's also good for our economy. that's what we did in maryland. we just didn't talk about creating economic opportunity. -- for women. when i was governor, we actually put together proven solutions because 2/3 of minimum-wage workers today are women, we raised our state's minimum wage and passed the nation's first living wage -- [applause] governor o'malley: because the early childhood years are critical for students' success and a tough balancing act, we took steps to improve quality education. we put in littlely ledbetter act and we set and met and exceeded one of the most ambitious goals in the country for women and minimum right-owned business procurement. as a result of all of those

choices, we made maryland, according to the center for american progress, the best state in the nation for women's economic opportunity and security. [applause] governor o'malley: today, our state -- our state also has not only the highest concentration of women-owned business of any state in the nation, but we also have the lowest gender pay gap in the country. these things actually work. [applause] governor o'malley: the good news about the future we face as a people is this. look, we don't have to put on our false selfs or invent a new formula. we must return to our true

selves and acknowledge the powerful american truth that our economy is not money, it is people. it is all of our people. [applause] governor o'malley: therefore, just as our parents and grandparents did, we must always raise the minimum wage to keep it above the poverty line and raise it to $15 however we can, wherever we can. [applause] governor o'malley: we should make it easier and not harder for men and women to join labor unions and bargain for collective and better pay. [cheers and applause] governor o'malley: and unlike those in the other party who want to privatize or cut social security, i say we should expand social security and pay for it by uping the cap of up to $265,000. [applause] governor o'malley: we need to

change some of the formulas in social security so we do not penal idse women who come out of the work force in order to take care of parents or kids and the other things we have to do as a nation. look, in every generation we found a way to face the great challenges and make them opportunities. what am i talking about? i'm talking about climate change. the greatest opportunity to come to america in 100 years. i'm the first and hopefully not the last to put forward to move towards a clean electric grid and create five million jobs along the way. [cheers and applause] governor o'malley: and if we want to get wages going up in the right direction, yes, we must restore wage and labor policies back to the center of our economic equation and one of those important policies is

this. you want to get wages to go up rather than down. let's get 11 million of our neighbors out of the off the book shadow economy and into the full light of an open economy by passing comprehensive immigration reform! [cheers and applause] governor o'malley: our race, the democratic's race for president has just begun. there are about 100 days to go before the voters first have the opportunity to have their opinions made in the iowa caucuses. and i'm excited about this contest. i'm excited about the future. i'm in this to win this and i could not be more honored to having this conversation on our stage because you saw the debate the other night and you heard very different debates than what the other people have, didn't you? there was no bashing of immigrants.

there was no bashing of immigrants. you didn't hear us saying denigrating things about women. far from it. i know it's easy to become discouraged about our national politics. speak to young americans under 30, because you will rarely find among them young people that deny that climate change is real or who want to deny rights to gay couples or bash immigrants. that tells me we are moving to a much more connected and generous and giving place. our opportunity in this election is to advance its arrival by another 10 years and there are a lot of people hotel me, boy, you've got a tough fight. this is an uphill fight. you know what? there are a lot of people who would look me in the eyes and tell me that your fight to give your sons and daughters a better future with more opportunity rather than less is a tough fight. i kind of like tough fights.

i have always been drawn to tough fights. perhaps it's the toughness of the fight that tells us the way god has a way of telling us it is worth saving. our children's future is worth saving, our country is worth saving, the american dream is worth saving and our planet is worth saving. we are all in this together we need each other and we need to help each other. i need your help and i thank you so much for allowing me to be with you today. thanks so very much. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome c.e.o. of the democratic national convention committee, reverend leah daughtry.

ms. daughtry: good morning beloved sisters. in just nine months, in july, 2016, we will gather in philadelphia, the city of brothererly love and sisterly affection to nominate and present to the world our nominee for the president of the united states. i have the great privilege of serving as your c.e.o. for the 2016 democratic national convention. [applause] ms. daughtry: and it is my job to make sure that our convention is successful, to welcome our 50,000 attendees, to ensure that our 500 buses run on time, that our 15,000 hotel rooms are filled, that our 20,000 journalists have power and

connectivity and 200 miles of cable is installed, that the stage is built, the carpet is laid and most importantly, that the drinks are delivered. [laughter] ms. daughtry: but really, more importantly and most importantly, it is my job to ensure that our convention gives our nominee the strongest possible springboard to launch into what is sure to be a tough general election campaign. and to demonstrate to the world and our party that our nominee and our party is ready and able to lead. it's a tall order, but we are up to the task. building a convention is like buding a house. we are digging the foundation, laying the groundwork and building piece by piece, layer on layer, nobody should try to

build a house alone and that is why we have assembled a great construction team of seasoned professionals who work with me every day to make sure we deliver on time, on task and on budget. in addition, this isn't my first time at running a convention. i was c.e.o. of the 2008 convention in denver and makes me the first person in democratic party history to have held this position twice. [cheers and applause] today, i am here to talk to you about why i'm so extraordinarily proud to be a democratic woman. politics and civic engagement is in my blood. some of my fondest memories as a child are on voter registration drives and annual trips to albany with my church. and one of my earliest memories is of barbara jordan during the watergate hearings.

[applause] ms. daughtry: watching her, a strong, intelligent, persistent, insistent powerful woman using big words and asking important questions. and i asked my father who is that lady. and my dad explained to my nine-year-old self, who she was and what she was doing and why she was doing it, and i knew i wanted to be smart like her and strong like her and persistent like her and a democrat like her. [applause] ms. daughtry: 50 years ago, fannie lou hammer attended our 1954 convention and demanded to be heard and pressed her right to be seated as a right. as i rose in the ranks of the democratic party i was in awe of the tenacity of women like ms.

hammer. i i used to think she could not have imagined this time and this day. she could not have imagined all of us together in this room, strong, accomplished, powerful women working together. she could not have imagined me in this position. but then one day, i realized that wasn't true. i realized that the reason she fought so hard, the reason she made so many sacrifices was because she could imagine us, because she did believe that one day we, all of us together, activists, organizers, officers and executives, we would be possible. because she believed that one day we, strong, accomplished, powerful women, could and would be together in a room like this, working and planning together.

because she held a vision that one day, a black chick from brooklyn could and would be c.e.o. of the democratic national convention. [cheers and applause] ms. daughtry: not once, but twice. that we could be you union presidents and college presidents that we could be state party chairs and members of congress and governors, that we could be on the presidential ticket and we could lead the presidential ticket. they believed in our party and they believed in us and what we could and would become, that one day we would stand together in one voice fighting for the soul of our country, fighting to preserve the values of our party, so hard fought and earned by our foremothers, like susan b. anthony, women like patsy minching and rosa parks, women like shirley chisholm and geraldine ferrer l arrow. our women who were visionaries

and way makers and door openers, strategy crafters. we are the party of freedom fighters, community activists, day laborers, c.e.o.'s, mine workers and environmentalists, the working poor, the middle class and the folks who have a little extra. we work together to create opportunities for every american. we fight together for truth and justice, pressing the truth and equality. honoring diversity, because we understand that doe have to be the same to fight for the same things. we understand that diversity is not just words on a piece of paper or something we talk about. it's about for us what we do.

it is a lived principle. we are democrats. we are women. we make something out of nothing. we take little and make it much. [applause] ms. daughtry: you can't outrun, out think, outwork or outvote us. we are the backbone of our party and this nation. and so fight because we believe that every american because of color, creed or zip code should have an equal opportunity to get their potential. we fight for the less. we fight for the american dream and the belief that the promise of america should be the practice of america. these are the values that we will present to you and to the nation and to the world in july, 2016. and there is no better place

than philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. there is no better place to showcase our vision and our values, our strengths as women and the priorities as a party. so join me in philadelphia in july, 2016 and let's make history again. god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> next, hillary clinton speaks of the democratic national committee women's forum. she talked about her goals and elected in the important women in politics. as is 20 minutes. -- this is 20 minutes. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, hillary clinton. [cheering and applause] [sara barielles's "brave" plays]

ms. clinton: good morning. thank you all. thank you very much. [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: well. it's been quite a week, hasn't it? well, thank you all so much. i am delighted to be here. as some of you may know, i had a pretty long day yesterday. [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: but i finally got

to answer questions, something i have been pushing for literally a year. and i am just grateful i recovered my voice, which i lost a little bit. but as i said at the start, i wanted to rise above partisanship and reach for statesmanship. that is what i tried to do. [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: and now i am delighted to be here with all of you, to be here with the wlf, a group that actually focuses on the issues. you are women after my own heart. i want to thank debbie wasserman schultz, carol, cynthia, and all the terrific speakers you have heard from and will hear from, including my friend, leader nancy pelosi. [cheering and applause]

ms. clinton: i want to say another word about a great democrat -- vice president joe biden has been in the trenches with us for years. [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: he fought for the violence against women act and so much more. i am confident that history is not finished with joe biden. as he said the other day, there is more work to do and if i know joe, he will be right there with us on the front lining. i want to thank all of you for putting women's voices, women's ideas, women's lives right where they belong, at the heart of women's politics. it is sometimes hard to believe, but the notion that women should be equal partners is still pretty new.

that's why the women's leadership form was created, -- forum was created, to help make that ideally reality. during the 1992 campaign, tipper gore and i traveled all over the country together and we spent a lot of time in people's living rooms, their backyards, sitting around kitchen tables, talking with mothers, daughters, and grandmothers about their lives. we heard so much. we heard about the dreams for the future that people had for themselves and their kids. we heard a lot about the struggles that made life harder than it should be. the problems that kept women up at night. again and again, we would hear, no one has ever asked us these things before. to a lot of them, it seemed like washington just was not very interested in the actual real lives of women in our country. so we decided we had to make sure that in this party, our

party, women's voices would always be heard. that in this party, our party, the problems that keep women and their families up at night would always be front and center. and we wanted to bring more women into the electoral process, as voters, advocates, organizers, fundraisers, candidates, and elected officials, because we know that women are half the country, even slightly more. half the planet and more than half the democratic party. we want to make sure that women and families are better represented in politics, so we need to get more of us more involved in politics at every level. as we like to say, when women lead, families succeed. and now, 22 years later -- [applause]

ms. clinton: women are a greater force in politics here in our country than ever before. we are voting in greater numbers. increasingly we are the decisive voters in national elections. more women are serving in high levels of government. there are not one, not two, but three women on the supreme court. [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: and the number of women who have served in the senate and the house has grown exponentially. and now, of course, a number -- another presidential election season has begun. i am doing everything i can to make sure that the issues that matter most to women and families are front and center in this race. i started my campaign last spring, doing the same thing

that i did all those years ago when i ran for the senate. traveling across the country, visiting people's homes, schools, and businesses, and actually listening as they told me about their lives, the good and the bad, the hard. it was amazing and humbling. if you find the time and space to give people a chance to talk to you instead of you talking at them, they will share what is in their hearts and hopes. many families do feel that things are a lot better for them, and they give credit, as they should, to president obama and his administration. [applause] ms. clinton: i believe the president's leadership and the hard work of the american people pulled our economy and nation back from the brink. in fact, we could have had a great depression, not a great

recession. as i travel across the country, i try to tell the stories of what president obama inherited -- the worst financial crisis since the great depression. america is standing again, but we are not yet running the way we should be. families are still stretched in a million different directions, and so are their budgets. costs keep rising, but most people's paychecks have not moved in years. but corporate profits and ceo pay keep rising. quality childcare costs more than college tuition in many states. and the minimum wage is a poverty wage. millions of americans are held back by student debt. at a time when more women than ever are their families' main breadwinners, too often they do not get equal pay. and women of color earn less than others, right?

and just this week, the department of labor released new data showing that as our economy gets stronger, men's pay is going up more than twice as fast as women's pay. at one of my town halls in nevada, they called him a little girl sitting with her father. you never know what kids are going to ask you. this little girl said, if you are a girl president, will you be paid as much as a boy president? [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: i said, i think so. i think that's in the law. [laughter] ms. clinton: but i think of the single mom i met, who is juggling a job and classes at a

community college while raising her free -- her three kids on her own. she is doing what she has to to give her children a better life, and she doesn't expect anything to come easy, but she asked me, isn't there anything we can do so it doesn't have to be quite so hard? i think of the student that told me that paying for college should not be the hardest thing about going to college. for the man i met whose mother has alzheimer's. he's a teacher. he can't afford a full-time caretaker for her. he can't quit his job or he would not be able to support her. you know what he does? he brings her to work with him. there is nothing else he can think of to do. he told me this with so much sadness, because this is not what he pictured for his mother's golden years. it is not just women taking care of aging parents, it is men too. all of our characters -- all of our caretakers deserve a lot

more support. the same goes for other policies, like they -- like paid family leave, predictable shifts, higher wages, so you don't have to work two jobs to make ends meet and you can actually be home with your kids at night. these are not just challenges for women, these are challenges for all americans. i firmly believe that when we fight for women, we are fighting for our country. the reverse is true as well. only -- when we fight to make america more fair and prosperous, we are also fighting for women. when we fight to make college more affordable, and student debt less punishing, and to hold corporations accountable when they gouge us with drug prices, pollute our environment, or exploit workers, that is fighting for men, women, and america. when we fight to claim -- clean a pathway to citizenship for millions of americans, make social security stronger, or protect and approve -- improve

the affordable care act, because everyone deserves access to affordable care. [applause] ms. clinton: and yes, that should include basics, like reproductive care, including birth control and prenatal care and cancer screenings. that's why we have to defend planned parenthood against the attacks that are being waged. [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: when we fight to protect the equal rights of all our people, no matter what they look like, or who they love, and when we fight to stop the epidemic of gun violence that is claiming innocent lives every single day in every corner of our country -- [applause] ms. clinton: that's fighting for women and men and fighting for america. you know, i have been told to stop, and i quote, shouting

about gun violence. first of all, i'm not shouting. [laughter] ms. clinton: it's just when women talk, some people think we are shouting. [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: and second, i will not be silenced because we will not be silenced will stop not buy the gun lobby, not by the size of the challenge, not by any of it. stopping gun violence is worth fighting for. i am ready to go. i hope you are ready. [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: none of these fights are new to me, and i know they are not new to many of you, but we do have our work cut out for us because there are so many people with a different vision for our country. they will say, do, and spend whatever it takes to advance

their out of touch agenda. for people who say they hate the government, republicans sure spend a lot of time trying to restrict women's reproductive health and reproductive rights. [applause] ms. clinton: after my experience yesterday, i am amazed that they are even talking about setting up another special investigation committee, this time to investigate planned parenthood. and i think we all know by now that that is code for a person -- a partisan witchhunt. haven't we seen enough of that? [applause] ms. clinton: i like those republican candidates who are advocating against planned parenthood -- i would like the republicans advocating against planned parenthood to meet the mom who caught cancer at a planned parenthood, or the mom who avoided an unplanned currency -- pregnancy because she had access to birth control.

i know that when i talk like this, republicans will say i am playing the gender card. here's what i say. if calling for equal pay, paid leave, and women's health is playing the gender card, then deal me in. [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: now -- [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: there's a long campaign still at a bus -- still a head of us. other candidates may be out there hurling insults at everyone, talking about what's wrong with america, pointing

fingers to try to blame people for it. that stop me -- that is not me. i will keep doing what i have always done, and that is fighting for you and your family. i am so grateful for the hundreds of thousands of grassroots activists who are joining me in this campaign. not only those fortunate enough like us to be in rooms like this one, but the students, teachers, parents, and grandparents across this country, you are giving one dollar or five dollars at a time, because they too believe in what we are fighting for. we have come a long way in the past 22 years. i am really proud of this organization and all it has achieved. the women's leadership forum has changed the democratic party. [applause]

ms. clinton: you have changed it for the better. we are stronger than we have ever been. let's keep fighting for that future for our children and grandchildren. some of us i am sure you know -- some of us i am sure know i have the most extraordinary granddaughter. she keeps me going. thankfully, my wonderful daughter and son-in-law show me great pictures that have been a great used along the campaign trail. i think a lot about her future. i think about what kind of opportunities she will have, but i also think about what kind of opportunities all the children of america will have, what kind of country will she become an adult in? what kind of world will be waiting for her? i don't think it's enough for anybody that my granddaughter, your children, your grandchildren, should be able to

pursue their dreams one summary of our other children in this country are feeling left behind -- when so many of our other children in this country are feeling left behind and left out. for the first time in american history, as far as i know, more than half the kids in our public schools are eligible for free or reduced lunches. poverty has returned with a vengeance. we made a lot of progress lifting families out of property -- poverty back in the 1990's. i think it is a verifiable fact that our economy does better when we have a democrat in the white house. [applause] ms. clinton: both my husband in president obama inherited challenges from the republican predecessors. both were charged with my

husband. it was dealing with an economy that was not growing fast enough, but it took off, incomes rising in all parts of our economy -- top, middle, working, low income people, all were doing better. we handed out a balanced budget and a surplus to the incoming republican administration and they squandered of all. not only did they cut taxes on the wealthy, but they basically got out of the way of corporations, they took their eye off the financial markets, they did not pay a penny for the wars that they waged, and you know what happened. it took another democratic president, who you will hear from later today -- [cheering and applause] ms. clinton: to come in and accept the responsibility, which he did, to try to repair the

damage that had been done. everything i had talked about before -- all of our rights, our hopes, will be at risk, because the republicans are once again successful in making the same argument a always make. it is discredited, it doesn't work, but that doesn't stop them. they will be back talking about cutting taxes on the wealthy, getting out of the way of corporations. we know what that leads to. increasing inequality. exploitation of workers. pollution of our environment. denial of climate change. refusal to move into the 21st century with clean energy. a failure to provide early childhood education and universal prekindergarten so every kid has a chance to get ahead. you can listen to their debates for hours, and unfortunately

some of us have to. [laughter] [applause] ms. clinton: you won't hear a single solution to any of the problems we are facing here at home or around the world. my campaign is really an effort to try to build an america where everyone, women and men, can rise as far as their talents and artwork take them. where everyone has a shot at achieving their dreams and living up to their potential. and yes, where a father can say to his daughter, you can be anything you want to be, even president of the united states. thank you all very much. [cheering and applause]

>> all caps and long, c-span takes you on the road to the white house. unfiltered access to the candidates at town hall meetings, news conferences, rallies, and speeches. we are taking your comments on twitter, facebook, and by phone, and every campaign event we cover is available on our web site at the span.org. -- i c-span.org. >> coming up on c-span, a discussion on u.s. immigration policy. after that, arne duncan talks about standardized testing in schools. live at 7:00 a.m., "washington journal" looks at the upcoming budget battle and new rules governing congressional expenses. next, a discussion on u.s. immigration policy. the american constitution society and economic the two posted professors from santa clara university, american university, and the university of california davis.

this is 90 minutes. [inaudible [inaudible conversations] >> afternoon. welcome to our program the 1965 immigrations act for cry of the president of the american constitution in society and for those of you that may not know about us it was founded in 2001 with judges and policy makers to makh judges and policy makers to improve the lives of all people.

to shape vital constitutional issues such as what we will hear discussed today. thank you for posting today's event it is not the first time we have partnered with programs of mutual interest and i know if it is not though last part of the past couple of years we have marked the anniversary is of several important civil-rights laws the act of '64, voting rights act of 65 but we wanted to make sure we didn't forget the immigration act of 1965 that was part of the effort to make the laws is more fair

and respectful of the quality. it to radically change to a limit national origins that flavor -- favored the immigration system to other parts of the world. yet despite the laudable goal than the content they ended for in the lead toward discrimination in those divisive policies we see today. a of the politics. so to lead us through discussion with our distinguished panel we have a real expert the senior cabinet adviser the nation's largest hispanic civil-rights advocacy organizations preparing the

network for the implementation of executive action on immigration. he is author and co-author to supervise the research reports coordinated pro bono litigation and as a part-time resident there working on a book of the reform act of 86. [applause] >> so thanks to the panel and also to this espn2 audience.

each of the panelist will have their opening remarks to have a few minutes of discussion in an open to audience q&a. two o bed with a discussion of bed 1965 act and then we will discuss the subsequent developments how that affects workers' rights. we will not go into detail on each bio that is all available to the audience. but before beginning to the act we might want to start with a brief recap so thanks

to my colleague who did a similar introduction of a big go what we give you the history of the immigration policy and it is not that hard. because we had no immigration policy. the getting the late 1800's not just to limit the number said people with the kind of people there were exclusions for certain kinds of diseases or prostitutes and so forth congress passed the

chinese exclusion act the title should be self-explanatory to bar most agents re-entering the country and in the early twenties the u.s. pass the first comprehensive law of national origin quota laws. they created in immigration quota for each foreign country based on 2% of the percentage of that population that was that nationality. said to be hypothetically 1 million people was a quota of 2 percent for perot congress was to make sure for those that are already

here. a 1952 s second major immigration reform the immigration and nationality act and for the first time priory's for the employment jesus. with the immigration selection system that remains one form or another to this day. as we consider that fact was that today's panel will answer what happens and why. a second set of questions

how did that shape the migration flows and policies? what lessons can redraw that today's policy makers cameron from as we face the 21st century to begin our discussion we turn to rose. >> i am pleased to be here today. it is helpful to specify bed immigration act. congress provided there shall be no discrimination

place of birth or place of residence so for the first time congress provided grace chao no longer be a factor as reconsider the historical implications and the lessons learned in to be published but the buoyancy that we examine to think about with the immigration act if we could consider that as a civil rights law.

with the civil rights legislation to think about that question to examine the intent so i a read that statute is that consistent of what day insisted? they have argued with pieces of civil rights of legislation. then 1964 civil-rights act ben followed by the 65 voting rights act many of these are instrumental but

they're not perfect laws but by contrast to argue the 1965 pact should be considered to be the most effective of all civil rights laws of the past. and only did it abolish race and national origin but it did open the borders by allowing millions so from that perspective we can save the 65 backed is an important piece of civil rights legislation. but that idea was not shared by all and we examine the critical perspective of the

act arguing for the first time it imposed limitations on countries from the western hemisphere making the emigrations of the mexicans. withy undocumented population in the 1965 act with the immigration of people from the western hemisphere. there are critics to argue that it did nothing for the immigration of people in africa. for those of african descent

that the diversity lottery programs that was put in place in 1980. they have argued in fact, the 1965 act has those quotas by limiting the refugee program from those coming from communist dominated countries with bad national origin from that perspective. and to put in place that ongoing dissemination.

the other they might apply to highlight so it is part of the immigration is system so what was put in stone under that at to allow for unlimited immigration and then to sponsor the children married and unmarried so as to promote those losses upon

close examination from that system that is set in place to provide for a limited quotas to note who counts as family all of these different factors that lead to significant delays to promote family unification and how we think those with the perspective.

>> before you start but the opponents of the law of the critics to anchor age that is well lead to the chain migration end of the historical point about that the with the mitt the immigration to the family members. the intent of that was to restrict immigration into those who already had family members in the united states. just a little point.

>> 8q for the invitation to be here. pointing to that central tension but it creates the problem of the legalities as we know it today by creating essentially a disconnect on the one hand it of the other the political restrictions to curtail immigration from certain countries with high emigration like mexico and the since it has opened from all over the world that is juxtaposed against the background of geographic

historical relationship so mexico for purposes of immigration is like mozambique but that to me and is very different. so we get is if it is a problematic act in immediately it starts at the state and the federal level in the united states and that is what i want to focus on. so the act then creates that cascade of problems of political and legal developments that grapple with it without addressing that fundamental disconnect so you see a series of

enactments that we could say are on the edges of the problem but not to the root of it is self. so very soon thereafter we see the effects of the state level to pass the employer sanction laws so it can connect the idea of who should be working to the concept of illegality california is in the recession this stopped employers in california from hiring unauthorized workers. this goes before the supreme court a event in that case it has to grapple with the idea of the state's

re-entering immigration regulations and the end of way there was significant state regulations and through 1880 that we may substitute but from 1875 lot is the federal government dominant the post 65 with the concept of illegality the states start to re-enter the and the sanctions law goes before the supreme court to say the power to regulate is unquestionably a power but they have held it is a regulation of the immigration so the court upholds this law so that

triggers postdate and federal action later 11 actually to waned which alternately in 1986 with immigration control act is pre-empted by federal law. by you conceded government attempting to do with the problems created in 65 by spreading a mass legalization program. said to have a significant portion at that time to legalize. but it's it becomes very clear so the federal

government attempts the more punitive response for the federal and axman's that forces the united states out of this problem with dave harsh deportation standard to create a larger class of people subject to deportation so the legality created by the lot so where does something there is extremely interesting to allow for state level enactments to control for immigration.

many of those provisions although enacted in 1996 lie fallow the next several years. as we argue in our new book book, what and said happening for the state involvement is activated through political mechanisms is you start to see in the last 10 years with a significant stake a.m. local enactment. 12 trend toward the attempt withy illegality but the

current landscape goes to the theme of the discussion with the 1965 act that we currently have a patchwork in the united states where the prospects whether documented in the united states and also with different prospects is a former of structural a quality we might want to think about moving forward that in many ways the lawn that impacts the lives of immigrants on a daily basis.

the internal question of equality how we should think about integration of laws like california the later -- the way they treat generally and specifically in cities like new york or at the city level vs. a restriction this law of alabama or arizona should be think of these to different types of laws as similar for purposes of understanding human discourse if we only need one and immigration what to allow these various efforts? >> finally thinking how the landscape has developed with

a federal law to create a condition we have significant state and local response is to which extent do we allow these to be a forerunner of defacto policies? that states and local efforts affect national law making it becomes difficult for congress from those jurisdictions to vote in ways to override those so john mccain, in the early 2000 immigration policy is described as a moderate in did promote certain acts as a comprehensive package including a legalization

program but after the proposition 200 he no longer can hold those positions to the moderate immigration in positions end is forced to take a more extreme position it you see that middle disappear. so one of the of legacies is the creation of the legality because they have not dealt with that fundamental problem with those that are attempting to do chip away at the problem now that leads to a situation that

the prospects for significant comprehensive reform. >> the queue to monitor it to host this event i will build upon the fellow panelist remarks to save not meant to be a revolutionary bill. that is often tossed around when we looked at how the law has transformed the u.s. labor market in to partner with some negative ways. the 1965 law is credited for

creating a sizable and documented position of today so keep in mind today there were no quotas from latin america and of course, for centuries between the territory of mexico and the united states the with that position of 120,000 pieces from the western hemisphere initially only 40,000 and by 1977 it was cut down at 20,000 to be around for mall a quality vs. equity. with a companion civil rights legislation certainly it did create formal inequality but in fact, did

it have the equity there were looking for? some was it hasn't. >> so looking at the foreign-born workers so the united states and mexico headed into a bilateral treaty to allow foreign workers to work temporarily this is known as a program that allowed 5 million workers but the program with fuelled the agricultural sector in the industrial work as well.

you played a significant role in the u.s. labor market so given the supply of shortage of workers coming from the u.s. economy. is enacted but hundreds of thousands of mexican workers participating in the program with no real pathway so contributing to the growth and that this same time we have employers that will rely arm that labor supply. there is some historical literature with the exclusion of mexican workers.

there is a significant lobby pushing for the exclusion of latin american workers with the concern there may overtake u.s. population others note of mechanization and that they would not need as many people. so the end of the program is a significant impact that was there a cap on the mexican nationals but we also see a shift in the temporary worker program. it was relatively small in scale and continues to be.

but prior to 65 showing the burden that shifted to the employer so this meant there was more of an active role the government played to determine which foreign-born workers could come to the united states. this gave the government more control for other latin american workers. also during this time those that take the position of undocumented workers should not be in the agricultural sector between undocumented workers in the labor market for many years that follow.

what is the of larger consequence today? i argue there is a few. but not creating a permanent pathway, it is labeled of mexican workforce with a permanent transience they cannot be permanently integrated into the u.s. labor market and some scholars have argued in some respects to replace the asian immigrants with the latinos year 1965 and that was even a jaded but said the facto exclusion to create to this permanent outsider ' demonized and exploited.

so that a significant interdependency this stage of a labor certification process in the inevitable result with the undocumented population in the united states. what is the impact? both documented and undocumented. and other forms of workplace discrimination of their disproportionate to the representation and the the list goes on. >> that has been fuelled by

the undocumented population. >> there has been gloom and doom but charles mentioned the entire peace allocation 74% only 20 percent went to employment base 20% in 1965. those with exceptional ability for another 10 percent went to perform skills. some may say as the overall allocation that is relatively low. there is a larger critique

that if we do what we need to do to attract the best talent in the united states. but we did see this and many of these are making a significant impact on the economy. so was it the right allocation? also note said beecher to self employment how that affects the u.s. business market or how this has caused economic difficulties but that is another aspect to look at.