katie walsh. [applause] >> thank you, chairman. i just want to take one minute before i start remarks, together we can congratulate chairman priebus being named tops 00 influential people in the world. [cheers and applause] >> and we will just so happen to have copies of this magazine for each one of you at lunch. you can read the great remarks that speaker paul ryan said about our chairman. [laughter] >> it's hard to believe it but after all the work on rules, debate, raising money and state-party offices in victory centers across the country. we are less than 100 days from our convention in cleveland. and i want to echo what the chairman said about what to expect, we are fully focused on preparing for a convention that will be fair and transparent from top to finish, we are excited to display for the whole world an effective democratic process that's been in place since 1850's, the rnc will play purely administrative role in cleveland. it's our job to make sure the playing field is completely level and all the stakeholders are tr

katie walsh. [applause] katie: thank you. i want to take one minute so that together we can congratulate the chairman on being named one of the most influential people of the world. [applause] katie: we happen to have copies of the magazine for lunch i must say that you can hear about the remarks from paul ryan. it is hard to believe, but after all of the work on rules, raising money, and party offices across the country, we are less than 100 is away from the convention in cleveland. i want to echo what is expected. we are focused on preparing for a convention. the playing field is level and all stakeholders are treated fairly, that is that we what we have done. the process of selecting delegates has also attracted much attention. we leave it up to your state to make the rules for how delegates are chosen, because we believe in empowering the. we have never been a top-down, so there is no reason the delicate process should be different. whatever happens in cleveland, we will unify behind the nominee. me,ow, if you will indulg