patricia hart. and i just want to say that in the last several decades women have made great strides in drink political office. but there's still a long way to go. i just wanted to all about my first personal first political experience, and i was in grade school. i was sitting on the carpet in my power ranger lie that sudan is watching the television and the president of the united states was on the television but it was bill clinton at the time. i looked at the screen and i saw a man and he had white hair and he seemed very important, that i was not fixated on that person but i was interested in the woman who was standing to his left a little bit behind him. i was fixated on her because she looked like my mother and she looked like my teacher and she looked more like me. over a decade later, when i was in college, she was running for the presidency herself. and that was hillary clinton and she got the majority company she got the most delegates of any other woman candidate has gotten for our presid

[laughter] patricia hart. just want to say that in the last several decades, women have made great strides entering political office, but there is still a long way to go. littleto tell you all a bit about my personal first political experience. grade school. i was sitting on the carpet in my power ranger sneakers. the president of the united states was on television. it was bill clinton at the time. i saw a man. he had white hair. he seemed very important. but i was not fixated on that person. i was interested in the woman standing to his left and a little bit hind him. she looked like my mother and my teacher. she looked more like me. over a decade later, when i was in college, she was running for the presidency herself. that was hillary clinton. delegates thatt any other woman candidate has gotten for a presidential nomination. and that is progress. but we still have a lot of progress to make. organizations are doing incredible work. training, recruiting, and funding women candidates. they are leveling the p

patricia hart, and andrea from representation 2020 staff are going to be presenting each part of the record and then panelists will have a chance to respond to the specific than us sections. so let me turn to introducing our panel which will be moderated by the famous marie wilson. she is the founder and president of the white house project and ultimately for the presidency. in addition to significant research, she is a cocreator of take our daughters and sons to work day, which started in 1993 and served as head of the foundation for women, a national advocacy group dedicated to women's rights and created a fund in honor of her achievements. in addition to being a renowned speaker and writer and leader, she has the distinction of being the first woman elected to the city council as a member at large in 1983. joining her is one of the nation's foremost experts on electing women candidates. american politics calls her a super strategist or better yet, the godmother. working women say that she is arguably the most influential woman in her field. this includes many individuals. she also