All know,t, as we this is not a conventional convention. And as much as we would have loved to host you in person, i am proud the Democratic Party in the city of milwaukee have made the health of our residents our number one priority. Unlike the president , we have covid19 ar hoax. Unlike the president , we have never made fun of face masks. And unlike the president , we have never belittled her Public Health experts. We understand that our Public Health experts. We understand why we cant be together, and we hope you do too, and as our party comes together virtually to nominate joe biden as our next president , we are showing the country we are nominating a leader who isnt afraid to make tough choices or to work with Health Experts come and not against them, to address this pandemic experts, and not against them, to address his pandemic. Milwaukee is special. I look forward to the day when you are all able to come expense are beautiful lakefront, our historic neighborhoods, and above all, our diverse, hardworking, and fairly residents, but in the meantime, it is my honor to call the second session of the 48 quadrennial National Convention of the Democratic Party to order. [gavel] hearlegates, we will reports from our three convention committees. To start us off, i am pleased to toroduce two cochairs present their committees report. Hello, delegates come to the 2020 in aquatic National Convention. It is an honor to have served as a cochair of the conventions committee, along with lorraine miller. Pursuant to convention cools the committee met and took action to approve the credentials of the delegates and alternates that have been credentialed for the 2020 National Convention. I am proud to say that all ventional conditional credential issues have been resolved. It reflects the efforts of so many to make our process more open and more transparent. As a result, we know that our delegates reflect the best of our party, and we are all united around our nominees, joe biden and Connelly Harris senator Kamala Harris. Thanks as they opportunity to serve with my friend jim roosevelt. Our state and territorial parties have worked diligentlyc in these unprecedented times make sure their delegations reflect the great diversity of our party. We are proud our party places up are already on making sure that participants at this convention highlight a core value of our party, that is ensuring that all americans, regardless of sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic identity, or physical thisility have a role in important process. To chair, i am pleased report that Credential Committee report was approved by Committee Members and all delegates have been fully credentialed. Thank you. We will now here from the committeef the rules to present the committees report. Maria. Ame is i am honored to serve as cochair of the rules and Bylaws Committee of the dnc, along with my friend and colleague, congressman barney frank. The rules committee met the last week of july to adopt the Convention Rules of procedure, officers, and agenda. The Committee Approved the rules that will govern the convention. These probes are based on a longstanding process rules are based on a longstanding process that has governed our convention for many cycles. Given the unprecedented nature of the covid19 Health Crisis with these rules approved focus on providing for a convention that will transform the convention experience for delegates and for participants, and will allow for maximum participation by those delegates. The rules Committee Also ratified a Dynamic Group of democrats to serve as the officers of the convention. Officers truly represent the ideals and principles of the Democratic Party. These actions of the rules committee will ensure that the 2020 democratic National Convention can efficiently and effectively proceed with its important business. The rules Committee Also took action on a resolution that was recommended for approval by Convention Delegates. The resolution calls on the Democratic National committee to continue the work from this cycle to improve our nominating process and build on those reforms for the 2024 cycle. The resolution calls on the dnc rules committee to conduct a comprehensive review of the president ial nominating reforms that were made and to evaluate where even further reforms might be needed. This review and accounting will 2021. Plete by march 31, chair, i am pleased to report that unity resolution was approved by the delegates. Thank you to the delegates. Thank you to the members of the rules and Bylaws Committee, and thank you for continuing to do everything you can to ensure we are successful in november. Thank you. Two things are important to know. One, they continue and build on the trend towards making our nominating process is democrat as possible. We have asked we go to primaries rather than caucuses. We have maintained those restrictions on nonelected delegates. Secondly, everything in these rules is the product of a free sanderst between the and biden people, as it was last time. That is, we have a very democratic set of rules agreed upon enthusiastically by both camps. Thank you. Call on theasure to Platform Committee cochairs to present their committees report. Good evening. Friend. E alongside my i was honored to cochair this years democratic Platform Committee. The process for drafting her 2020 democratic platform began ofh the formation taskforces. Appointed by Vice President biden and senator sanders, the on six majorocused policy priorities. Continuing the work of the taskforces, the Platform Drafting Committee engaged voters and encourage them to share their stories, so their values were reflected. Committeerm drafting gave so many throughout our wasy to make sure that incorporated, whether online or otherwise. Thanks. I am proud to have been julies cochair on the Platform Committee. Our committee has produced a platform that proposes solutions to the challenges that American Families face in this unprecedented time. It is informed by the values of our party, and the priorities of our president ial nominee, Vice President joe biden. I strongly believe that this platform lays out an agenda informed by the values that would defeat donald trump and heal the soul of our nation and the United States of america. Thank you. Thank you to all the members of all three Standing Committees for your important work to ensure we have a smooth and orderly convention, a platform that represents our parties, values, and interest, and a plan for continuing to look at how we conduct our affairs in openness, fairness, and inclusion. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation one nation one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Americans, this is my country. Many of us have fought hard for the right to say that. Todayre now struggling nang so theyo da may say with conviction, this is our country. People in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We must make the American People hear our tale of two cities. We must convince them that we dont have to settle for two cities, we can have one city, indivisible, shining for all of its people. If you give us a chance, we perform. After all, Ginger Rogers did everything fred astaire did, she just did it backwards and in high heels. There is not a liberal america and a conservative america, there is the United States of america. There is not a black america and a White America and a latino america, and asian america, there is the United States of america. Is not aerican dream sprint or even a marathon. Crossmilies dont always the finish line in the span of one generation but each generation passes onto the next the fruits of their labor. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of america. [applause] welcome. Welcome. Welcome to the second night of the democratic National Convention. Look at the camera and smile. This is a different kind of key not. All of us are on stage and we have lots to say. There is a lot riding on this election. We are facing the biggest economic and Health Crisis in generations. This president didnt and still doesnt have a plan. With doctors, nurses and Home Health Care aides in philadelphia that have to risk their lives to protect others because there is not enough protective equipment. When factory workers in ohio are faced with dangerous conditions because this administration hasnt given clear guidance on how to protect our people. When teachers in georgia and across the country are being asked to return to the classroom without a plan to keep them safe , and parents are exhausted struggling, juggling fulltime childcare. Lltime visiting our parents and grandparents through the window of a nursing home, worrying they will get sick. When unemployment in south represent,n a city i has risen nearly fourfold, and evictions are putting families out on the streets in the middle of a pandemic. Make no mistake, it didnt have to be this bad. In the early days of the virus, donald trump didnt listen to the experts. Then he said something a president should never say. He said, i dont take responsibility at all. No responsibility. No leadership. No plan. He still doesnt have a plan. Donald trump doesnt have a plan. Cantsnt understand we fix the economy without getting hold of the virus. He is looking out for the people that were already doing just fine, the wealthy, the big corporations, the donors to his campaign. He is looking out for himself. There is one person who is looking out for us. All of us. That is joe biden. Joe called it. We are in the battle for the soul of our nation. Joe knows we can never let hard times turn us against each other. We can never stop doing hard work to make things right. That is why we ran for office. Even when people counted us out. Even when there had never been a latina in the nevada state senate. Or democrat elected to the Florida Commission about work culture. When birmingham hadnt had a mayor this young in 120 years. We ran for office because we know the struggles American Families are facing. Because we have lived them. We have lived the insecurity, the indignity of an eviction notice. Bux like many of you, i have lived the frustration of paying off student loans. We have lived the grief of losing loved ones to gun violence and the criminal Justice System that unfairly targets our communities. We have lived the feeling of helplessness on someone you love is very sick and health care is a matter of life and death. Joe biden has lived a lot of this, too. In a was raised middleclass family in pennsylvania. He watched his dad look for work and learned a job is about much more than a paycheck. It is about dignity and respect. Was in the hospital. Like. Knows what it is thank god, he had health care. He knows what it is like to work hard for everything hes got. What it is like to send a child to war. He will never forget who he is fighting for. I look around my district in north texas and i see the people who built this country, the educators, like the single mom who raised me, the men and women on the frontlines of our Health Care System. You built this country. Small business owners, like the ones who shop in restaurants in birmingham, michigan. Tribal nations. The streets of philadelphia. And bring our country to life. The nurses in memphis who came out of retirement to treat patients during this pandemic. You built this country. You know what . You deserve more than a constant chaos that donald trump delivers. You deserve health care you can afford, a job that pays you fairly. You deserve childcare and paid sick leave while you work. And when you pay the Social Security medicare, you deserve to know it will be there when you retire. Across theo voters country in both red states and blue states, we won. A new generation of leaders is rising up. With joe biden in the white house, there is no limit to what we can do. Are making drug prices more transparent. So people with chronic illnesses wont go broke while Drug Companies get rich. Joe is working to protect and expand the Affordable Care act. He will make sure millions keep their coverage and no one will be denied for a preexisting condition. He will bring down the cost of health care and prescription drugs. Having tax credits for working families and allowing medicare to negotiate drug prices. That is a good deal. That is a big fing deal. Joe knows we cant have a healthy economy if people cant afford health care. Remember, donald trump is suing to take Health Care Coverage away from more than 20 million americans and eliminate protections for over 100 million with preexisting conditions. In the middle of a pandemic. In texas we are standing up for fierce women like my mom and nevers who raised me to backed down from a tough fight. We are fighting to make sure mothers who mothers have access to Health Screenings for safe pregnancies and childbirth, and we are bringing longoverdue justice to survivors of sexual assault. Joe biden has been fighting for women his entire career. Sponsored he wade and makee v. Reducing maternal mortality, especially for women of color, a top priority. In florida, on the front lines of our Climate Crisis, we are working to produce more ourwable energy and shrink carbon footprint. Joe has a plan to invest in Clean Energy Jobs and infrastructure. We are closing loopholes to ensure local Infrastructure Projects use American Made materials on local labor and support american manufacturing. Unlike donald trump, joe buyn will actually enforce american rules, investing in American Made clean energy, building materials, high tech equipment, and r d, creating more good jobs. In michigan we are banning Business Practices that exploit workers and cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in lost wages. When unemployment is at the highest rate since the great depression, when millions of people have seen their hours and , joe knows it is not enough to make the economy the way it was before. We have to build it back better. He will build an economy that rewards work, not wealth, and get rid of the trump tax cuts that only benefit big corporations and the rich. Then, he will invest in health care, education and infrastructure. And in getting Small Businesses up and running again. Take it from me. When you are in the trenches, you want joe biden next to you. When i wanted to marry the man i loved, joe biden was the First National figure to support me and my family. Appreciate you, man. When the Auto Industry was going under, joe stuck his neck out to protect it and helped save 1. 5 million auto jobs. When the economy was on the brink joe led the recovery effort to create millions of jobs including in western pennsylvania. Under his leadership, america bounced back with the longest economic expansion in history. Happens when joe biden is in your corner. Working families at a fair shot. He understands leadership means fighting for the people who built this country. All of you. All of us. This nation belongs to all of us. And in every election, we choose how we will create a more Perfect Union. Not i taking sides, but by taking stock of where we are and what we need. This years choice could not be more clear. America faces a triple threat. A Public Health catastrophe, and economic collapse, and a reckoning with Racial Justice and inequality. Our choice is clear. A steady, experienced Public Servant who can lead us out of the crisis just like he has done before, or a man who only knows how to deny and distract. A leader who cares about our families, or a president who only hears about himself. We know joe biden. America, we need joe biden. To make your voice heard, text 30330. In a democracy, we dont elect saviors. We cast our ballots for those who see our struggle and pledge to serv