We are going to get started. We do have a quorum. Thanks to everyone for taking a break and coming back with us. We are going to continue as we have spent the morning going through the next section, which is party reform. Party reform is a big section and obviously covers a lot of topics, so i would like to highlight the key areas. And then we are going to be voting and amending, amending and then voting each section. So instead of going through everything, we will go through section by section and make amendments and vote. The key elements that we will be focusing on this afternoon, are recommendations that are focused in the following areas, the first is making the party more competitive in all regions of the country, the second is supporting and growing state parties and increasing grassroots participation. The third is operating in a manner that is open and transparent. And ourth is strengthening inclusive participatory culture at the d. N. C. Fifth, building on the great diverse q
The Democratic Partys made changes to its rules and how it chooses Convention Delegates to the dnc Unity Reform Commission met in washington d. C. To consider changes that include reducing the number of superdelegates that can vote on the president ial nomination. Dnc chair tom perez gave the opening march the opening march of this meeting right, good morning everyone. Thank you all for being here. I serve as the chair and im joined by my friend larry cohen who is vice chair the commission and i hereby call the final meeting of the Reform Commission to order. I would like to first as the members and those with us to join for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. I now ask you to call the roll. Thank you madam chair. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] we are missing a few Commission Members but we certainly have a quorum and i wo
Joined by my friend larry cohen who is vice chair the commission and i hereby call the final meeting of the Reform Commission to order. I would like to first as the members and those with us to join for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. I now ask you to call the roll. Thank you madam chair. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] we are missing a few Commission Members but we certainly have a quorum and i would like to start today by acknowledged in chairman perez who is here and we are very thankful for his participation. [applause] and more than that for his leadership of the Democrat National party so we are really glad to be here. Good morning everyone. Thank you. I want to start off by saying thank you for your hard work. This was a very important exercise it was laborintensive and came to it with an open mind and with a rem
Cspan3, cspan. Org, or listen to it live with the free cspan radio app. The Democratic National Committee Held its Unity Reform Commission for its final meeting this past weekend. The 21member commission was convened ahead of the 2016 Democratic National convention to boost party unity by offering recommendations to the dncs rules committee for changes in the way the party selects delegates and other matters. This portion starts with remarks from dnc chair tom perez. Its just over two hours. All right. Good morning, everyone. Thank you all for being here. I am jennifer dylan, im joined by my great friend larry cohen, who is the vice chair of the commission, and i hereby call the final meeting of the Unity Reform Commission to order. I would like to first ask the members and those with us to join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. I now ask Patrice Taylor
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