good morning, everyone. thank you all for being here. i am jen o malley and i m the chair and i m joined by migrate friend, larry cohen, vice chairman of the commission and i call the meeting to order. i would like to first ask the members and those with us to join in the pledge of llegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and stice for all. patrice you, i now ask o call the roll. mr. baker. ms. bower, ms. flores, congresswoman fudge, ms. harris, .r. went, ms. cliff miscohen. ms. lewis. mr. newport, mr. neary. mr. roosevelt. ms. rue ease. ms. turner, mr. weaver. . mr. webb, mr. rugby. ms. o malley. and mr. cohen. we are missing a few commission members but we have a quorum. and i would like to start today by acknowledging chairman perez who is here and we are thankful for his participation. [applause] and more than that, his leadership of the democrat
the democratic party s 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 presidential 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 i m 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
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 labor-intensive and came to it with an open
all right. good morning, everyone. thank you all for being here. i am jenna mali dillon, i m joined by my great friend jerry cohen who is the vice chair of the commission, and i call the final meeting of the unity reform commission to order. i would just like the members to join for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag, with liberty and justice for all. thank you, i now ask patrice taylor to call the roll please. thank you, madam chair. mr. baker? here. ms. bower? here. mr. burns? here. ms. flores? congresswoman fudge? yes. ms. harris? here. mr. wentz. yes. mr. coats. here. ms. lewis. here. mr. mnewport. here. ms. turner? here. mr. weaver? here. mr. web. here. mrs. o malley dillon? and mr. cohen. here. we are missing a few commission members but we certainly have a quorum. and i would like to start today by acknowledging chairman perez who s here, we re very thankful for his participation. good morni
c-span3, c-span.org, or listen to it live with the free c-span radio app. the democratic national committee held its unity reform commission for its final meeting this past weekend. the 21-member commission was convened ahead of the 2016 democratic national convention to boost party unity by offering recommendations to the dnc s rules committee for changes in the way the party selects delegates and other matters. this portion starts with remarks from dnc chair tom perez. it s just over two hours. all right. good morning, everyone. thank you all for being here. i am jennifer dylan, i m 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.