deliberations. they discussed a variety of issues, including gay marriage and, on the environment, and health care. the meeting is in indianapolis. i want to thank all of the groups to have come before us this weekend and provided testimony. we want to keep the floor open. we want to hear from one of our grass roots activists and leaders. four years ago, we introduced a component to our platform drafting process that recall listening to america. we have reached out to supporters across the nation to solicit input on our party s platform. we continue this out reached in 2012 by creating an online portal for democrats at all levels to submit their testimony to this committee. hundreds have been received over the past few weeks and days. today we will hear from several individuals who are representative of the submissions that have been received. for this section of our meeting, i will introduce our speakers who have volunteered their time to come and share their stories with