>> president trump just wrapped up his speech in jackson, mississippi. he heads back to d.c. tomorrow. next, we will take you live for the democratic national committee's unity reform commission, day two other meeting. this is live coverage on c-span. two will --

>> those delegates who are in category three will be allocated similar to category two as follows. the dnc would announce the noegation of category three later than five days after the last nominating contest the allocated the pledged delegates. if there are insufficient in category three candidates, alternate delegates would be elevated to provide the needed presidential preferences. once the dnc has achieved the requisite number of supporters for each candidate, the dnc seven collect a written presidential preference from each candidate and delegate as applicable. the dnc shall make public the

identity of each category three delegate and any alternates as applicable, and the candidate for which they have submitted a presidential preference. if the state's chair or the dnc determines there is still an insufficient number of category two or three delegates respectively, supporting candidates proportionately, after attending to allocate alternate delegates, the state's whichdnc will determine delegate respectively shall pass the vote at the national convention. however, instead of passing the vote to an alternate, the vote to the delicate chosen will be abstain and during the roll call of the states. the secretary will then report the requisite number of additional votes to tea the proportions required to reach

the correct presidential candidate allocation of category two and category three delegates. and that is it. thank god i read to my kids every night so i can do that out loud. [applause] [laughter] >> madam, chair. i felt almost as if when i sign up for something on my phone, the little tiny print that goes on for pages and pages, there is a little agree button in the corner right now. that was amazing. >> we wanted to ensure that it was not tiny print, but loudly spoken print. ok. so that is the amended language before us. is there any discussion? >> ok. say no discussion, we are going to vote. , pleasee in favor signify by raising your hand. unanimous with inattention.

ok, that passes. thank you. ok. we are now moving to our next tabled amendment on the ombudsman council which is on page 14. is -- it is in the party reform section. ok. one.is the old the any objections are taking this off the table -- are there any objections for taking this off the table? see no objections, i will read the updated version. addition, this is an substitution to the current one, which is now c. is that correct?

ok. the commission recommends that the rbc develop a process to address violations of the charter and bylaws. any member of the dnc can bring a complaint alleging the dnc officers are not adhering to the provisions of the charter and bylaws. complaints that consist of disagreements that a managerial in nature shall not be heard nor forld challenges otherwise a state's delegation's election plan. rule 21, i missed that word. of the regulations of the rules and bylaws, and challenges to the credentials to a dnc member. 10 b of the section charter and bylaws. we support the creation of an ombudsman counsel to partially

address any complaints or recommend improvements. the council should include the designee of the chair, the , thedent, the cochair chairs of the regional caucuses, or the representative with others elected as needed to ensure diversity. [indiscernible] recommended improvements. first sentence of the second paragraph. thank you. ok. this is a replacement. any discussion on this amendment? ok. saying -- seeing no discussion, we will move to vote. [laughter] alright, all those in favor, please raise your hand. [laughter]

have one day over there, mayor. ok, we are unanimous. ok. thank you. that is passed. ok. the amendmenting that was tabled around the financial oversight council. , what pages it on? still on page 14 and it is the old 3c. this is a replacement. ok. this is a replacement amendment for 3c, which is now e. on page 14, section three party reform. ok.

this is a replacement amendment. was informedn about the level of transparency with the budgetary process of the dnc. theurrently described in bylaws, the budget and finance committee is charged with reviewing the budget, assisting in developing priorities, reviewing major contracts and evaluating the performance of consultants and senior staff. members, ceo and coo of the dnc, the composition of the budget and finance committee should be an election of qualified members, allowing for adequate representation of the party's caucuses and councils and regional caucuses. no person under contract with the dnc, or any democratic party affiliated should serve on the budget and finance committee. as called for in the bylaws, the budget and finance committee should provide the executive committee for discussion in a closed session.

, enclosed onport the goals, purposes of expenditures and results of expenditures and staff. the result of the report and the executive committee discussion should then be sent to the full dnc membership. we specifically recommend that , it election cycle published report of the focus of the dnc's finances, including all major expenditures and vendors made available. ok. so this is a replacement amendment. any discussion? discussion, we will move to vote. all those in favor, please raise your hand. ok. unanimous. and then we are going to stick in this section and move to a

f, sectionnt on s -- three operating in a manner that is open and transparent. states, and i'm taking this off the table. whatever i'm supposed to say about that. thank you. . they should prepare an annual budget which must be presented for review and approve by the dnc budget and finance committee and presented to the full democratic national committee at each regularly scheduled meeting. officers and members of the budget and finance committee -- i am just going to go and read g in the mechanical separately on both of those. contract andd all expenditures exceeding $100,000 annually must receive prior

approval from the dnc chair and officers, and or their designees is a part of any proposal, vendor shall be required to disclose the composition of their leadership and the diversity of the organization. go to discussion? thank the like to representative for working very heartedness with me. -- working very hard on this with me. this is what members have been discussing for a very longtime. i think it is going to be a very strong message to the dnc members and chairs who care about the dnc's finances. thank you. onany additional discussion f or g. seeing no discussion, we are going to vote on f. all in favor of the new f as

amended, please raise your hands. with one abstention of jim roosevelt. [laughter] sorry, the small things that are phoenician of the senate to the rest of the world. all right. we will move to vote on g. all in favor on g please raise your hand. we are unanimous with an abstention and we are unclear on who that is from. [laughter] >> just kidding. for the record it is jim roosevelt. ok. to j, now going to go 3ich is in the same section on the former, it is the former -- is threeg unpaid 16 3g on page three.

we have not voted on it. j reeves any and all joint fundraising agreements and understanding -- yes. shall beansparent -- transparent and use of the general election. to ensure the party has the necessary resource to conduct a big terrorist general election toort, the dnc is encouraged take steps to ensure all democratic candidates participate in a dnc fund-raising events and solicit their own supporters to assist in general election efforts. the dnc come stay parties, and the respective presidential campaigns will work together to determine the best ways to use resources raised under these agreements. the dnc will also take steps to ensure the -- that stay parties understand the financial terms of any agreement they enter into. is there in -- is there any

discussion on j? seeing no discussion, we will move to the bill. all those in favor and j, please raise your hand. we are unanimous with an abstention of jim roosevelt. appropriately so, mr. roosevelt. i am not joking about it, but i am just joking about it. ok. ok. without objection, i am going to move the amendment dealing with services be taken off the table. is 6aon page 17, still in and connecting our values and actions section. for what replacement

is in the current draft. ok. this is a full replacement amendment. so a read, the commission recommends the dnc developed a service oriented program for the national and state parties to connect our values and our actions. trainingd also include and other events that demonstrate a commitment to serving our communities. we therefore propose that working with the state's chairs, dnc committee to assess ways to implement direct voter contact -- inms in a targeted targeted areas and assessed after a two-year period. the impact this program has had on party growth and electoral performance. based on this assessment, we can decide on how to find the effort to more areas -- to fund the effort in more areas. any discussion? discussion, --seeing no discussion, all those in favor, please raise your hand. ok, we are unanimous in support

with one abstention. , as wereas one of mine the finance councils modification and also the ombudsman. yesterday when we had feltable all three, i today, sense of relief when we were able to come to an agreement on the language. thei appreciate congresswoman and even and elaine, and you madam chair to come up with language that we were able to work with. i appreciate that. far from being intrusive, these are committees that actually become empowering of dnc members and leadership to be able to make real decisions to make this a governing body, and i appreciate the fact that my colleagues supported this and we

were able to determine the right language. >> thank you. ok. and thank you for all of the work. i think this really highlights places we came together. to thegoing to move final section tabled from yesterday, which will take us to take 13 of your draft, which is section 2, supporting and growing state parties and put -- and growing grassroots participation. we are making an amendment that will add to what you are seeing which is formally b, which is now c. the new c would read as follows -- and i was supposed to pick that up the table, but anyway. the commission recommends

parties ben state expanded over the course of the cycle. the commission recommends the dnc continues to maintain the 50 state strategy with recommendations for the program, and financial goals by the leaders. thisere any discussion on addition? ok. seeing no discussion, we will move to a vote. although those in favor, please raise your hand. we have unanimous, no abstention. [applause] ok. that is the last tabled amendment from yesterday. and so, we have now completed our consideration of the recommendations to the committee reform commission and we should all clap. [applause] [indiscernible] >> ok.

obviously, still have some business to do, and so, i want to thank everyone for all of their work. you are going to move right now to talk about the rbc process and the next steps of the community reform commission process, and then make sure we have questions for commission members to take. the process that we go through , both myselfthat and the vice chair and a staff, will go through the report amended from today and yesterday , make any appropriate grammatical changes and consistent with the rest of the report, and add in the sections that will include the process that we have gone through, which will work on over the course of the next week, and will transmit to the commission members, and then we will transmit it to the rbc by january 1, 2019.

and then that finishes the work of the report that we are required as a commission. expected towe are be in loose formation a period of six months while the rbc takes up the recommendations of our report. and that will mean that, and jim roosevelt as the care of the rbc, will go through the process and their deliberations, but we both stay as a commission invested in saint is moving forward. invested in pain attention to when it is being discussed. as the chair will as leaders to speak on the half of some of the reports, and elaborate or context as needed. while we will not be formally willng, thank goodness, we

expect, and everyone should expect to be called on in order to ensure that the work that we have done over the past year is the work that is implemented through the dnc moving forward. so, with that, i want to turn the floor over to jim roosevelt, who is, and has been one of the cochairs of the dnc bulls and bylaws committee, to go over the process with everyone, and then we will open it up for questions. jim? jim: i would like to thank you and larry for your very strong leadership of this committee. want to thank all of the commission members. [applause] it has been an honor for me to serve in this commission, and i for that working together, we have made some excellent recommendations. this.l be discussing and i do not want to pre-just

the outcome of that discussion. feel we have at the opportunity and a taken that opportunity to learn from each other here. we have moved a long way from where we began in this discussion. so these recommendations will be transmitted to the rules and bylaws committee, and eventually to the full democratic national committee. on behalf of myself and my cochair lorraine miller, and the like to assure you that we take his work very seriously. we plan to act on this with lee and to begin the process of incorporating -- plan to act on and begin the process of incorporating this. in the regulations, and the charter, and in the bylaws. these are the documents i govern the process that these recommendations impact. in terms of the specific process , i have asked staff to schedule a leading early next year to begin this work. i continue we are looking at dates in late january or early february -.

there will be a public announcement. meetings,s with all the public can attend you do in person or electronically. we will meet frequently at the rules and bylaws committee, and the process will be similar to the process that we had gone through yesterday, and today, not aiming for another 12 hour meeting, but it will be a similar process. all of our meetings are open and i encourage all of you to attend. my plan is to have gin and larry brief the meeting -- brief the rbc ofee and inform the our process of deliberation so we start the discussion. i will also be calling on each of you from the commission to

engage with the rbc is a process of recommendations, so that if you were involved in drafting, redrafting, proposing and so on, we will be asking you to participate in this process. presentationsve by representatives from state parties and experts and someone, but this'll be a little more so because they will be back-and-forth on this discussion as to how we got to what we did and why we did not get to some places. the rules and bylaws committee will not just with the report, but we will rely on each of you has commission members to share your perspectives as to how we formulated these recommendations. after the rules and bylaws committee's consideration, the report will be forded to the full dnc for final approval. which will be no later than the summer meeting in 2018.

it is possible that some elements may go to the full dnc at the march meeting. how this getsn sorted out among the various documents, will be the most coherent way to present them come and also will be the most persuasive way to present them? if there is ultimately a recommendation from the rules and bylaws committee a difference in the recommendations of this the rbcon, recommendation will be referred back to this commission for agreement, endorsement, comment, disagreement, whatever comes out, and if there is disagreement, as i understand the mandate, which sets up a six-month period for the report to be processed by the rbc and reported to the full dnc, both

the recommendations of the rbc and recommendations of this commission, as well as the original mandate, will be presented to the full dnc. so, that is the ellen of the process. -- so that is the outline of the process. madam, chair, i will take questions. jen: thanks, jim. let's open it up for questions. >> thank you. thanks to all of our colleagues. , andke much more progress all of us will agree, then many of us assumed early on. up theo want to bring issue that i raised before about the potential for conflict of interest. and so many issues, we found consensus. and clearly come on issues we find consensus, we would expect the rules and bylaws committee to adopt as he recommend.

on issues where there was a division in the house, i think it is important to ask that those members of this body who were sitting on the rules and bylaws committee to agree to recuse themselves of consideration of those issues. it is a question of fairness. it is a question of optics. it is a question of democracy. it simply does not work when our issues that we are divided on the you get another bite at the apple when we go before the rules and bylaws committee with it. is --think the chair here and i think the chair here correctly abstained on issues that he would be considering. i think the same goes for when these issues, before the rules and bylaws committee, asking not for a mandate, but i'm asking the members here simply consider that that would be a more appropriate measure to take.

and so, i appreciate that, and i put it for for consideration. so, as he pointed out, i did of state on issues that i thought would be subject to active discussion in the rules and bylaws committee, and that is because i am cochairing that meeting. disagree respectfully with respect to whether rules and bylaws committee come other than the culture, need to recuse themselves. think, as you say, they are getting two bites of the apple, but they have to roles in the process -- two roles in the process. you present for their consideration, but you think it is the appropriate thing to do, but i respectfully disagree that they are compelled to do that.

>> thank you, other questions or comments? first command ingest and then lucy. bylawsi am on rules and and i am aware -- when you asked me to recuse myself, the assumption is that i am going to do something that would be questionable. that is the way i am taking it. that may not have been your intention because you and i have worked extremely well together, but that is the perception that could be out there. wouldomehow our integrity be questioned, and we would not be able to be objective. my vote on this commission was to move this out of this body to the next step. that's it. and is as -- and as jim indicated, there may be changes, things that come in that could alter. i have not made a final decision because we do not have all of the final pieces in place yet.

so to penalize us, who have institutional knowledge as to how this whole process works, seems a bit unfair. and i would just respectfully like to ask that we at least be given a chance to see what the final is going to be before we are asked to silence our voices. before we are asked to have our voices suppressed, which always bothers me when i feel like that is happening, i do not think anyone on this commission, anyone, even though we walked in the door with the severest of disagreements, i don't think anyone on this commission has operated in bad faith. not one person. i think everyone on this commission have been passionate about what they believed in and advocated for those passions. and i also think that there was a fair vote come up and down the board of people advocating for those positions.

there is someone person in this room that i would feel uncomfortable with in terms of the relationship that we developed over the last few months. so, i would just respectfully ask you afford us that same consideration, and trust that we will try to operate in good faith, and do the very best that we can. but let us see what the final product is going to be before you judge what our outcome is going to be. that is the only thing i would say. >> ok. we have jeff liebert asked and then lucy -- we have jeff liebert next and then lucy. >> i hate to disagree with my good friend, but i worked with a lot of people on this commission that i did not know before. before,whom i opposed and at some point will oppose again. say -- want to

this commission has worked in good faith and we have had some arguments, and in some cases folks and no very bitter arguments. and people came here representing both the clinton campaign, the sanders campaign and the institutional party, and people supported by the party. >> o'malley? [laughter] >> that's right. with awe also can hit mandate from the convention, which was unanimously adopted by every superdelegate to make reforms to the party, and everyone has worked and bend their positions to come to a document we could reach consensus on. i think this document is passed, if i was writing it myself, would be different, but in its present form, represents a huge step for dinner nominating process of the democratic party. the folks who are on this

commission, whether they were appointed by the dnc or the clinton campaign, have all voted in support of the provisions in this document. if they were to take this document every pass it, i would be related -- i would be elated. why folkee any reason should have to recuse themselves. if they had all voted against this document, i might feel differently, but they have all , including the reforms. including reforming the primaries, caucuses, some of the party reform items. i,nderstand that you and jim, would have written a different document, but i am confident that they will continue to support what is in this document. i have talked to them privately that assured me that they will continue to vote for it and supported on the rbc. i will take them at their word. and i look for to consulting

with rbc during its liberation to make sure the interests -- during its deliberations to make sure that people in the party are heard. >> thanks, jim carrey lucy is next. -- thanks, jim. lucy is next. how many members there are, i am just curious to how many members there are? then i have a follow-up after that. jim: 35. lucy: ok, three people recuse themselves, it wouldn't necessarily present a voting issue. two, i did think of something interesting because the comment that you made in terms of any changes that are made to this document that they would come back to this committee for comment and/or consideration. i do think it is interesting that if you have folks who are

going back and forth, probably not back and forth, but sustained on those committees, you will have folks voting here, voting there, and voting here again if anything should change. i agree with jeff. i think that ultimately for me, it is important, one of the reason why i asked about the membership makeup of the rules and bylaws is just for information purposes. to be fully transparent that people understand the context. but i do agree with jeff. if anyone does feel, and at some point, that the perception, even , but as not about that we all know, in politics, it is not often what you are allowed to do, it is about the perception on whether or not it is the right thing to do, so if any member at some point feels that they are conflicted, as you did jim come and feel that the

appropriate thing is to recuse themselves, i want to move forward with full faith and confidence that those members will. and i believe that they will. >> thank you, lucy. emmy? >> i want to thank jeff and lucy on the comments. this has been a great processor so many of us who have not only better understood each other's passions, but adopted those passions as their own. for the vast majority of this process, i cannot think of an incident that it was in the case were someone did not act in good faith. i would just ask for that feeling to be reciprocated of us. and i know on the rules and bylaws committee, i'm on the record, and i am wearing both hats, number one, making sure all of our views are represented, but ultimately, advocating for the final passage we agreed on in that document.

us, wehink for all of are making sure we do everything we can for the democratic party. i have a feeling there will be plenty accountability measures along the way. can you make sure this is on the record, making sure that everyone knows these meetings are occurring at all voices are represented. not just those of us in this room, but those who cannot be with us today. d&c members,, current, future, and beyond. >> thank you. jim? jim: number one, evette, not a question of your integrity. i respected and honor the work that we have done together, and i have never question that. and the same, emmy. i agreed with what jeff and lucy has said, in that we passed the

document for the most part unanimously. and i would hope that that same sense of anonymity that you go to that body representing all of us. not just representing yourself. that is all i am asking for. basically what you just said is that if there was a time when it becomes -- lucy said that, i hope you decide to recuse because you are not as representing a point of view, but representing the work that we have done collectively together. i likee jeff -- so, jeff, hopes that what goes into the rules and bylaws committee, comes out of the rules and bylaws committee, which is a collective endorsement of a unanimous decision, for the most part, almost of the issues, that we struggled hard with. i just want to put that on the record, not to question integrity, but question the optics of what it would appear like if the document end up being modified in ways that

become rather unrecognizable from the things we have agreed to. i know it will come back to us, but we should not have to go through that process. i am hoping you will fight for the doctrine that we all agreed to, and i believe you will. and i thank you for that. .> thanks, jim >> jim and i have talked about this a lot. i think that i definitely agree with the intent of what the principle of what jim has put forward. have the that we will .ill have fair representation i will at one point -- i have

one point. in the charter, the end of , it is a security the person in this office shall not use their office to gain special privileges and benefits and shall refrain from asking an official capacity will be adversely effected? us.ink that protects discussed this, but have not discussed conflicts of interest within the charter bylaws. i am only saying this and that i that who isnsures on the rules and bylaws committee in on this commission

is going to be acting out of good faith. and it will not be out of any other conflict, meaning an agenda. i don't know with that agenda could be. so whatever concerns that might be put forward. and i understand and principle why he put that forwarded i agree in principle, that we should be uniform across the board. and this should not happen in the future. unfortunately, it happens. and so, i just ask for the people who are on the rules and bylaws committee, keep this in mind that you should be acting in good faith, and i believe you go. >> james -- jane? >> i would offer a suggestion that could be a conversation with chairperson as. president was not reappointed to the rules committee. there is a fix and process to that the president is

on as well as secretary ray. i am not sure that is happening in time for the january or february meeting of the rules committee. that wemy suggestion is make that happen. there are a lot of things in a document that note that the afc president will be on various committees. and he does serve as a voice of state party chairs. i think his voice on the rules and bylaws committee is very critical. i affect secretary perez moves that process up -- i ask the secretary perez knows that process up. and in order to prevent gender bias, i would like to suggest that the two females from the inmission be added along order to really show that we are concretely building the bridge

of unity. thank you. >> jim? the appointment of additional members to the rules and bylaws committee, which we have discussed at length, is a recommendation from the chair that has been voted by the executive committee for the full d&c. it may not happen in full sequence before the next meeting, but i have spoken to both of those individuals about inviting them to participate in those meetings even though they have not been officially appointed. that does not solve the gender bias problem. >> great. thank you. i am going to now move to final remarks for commission members. wem going to ask, obviously went longer than we were hoping with good reason, and so, we should feel good about that. but i would like everyone to

give two minutes. we will have to call you if you are talking too long. but we won here your remarks for the record. we want to respect your final remarks. you are going to start with jan and move around. you will get going right now. several months ago, we met in this very hotel and i introduced myself. i think it is safe to say that of the are worthy effort. they are a little unusual, certainly quirky, much like critical tothey are this party and building its base. toope that you will continue maintain the presence of

caucuses in the party structure. the most important feature of caucuses is the communication. they afford people to speak with one another. i want to thank all of you for allowing me the privilege of serving with you. it has been a real pleasure and i look forward to seeing you all real soon. >> my thanks to all of you. unlike most of you, i had to fight to get in this party. there was a time when arab-americans couldn't get in the front door. robert brown brought us in and i was appreciative of that.

to be deeply attached to the party and understand after 26 years of being on the dnc and 16 years on the executive committee, i understand its meaning. i grew up as a democrat. seven years old, walking precincts with my mom. it was always important to me. the privilege of being able to serve on that body has meant a great deal. to break down the barrier that kept us out and to be able to be the arab-american who represented my community was important to me. when senator sanders asked me to participate through larry cohen on this body, i was thrilled. the chance to address the really important issues that we have to address to make our party stronger. i believed that unity and reform

go together. we need to reform to be unified. we have real differences in how party, how wea operate in the politics of america. i believe that the challenge we faced was serious. i also believe what we accomplished in reforming the electoral process and providing real opportunities we had hoped for, reducing the impact of superdelegates, making caucuses stronger, opening of primaries, but also creating bodies that will oversee how we do our work, for filling the bylaws on budget transparency and creating an ombudsman so there's a place to go if we have issues. this is important. i believe we have done good work and i appreciate your support for it. i want to thank you, senator

sanders, for giving me the opportunity. and all of you for making this work despite some of our differences in the beginning, making it a collegial exercise. i hope we accomplished a lot. thank you. >> i have made my remarks already. [laughter] i would like to thank the commission members. it's been really great getting to know you. we've had some battles. overall, the work we came up with is important. i'm excited to see the changes this can bring to the democratic party. for me, it was very important to make sure we were inclusive and focusing on diversity. that is something i try to champion on this commission. i hope i did. come up we were able to

with a product that will ultimately get voted on and provide a lot of great changes that we need. hope to see you guys around. >> thank you. ditto to what all of my fellow commissioners have set up to this point. it was a very robust debate. there were moments that you didn't see, which i wish you could have seen, us really go at it on the issues that we believe in. i'm glad that c-span is here. i wish they could have been here from the beginning. there's a lot of misconceptions out there about what was really going on with this commission. people really did fight for the issues that they believe in. this is consensus. in consensus, you don't get everything that you want. i'm more concerned about what happened after this -- more to the public, i want the folks who really care about building and rebuilding this democratic party

to be a place where all are included, no matter their background. i'm sure that many people still feel like they are being left out and not counted in the democratic party. and that we only accept the voices of people who agree with us. instead of understanding the beauty of thdissent. as james baldwin said when he coul critiqued the united states of america -- i love this country more than any other. i reserve the right to critique it. that goes for the democratic party as well. it is certainly unfortunate in this environment that if you don't get along or go along, people want to vilify you. the very people throughout history who have gone against the status quo have made this country a better country and a better place. that same sentiment holds for

this party as well. i'm proud of this exercise. even though my blood pressure went up many times. it is absolutely important that we do not say that we have unity without reform. it takes reform to have unity. i want the people who came here today to understand i'm so glad that you got up to express yourself, you are respected. we do respect you. folks are going to have to get engaged. there's a long time between now and march. i want to see the general public be engaged. this change will not happen without you. having these words are one thing. execution is another. we have one of the most progressive platforms but execution is important.

what the unity reform commission has done is now about execution. titles are good, but purpose is better. i'm hoping we will continue to push the purpose of making sure the democratic party is inclusive of all. i wanted to see superdelegates eliminated all the way. i don't believe there should be a certain set of people whose authority and ideas are more important than others. we did significantly reduce them. we have more work to do to win over the folks. it's important to stand up and be strong. we are the ones that the people need, not just in our words, but also in our deeds. this unity reform commission, all of us worked incredibly hard . people can be proud of what we have accomplished so far. we have so many miles to go. [applause] echo thed like to

thoughts of my fellow commissioners and thank you for the cooperation and the good faith that you shown here. i didn't get everything i wanted. i would have liked to see no reduction in superdelegates. [laughter] >> just point that out. i didn't get everything i wanted. i will go forward and support the work of this commission in the rules committee and forward. i just want to make a point. i think we have a great progressive platform. we cannot get anything done on that great progressive platform unless we take back the house in 2018. i think everybody here has to understand that we worked in the spirit of unity because we are facing a really big deal. we are facing the most dangerous american president we've ever

had. in order to check that president , we need a democratic house of representatives and a democratic senate. i'm hoping that the compromises we have all made here will continue into the fall and that we can be together to elect a democratic house, at least, may be a democratic senate, because we must check this president. [applause] i want to thank everyone on the commission for allowing me to serve with you. it's been a great honor. i honestly believe the democratic party remains the most inclusive party in the world. there's a lot of people who are still feeling like they are left behind. there's a lot of work we still have to do.

i do believe the report we are going to recommend to the rbc begins to make that, to make the party more inclusive. we have done a really good job of making sure that we reform these buckets sticking within the confines of the mandate. thank you for serving with. me.or serving with year, both of my grandparents passed away within four months of each other. they were 92 years old. fascist, communist dictatorship. all those things combined in albania. grief and saved their pennies during the depression. to get on to the last boat to ellis island.

my grandfather became an american citizen right away. immediately joined his local democratic party club and became a democratic party activist, as well as my grandmother. my grandfather campaigned for the caucus that she gave money to the party -- he gave money to the party, he organized, he got his greek clubs to come out and support democrats. he raised my mother to be a democrat, he raised me to be a democrat. ableast person he was ever to vote for was bernie sanders and hillary clinton. he said bernie sanders reminded me of fdr, who he couldn't vote for, but wanted to vote for.

thehink back to before fdr, democratic party was at its weakest point. right before my grandfather and, he was fully cognizant we had many conversations about donald trump and republicans controlling the state legislature. -- hew it was a point re-instilled how important it was that we understand that we are what stands between fascism and now. he told me many stories. meant.hat it today -- i'mere not the only one with stories standing up every single day to donald trump and daca, agrant ban,

list of things he's doing and the republicans as well. what we did today was historic, incredibly profound. we listened to complaints and issues raised from the public, from democratic party members, state chairs. we spent the last nine months really hashing out where the democratic party lost its way. we are what stands in the way of fascism. if these are executed, and i hope they are, i want to commend everybody here for this effort -- i'm hoping that the reports hopefullyed will re-instill faith in those that we've lost along the way so that we can strengthen this party and bring members back into the party. it's easier for them to register to vote and become members of

the party and give to the democratic party so that we become the institution we are supposed to be. we should be the institution that is there to protect them. thank you to everybody and thank you to the public. camera,een watching on you have seen the long and tedious -- we are very appreciative of you being here. come back and thank jen and larry for your strong leadership of this committee. is not an easy thing to do and you cap is focused on what we were all here to do and achieve. i want to thank you both very much for that. i'm proud to have served with all of you, my fellow

commissioners, and to have gotten to know you better. i'm appreciative of the last 48 really pushedwe ourselves and challenged ourselves to listen carefully to each other. understand where people are , who just put the rigor to our conversations that allowed us to be even more -- that was really important. at the end of the day, that has that afterto be glad all the months we spent together to come and discussing out of this process with so many concrete recommendations that really will strengthen the democratic party. i appreciate the process and all of you fellow commissioners bid i'm glad that we came up with something meaningful.

>> thank you. we will now go to the other side of the table. lucy, kick us off. >> i will keep my remarks short. the sign of a good compromise is when no one is 100% happy. that is certainly true. i'm 100% happy that, in this case, i'm not normally known as the voice of reason, but i have been singled out as the voice of reason, so that is cause for celebration for me. i do want to reiterate two things. one, of course, working with everyone has been truly incredible. we are certainly 100% happy with where we have arrived as a

group. larry,irs, both jen and i did not know initially what we were walking into. certainly, we all had a reason to be skeptical. one thing we can agree on, your leadership has been critical and fair. i'm kind of surprised. sometimes you expect the worst. we had a battle. i've been very pleasantly surprised and i'm very grateful for your leadership and for the work of everyone around this table. i want to go on the record as saying i've been surprised that lucy is the voice of reason. it's been incredible serving with each person here. incredibly honored and grateful

that secretary clinton appointed me and so many of us in good faith to continue the fight. i have learned a lot from everyone about the passions you carried and adopted most of them. think this year has been a really difficult year for so many of us, especially in our communities. is of the upsides for me really getting to know that so many of the democratic organizers and activists are truly doing the work on the ground. we can all feel proud of this. made, iress we have hope we can leave here with a real commitment to ensuring that in 2018 are doing everything we can to elect every candidate with a d by their name. that's how we help our

communities. i look forward to doing that work alongside each and every one of you. >> let me begin by saying, one, i am pleased to be on the commission. jane, my shared with positions over time have changed since the first time i ran for office as a 29-year-old running for the legislature. i love caucuses. we got 88% the first time i ran. i was unopposed as a freshman. the longer i stayed in politics, i always questioned the degree to have strong our party has i feel very good about the future of the democratic party. we have all come together from

different backgrounds and different interests and different passions and we have come together to put a document together that goes before the entire dnc. my hope for the future is that we will all affirm the document that we worked on. share with the public but no one received everything they wanted, but there was compromise in it and the party as an institution is better off because of our service then it would be if the unity commission had not been appointed. we need to take that into account. close and focus concur that my concerns are for the future of this country. what we can do for 2018 and what we can do for 2020. with that individual that sits

in the white house that is going to mississippi today. forward,hat as we move if we can work together for the benefit of the party, the party will be even stronger. i want to thank jen and larry for their leadership. the have cut it right down middle and adjusted on some and pushed on others, which is what cochairs are supposed to do. it's been a pleasure serving each of you. >> good afternoon. want to appreciate and applaud both jen and larry for the role they played, having had manyocess myself in

organizations where everyone thinks they can render a full-blown dissertation at a .ublic hearing i was externally pleased when larry called me and said that senator bernie had asked that i serve on this. in theigned for him south and other places. i consider bernie one of the greatest people i've ever known in my life. i remember when he was running for governor of vermont, invited me out to campaign with him. representatives of the upi and ap were in his office. the question was, bernie, why brooklyn, a jew from

-- bernie said because we are going to talk about issues. he had no more questions asked. if we can get past our own egos and look at the issues and the state of our people, we are 37th in the world and education, black america is at its lowest economic edge since the jim crow era. i was fortunate enough when i inauguration to have james baldwin sitting in the front row. a senior fellow we have spent many times together. as he leftmalcolm x to create the organization as he became involved in the civil rights. i was the vice president of the world peace council.

i still don't feel like we've accomplished what we should. an ape lincoln lincolnan. -- abe public and. be my father was an a lincoln republican. this isn't just happening on trump -- trump has only been there for a year. i feel very pleased. i've been pressed forever to write a book. history is not recorded in the united states of america. it is propaganda. that's why young people are asking us to tell them what happened in the jim crow era. don't go out here feeling too loveamn proud because i

being a part of this and i will continue being involved. we're going to start a third-party. you have to think of the reality of the millennials who've said they've had enough. many of them won't be able to buy a house in their lifetime. if we don't come together and look at it -- too many of us eventually just focus on ourselves. we have retirement for life, health care for life, but what about the people? i'm really pleased to have been a part of this. i'm going out of here with my with held high but not the accomplishments i hope. don't think the job is done. thank you. [applause] >> i love that.

thank you. i want to thank secretary clinton and senator sanders, who did not have to form this commission. it was a very contentious election. with ary clinton tremendous amount of grace came to the table with senator making sure that this knowingon was formed, our party had a lot of healing to do and that our party had major reforms that we had to start to tackle. heartaks my little girl's every day when she sees donald trump on the tv. mya was hillary clinton's i was afan, knowing bernie supporter and my husband was a secretary clinton supporter. mya sometimes just turns the tv

off because she says she cannot handle the lies. she will rightfully say that should be secretary clinton. if every vote mattered and counted, secretary clinton would be in the oval office. we wouldn't be facing the tremendous economic inequality that continues to get worse under president trump. my littlest always said that she .ished bernie would have won that's what this commission really does represent. it is the best of both wings of the party, really putting the party first and making sure that we are putting forward reforms that lay the groundwork for any underdog candidate or establishment candidate that comes to the table with the best ideas to lead our party. thank you. thank you to patrice, who does not get enough thanks. [applause]

>> and jacob. [laughter] [applause] >> i understand the work and hours you put in. >> everybody has had their lovefest. i don't like any of you. [laughter] >> just getting. -- just kidding. this has been truly an honor. even the formation of this did several things. it brought all of us together. it also wasn't negligent and that something needed be fixed. an acknowledgment that something needed to be fixed. as someone who grew up in the segregated south, i learned early on that compromise and assimilation sometimes depended on whether you live or died. that was not a bad thing. sometimes you can work from the

inside out. i just came on in 2011. i'm relatively new. when i came in, i could see things that people who'd been there longer couldn't see. i learned from people who had been there longer. both perspectives needed to be honored. for those that feel that everything didn't work out the way you wanted it -- i'm one of them. we need to recognize the fact that you cannot plant seeds and reap a harvest in the same season. what we've begun to do is plant seeds. we will reap the harvest from this. this is not the end. this is just the beginning of a dialogue. this has shown us that we can come together with differing views and differing opinions and still walk out with a consensus document that all of us feel comfortable with. is it perfect? absolutely not.

compromise does not mean capitulation. nobody should feel like anybody completely did in any way -- capitulation in any way. now that we know we can do this, there are no barriers for always coming back together to fix whatever needs to be fixed at the dnc. we have the tools to do it, we have the relationships to do it. i think our party will only be stronger. jen and larry, thank you so much for what you have done for us. larry in particular, thank you for talking me off the ledge that theday. my conversation with you touched me more than i can tell you. we did come from different perspectives. you truly did become one of my favorite people here. i thank you for what you did for all of us. most importantly, i want us to

walk out of this room with a sense that we have a purpose, we have a mission, we have a message, we have a vehicle for delivering all of that. as long as we honor the past but not get paralyzed by the past, we will be very, very successful. thank you all very much. [no audio] [applause] >> let me thank all of you. measure, thisd or has been successful. we are a stronger and better party because we did the work we've done over the last year. it is incumbent upon leaders to bring people together. we can allow the race baiting hate person that we have in the white house to divide -- he is a warmonger, anti-immigrant lover,

person who believes in dysfunction, he believes division wins. by any standard, we are leaders in a party that wants to bring people together. we know that when we bring people together, we win. leaders make a difference. i thank you for your leadership because we have made a difference. i thank you all. >> i want to start by thanking the chairs. i know the amount of hours they have put into this incredible amount of work. doing research at 11:00 at night, i really appreciate your support in all of this. you and i were on opposite campaigns during the primary. i worked closely with charlie throughout this process in the best of faith on both parts.

our work together has helped to smooth over some of the rough edges in this process. this process started in the aftermath of the 2016 primaries. disco campaigns came together because they both understood -- secretary clinton understood and senator sanders understood that we were going to come together to defeat trump. we would have to create the kind of unity that everybody around this table wants to create could the only way that was going to happen was by reforming the party in a positive way. clearly, there were divisions exposed. there were clearly some structural issues that had to be remedied. grassroots from the is pretty clear that people in the grassroots wanted a party that was much more reflective of the people, the rank-and-file democrats pick that's what this commission was all about. be together one more

time to look at the rbc's recommendations. this is the first step in this reform process. the rbc will be going to the dnc. for people around the country who want reform in the party to make it stronger, who want to see the number of superdelegates radically reduced, who want to open the primaries and make the caucus is more open and transparent, there's a long way to go. the grassroots will have to get involved and stay involved as we move through this process. there will have to be polite communication about where people in the grassroots stand to make sure these reforms get through, particularly on the issue of superdelegates. the dnc members themselves will invoting to bind themselves the first ballot of presidential voting at the convention in the future. for many of them, that will be a

position that will be difficult that they don't want to take. that's what was mandated by the 2016. the convention in they unanimously adopted a that the superdelegate system be reformed. there was nothing more prescriptive than the one dealing with unpledged delegates. this has remained true despite differences in personal opinion. i favor having no superdelegates. mandate -- to the kept to the mandate. it will be very bad for the party going forward if the dnc were not to substantially adopt what we have passed here at this commission. be prepared, you will be needed to move this forward. this process is not over.

we have done most of the work in terms of writing this report. they're still a long way to go. -- there is still a long way to go. thank you all. [applause] >> thank you. i just want to say that democracy is always an ongoing effort. has commission, i believe, certainly taken its responsibility well. we have a lot of provisions in the report to increase access and participation in the process to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our party is in his edition for the american people. -- as an institution for the american people. i want to thank secretary clinton for the opportunity to serve. i want to thank all the sanders supporters on this commission. for working together so well so we can do the work before us.

i want to thank the chairman of the party for his appointments. they are very important. have delivered a product for him that will help his leadership going forward. really, i think a lot of the credit goes to the chair and vice chair of this commission. it's been great working with both of you. appointee, ilinton particularly want to thank you and commend you for keeping us together as a group so that we can do the work we needed to do. we have something here for you. this is from all the members of the commission. we want to thank you. [applause]

>> did they go shopping together? [laughter] >> when you said jeff, you meant patrice. >> i was just giving you a little extra credit. patrice, for whatever is in this box. i can only imagine. >> please don't open it when we are all in the room. [laughter] >> there's eight or nine of your fellow staff here. the onlyest, jacob, one who is happy every day at his job that i've met in years. you've really been awesome. everybody always says that in these things, but really,

awesome. i want to say a few things. lots of people still believe that with a monster president what we should be doing is fighting trump. lots of people still believe as democrats, we should just be , whetherrepublicans it's the house or the statehouse or city hall. i'm not going to do a lot of my own history. when i was a young activist in 20's, it in my early used to frustrate me that i thought i was signing up for better wages or better health care or a better mission at

work. i was a mental health worker. --ner i realized it took half the work would always be inside. you can get all excited about , but have to work would always be inside. -- half of the work would always be inside. to all of those who will continue to say that, why are you working inside, we have a monster president or a horrible congress were the worst governor ever. if we don't work inside, we won't be able to do the work or fight effectively. insidecess of working about how we work together, what we stand for, how we do that

work -- i came to believe, like it or not, it's about half of the work. whered say in our union, i spent 39 years full-time, every training i did, i would say to folks, the youngest volunteers never got paid, five hours of that will be working inside. don't do it if that is going to frustrate you, if you are going to get angry at the people you work with. just don't do it. unity doesn't fall like rain from the sky. you have to work day and night for it. i would say that to all of us. way we will be able to effectively fight trump, the only way we will fight reince

and mcconnell, the only way we will fight the other horrible governors is to do what i call party building. party building means inside to do better work outside. here, we have heard each other grumble about the hundreds of hours this ended up being. . lots of grumbling. i keep trying to say to myself and i say this going forward, have tlf the work is always going to be inside. half the work is always going to be what does unity mean. it's not a five letter word. you have to work for it day and night. i would say to my sister here, the chair, who will get the last

word, you were a model. carry it on. [applause] everyone.ou, you all have said what i had to say far better. i want to say thank you to the staff, to jacob, to alicia, to patrice -- i've had the true pleasure of working with dnc.ce in my time at the [applause] >> for whatever we have accomplished, it is solely because patrice has led our path forward. i want to thank, helen, too. [applause] >> helen has come to every meeting. i've never had to be a chair of

anything or had to go through any voting or paid attention to any voting, so i had very little clue of what i was doing. not seem as bad as i was without her help. i've had the luxury of having remarks at the beginning of every meeting. i have thanked all the commission at each turn. when i started this process, apprehensive doesn't cover how i felt about this. i'm not sure i exactly knew what i was signing up for to begin with. i have seen commissions and i have seen sides come together and i've seen people not being committed to the work in front of us. someone who's spent their entire life working in the party -- i was concerned that we

wouldn't get to the work. member ofevery single this commission to getting to the work. this is not about grandstanding or having a fancy title. this is not about showing up to the dnc digs. it was about doing really hard work and every single member of this commission committed to that, the focus on the work and did the work. there's not one person around this table that didn't contribute in a real significant way and make this work better. for that, i'm thankful. for that, i'm certainly proud of what we've done. i spent my whole life in the party. i have stayed focused on that. hopefully, he feels like i legitimately leaned into that one. i'm proud of the work that's

being done. i'm proud because of how fair this process has been. my dad taught me to be fair. that's a guiding light that i try to live by and everyone here did. i'm really proud about how respectful and collegial this process has been . there were agreements and disagreements and hot moments and emotion. through it all, everyone open their ears -- opened their ears knew thered and was potentially a path forward if we kept talking. that shows the depth of our party and the depth of all of you. i will leave this process respecting all of you. but having respect at a deep level of the leaders you are and whether or not we agree, i am

certainly better for having worked with you. i'm confident that the path you are moving forward on will help better the party. i've said things that at the start of every single meeting is that we have had awful things we can point to that's happening in this country that is against everything that we believe in as a party and as a people. stuff that, to be honest with iu, for many, i'm not sure envisioned being in 2017 and ing what's happened -- this will help unify this party and will help us reform the party so that we can stay focused on the most important element that we have in front of us. you have my commitment that i will do everything i can to fight for this report and what we have done here through any process of the rbc and dnc. you have my commitment that i will find ways to spend time in

the future with larry. [laughter] >> the first meeting we had together, he sat me in this big room to get to know me to see if i was legit. he was way up close and my business asking me also to questions. after taking a deep breath and having the opportunity to work together, i honestly have not met a more passionate or given person. differentome from sides and came from different places, there's almost no place that larry and i didn't agree. this process was fair. if we were focused and staying true to our north stars, it's because larry guided us there through every turn. i hope that we won't have microphones the next time we get together. the last thing i want to say is win to focus u, we have to

be able to do the work we have voted on. we have to make sure that we are staying in a place where people want to be part of this party, that they see the good, they see all of you and the grassroots activists and they see the doors open and a voice for them. we will not unify anything and we will not reform anything that really matters if we did not win elections. right now, for our parting thoughts, for my focus for the future in making sure that every day i find a way to do this, this is no longer just about a strong party. it is truly about saving our country. athink all of you have had role in helping strengthen our party in order to save our country. i know all of you here and certainly the folks that have been with us will go out there and continue to find ways to do that and for that i will be forever grateful and think all. -- and thankful.

i don't believe we have any additional business. i would like to take a motion to adjourn. all in favor? we are adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017]

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