The next panel. Before i do so, id like to take one minute to pick up on something that we touched on recently today, the tragic events in las vegas last week. And i would like to turn the mic over to our fellow, your fellow legislator and my good friend, representative chris taylor from wisconsin, who has a quick announcement in that regard. Hello, everybody. I just wanted to build on, and i talked to our nevada folks about this as well, the issue, the gun epidemic and the most recent tragedy, and share a tactic that were using in wisconsin that im happy to share with you. A lot of you may have done this already. We have obviously introduced a lot of gun safety bills, including a bump stock ban, but we also formulated a letter that were circulating to the entire Wisconsin Legislature directed at our federal representatives and President Trump, calling on them to take action immediately to pass background checks, obviously, the bump stock ban, and to allow the cdc to do the Important Research on the impact of guns and Public Safety and Public Health that has been banned. So, i wanted to encourage your delegations to consider doing this. I think it would be very powerful if every state sent a letter federally to your delegation calling for action, not just pursue these policies in your state, too, which is always another great option. I have a letter that we are currently going to send from our wisconsin delegation, if youre interested in taking that or adopting some of that, but it would be super powerful if we had all of our delegations, all of our states, i think, send a letter calling on congress to finally act and this president to act on these very, very common sense gun safety measures. So just see me if youre interested, if youd like to see the letter that were sending. Thanks, everybody. [applause] thanks so much, chris. And i think we will also have a copy of the signon letter at the table that has the survey just outside the door here. So thats another place you can sign on, if youd like. So, let me introduce our next panel. And before i do that, ill say, im sam unger, director of Strategic Engagement at six. I think many of you know me from previous stints at the podium in previous years, but it is fantastic to be here in front of this crowd, which is bigger every year, and contains several friends, friends of several years now. So its great to be here in front of you all. And it gives me particular pleasure to introduce this next panel and this next topic and this next engagement and set of speakers for a number of reasons. So, first, we have the pleasure of having a truly eminent, intellectual, giant dr. Jeffrey sachs, who is probably known to many of you for his work on Climate Change with Vice President al gore, among others, and if not for that, then his work with the u. N. On Sustainable Development goals. So, that is fantastic. Second, this is a topic that is, as i was just telling him, is near and dear to my heart. The question of how to measure progress in the world in something other than dollars and cents, something that goes much more deeply to the actual quality of human existence in a particular place and at a particular time is something that ive worked on on and off over the years. So as this next project deals with that, its really great to see that start to take form in a way that has implementation in reality in states. Finally, it was not that long ago that the state Innovation Exchange, six, was a fledgling project starting up ourselves. Many of you in this room probably remember that, and we had many partners and many friends at organizations who generously gave us a platform, and many of you did in your states give us a platform to come and talk about what at that time seemed like in some ways a farfetched idea, that you could build a network of progressive legislators that would have real power and real staying power and influence and hope. So, its a real pleasure to be able to pay that forward and to give a platform for another project that is aspirational and, yet, also strategic, and well thought out. And you know, also, we hope in a great promise. With that, im going to turn it over to the cofounder and chair of future now, adam pritsgrum to introduce congressman professor sachs. One of my colleagues, danielle was out in the hallway and heard somebody say if theres any panel to miss, its this one. So, i hope thats not true, and im here to prove that it, in fact, is not true. So, public officials, colleagues, friends, nick, team at state innovation, thank you so much for having us here to launch future now. Future now is an organization focused on electing leaders like all of you, committed to bold, achievable goals for our countrys future. Three cofounders came together, professor jeffrey sachs, whos here today, preeminent scholar, economist, academic, and danielle squadron, former state senator. Weve founded future now to give political heft to americas political heft to americas goals for 2030. These goals are comprehensive. These goals are longterm, and these goals are nonpartisan. And you know, also, we hope in a way that six once was, is really genuinely innovative and has using americas goals as a guiding framework, future now seeks to support candidates who sign a pledge and endorse this broad agenda. So, by signing the pledge, candidates have access to a donor pool, a network much like this, training, education, and more. So, why me . Why did i decide to do this project . Most of you who know my familys last name, pritzker, associate it with commercial success and privilege. So be it. But my family, actually, if you look back, is a typical 19thcentury european immigrant story of my greatgreat grandfather fleeing persecution in what is now geographically the ukraine, to come to the United States. And he documented that journey in a book that i actually have here with me today. And nicholas arrived in the United States at the age of nine no resources, no understanding of the english language, no relationships. Eventually became a pharmacist, then became a lawyer, and no law firm would hire him. He was jewish. So he decided to start his own, called pritzker pritzker. And over a century later, here i am with this book, and that book, incidentally, ends before anyone in my family had started anything other than the law firm. So, hyatt hadnt started, royal firm. So, hyatt hadnt started, Royal Caribbean hadnt started, ticketmaster. And you know, i can only imagine what nicholas might think if he saw how far our family came and what he began. And for those of you who are curious, his book really has two key takeaways. One, but by the grace of god go i. And two, we have to remain aware of where we came from and we have to work every day to make the world and america a better place for our children and our childrens children. And so, i felt a real ethical imperative to launch this project with professor sachs and danielle squadron. And so, without further ado, id love to welcome my cofounder, my friend, mentor, former professor, dr. Jeffrey sachs. Thank you, guys. [applause] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We are really thrilled to be here, and were really thrilled to be launching future now together with you, the state Innovation Exchange, and all that you represent. On the state Innovation Exchange website, it says, what do we do . It says we support state legislators who seek to strengthen our democracy, fight for working families, defend civil rights and liberties, and protect the environment. And thats what we believe is what america is all about, and what were proposing, and we would like you to be leaders of this movement, is to embrace clear, specific, measurable goals for our country, looking forward, holding ourselves as citizens accountable, understanding that thanks god not everything depends on washington, d. C. , but that we can solve problems in states. Even when we have the bizarre situation we have today, watching the battles between senators and president s over twitter yesterday where senator corker got it right, that somebody missed the daycare shift in the morning yesterday at the white house. Pretty accurate description. We can still make progress, and the states can be champions of this progress and that the progress should come from expressing what americans want and what they need, and it is true to this day that despite the fact that we are immeshed in terrible partisan battles and we are trapped by special interests, the vast bulk of our country, the vast proportion of our citizens want a decent life for themselves and their children with the same values that are the impulse of the state Innovation Exchange and of our thoughts about americas goals. The idea is that we can get out of our trap. Boy, are we trapped right now. Were trapped by stalemate, were trapped by politics in washington that really is cheating. Its lies. Its in the hands of vested interests. Corporate interests dominate, as you know very well. How else can one explain the Republican Party leadership trying for nine months to put forward legislation that their own constituencies despise . Why is that . Well, there was one honest story about it a couple weeks ago in the the new york times, saying that our donors are pushing us to do this. If we dont do it, the donors are going to cut back. Thats the deal right now. They were so embarrassed with this legislation that they wouldnt even show it until the last minute. They wouldnt hold hearings on it. They wouldnt have public discussion about it because they knew that it was repulsive. So, we want to advocate championing things that are what people really want and measuring them and tracking them and holding us all accountable. I do believe as i go through these very quickly that these are not especially goals of democrats versus republicans. These are goals that across society normal people want, not necessarily powerful billionaires that fund the Republican Party. I dont know if Sheldon Adelson wants this. I dont know if Robert Mercer wants this, but we cant care less whether thats true. Who cares what david and charles koch want . Who cares . Two votes. Nothing more than two votes. They can vote, but they cannot own our political system. [applause] so, lets try to help america to understand what we really could achieve. Let me go through them quickly, if the clicker will allow that. There we go. Ok. I can barely see them. Any help with this . Ok. Since i cant see the screen, im coming down here, and im going to sit with you, and were going to look together. Ok. So, the idea is seven goals, each of them with three targets, all of them measurable. Really important. No joke. No nonsense. For example, good jobs. Ok. Three goals that 100 of jobs should pay a livable wage. Thats not true today. Thats nine Million People working that are in poverty. Thats just you read that on bls every month. Second, that everybody should have paid Family Vacation and sick leave. [applause] and third, that labor rights should be protected with increasing worker representation. Ok. [applause] so, if you look at the map, basically, the darker the shade, the farther away from achieving those goals. This one is a map of People Living in poverty in the United States. Now let me show you a basic point. This is all the highincome countries. For all the graphs im going to show you, all the way on the far left, maybe not by coincidence, thats the best, ok . All the way on the far right, thats the worst. So look at where the United States ranks compared to other countries. For example, in People Living in those goals. Poverty as measured by the oecd. Thats the ridge countries. So dont tell me we cant have low poverty in the United States, that all those other countries figure it out and we cant . Of course we could. This is bad policies we have. Not inevitability. This isnt the unfair global system thats so unfair to us. Well, they all have that global system. This is unfair inside our country. Dont blame it on the mexicans, dont blame it on the immigrants, dont blame it on the chinese. Blame it on billionaires who are so greedy that they bought the Republican Party in washington and are trying to this moment to cut taxes for themselves, trillions dollars more. And put more people in poverty. Ok, goal number two, Affordable Quality Health care. So, measurable standard number one universal, Affordable Health coverage with a cap on outofpocket expenses, all measurable. Second, Life Expectancy of at least 84 years. Third end hunger for 100 of households. How come we have hunger in the United States . Unbelievable. Unbelievable. So, you see, again, the states that are a darker shade are the ones farther from this goal. Whats shown here are proportions in people that do not have Adequate Health insurance. So, could we do this . Look at this craziness. This is how much the United States spends on health care. Because weve gotten monopolies all across the country. Because we have pharmaceutical crises that are out of control. We give them a 20year monopoly and say charge anything you want and you tell us the bill. And then when its too expensive like gilead charging 1000 a pill for hepc cure, then we tell people that show up that are infected, sorry, go home, youre not close enough to death yet, you dont qualify for coverage. This is the United States of america, not in the middle ages, but in 2017. So, were paying 17 of our Gross Domestic Product for health care where all the rest of the countries that we compare with, with higher Life Expectancy, are paying 10 to 12 . Ladies and gentlemen, thats 1 trillion difference per year of jackedup prices in the United States. Thats what that is. Goal number three investing in our children. You have to be pretty damn weird not to want your children to succeed, right . Americans want good schools, so target number one, 100 completion of quality k12. Goal number two, path to higher education, including Technical Training without debt. Without debt. [cheers and applause] third Early Childhood training without debt. Without debt. Education for 100 of our kids. [applause] we are earning 60,000 per person per year for every man, woman and child in this country. Dont tell me we cant afford universal prek. Of course we can. So, this map, again, shows some states are close to that, other states far behind, but look at the United States. Again, ok, how do all these other countries do this and we dont do it . Nonsense. Goal number four empowering people over special interests. Ok . So, goal number four, limit corporate special interest spending. We know about that. Target b, at least 70 Voter Participation in fair legislative districts, right . And target number c, that there should be personal control for everyone over the privacy of their online data, because weve got massive theft, massive invasion of privacy and so forth. So, this map shows how uneven it is and how many places have miserable voter turnout among our states. And this shows where American Voter turnout is compared to other countries. Dont tell me we cant have higher voter turnout with proper rules, with more access, with trying a little bit harder for our democracy, and the states can lead the way. Goal number five equal opportunity for all. Three targets equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender or race. Pretty simple. [applause] target number two end mass incarceration for nonviolent offenders. [applause] and target number three freedom from ethnic and racial freedom from ethnic and racial profiling for everyone. And we know, again, there are massive, completely unjustified gaps in earnings between men and women and across racial groups, of course, without question. And again, heres where the United States stacks up in this of course, without question. As womens earnings relative to mens earnings. Why do we have to be always at the low end of the comparisons . This isnt fate. This isnt the international system. This is us and the choices were making. And again, we dont have to wait on washington, because states can lead the way. Goal number six sustainable infrastructure, resilience, and innovation. So, target one 100 of roads and bridges, railways, airports, seaports and levees should be in a state of good repair. Not quite these days. Number two plans every community should have plans for resilience against natural disasters. So sorry that after harvey hit texas and you go back how many times was houston warned that its inevitable that flooding is going to come, make a plan . And instead, we had a governor of texas that was busy suing the epa, rather than making plans for his state. I think mr. Abbott should just go home and apologize, frankly, but this is what we have when we dont have plans. And three, enhance the Scientific Research and technological capabilities. For example, higher r d spending by states. Those that are really investing in innovation are creating new enterprises and new jobs. Now, here the United States is a little bit better, but we pride ourselves on being number one in the world. This is spending on research and development as a percent of gdp. Look at all the countries that are now higher r d spenders than us israel, korea and switzerland and japan and austria, denmark, germany, france. Why are we falling behind so much when this is supposed to be our speciality in this country . Goal number seven clean air, water, and energy. Target one that all new Energy Investments by 2030 should be in clean, safe energy. We are not investing in clean, safe energy right now, but all of your states have tremendous solar and wind potential, many with hydroelectric potential, some with geothermal potential. But were not trying. But were not trying. We have scott pruitt, number one hack in this country. What a corrupt s. O. B. , frankly. [laughter and applause] let me say it again in technical terms. Thats the jargon we use, corrupt s. O. B. He made his whole career on handouts from the oil industry, the coal industry, the natural gas industry. And today hes in hazard, kentucky, how appropriate, are now higher r d spenders than trying to turn on the coal industry again with artificial subsidies because hes paid off his whole life to do that. Its disgusting that were subjected to this. When we could have an economy that is safe for the climate and clean for the air and water and safe for the workforce as well. Ok, anyway, this shows us the Renewable Energy by state, and we are not even coming close to what we should be doing. And look at the comparison with other countries. This is the share of Renewable Energy as a share of primary energy supply, u. S. Versus oecd, because we are a petro country, ladies and gentlemen. Were in the hands of the oil industry, and its got to stop, because otherwise, were going to destroy the environment and trying to turn on the coal were going to destroy our economy because the whole world is moving to Renewable Energy. Thats the point. Ladies and gentlemen, the state Innovation Exchange, we made them. This is your agenda and our agenda, but truly, its americas agenda. Were really proud to be launching americas goals for 2030 here with you today. Thank you. [applause] thank you very much. Lets hear it again for professor sachs. [applause] were going to destroy our all right, im the third cofounder of futurenow and futurenow action. Im the one who drew the short straw to speak after professor sachs, but im very, very excited to speak with you today and thank adam and professor sachs for their really incredible presentations, and all right, im the third thank you to six for having us here. Its really an honor to speak at this conference. I remember how excited i was when you were founded three years ago. I was in the state senate at the time in new york, and it was just such an exciting mission, and its amazing to see whats come of it. So, thank you for your years of incredible work. My name is daniel squadron. And as i said, i was a state senator in new york, actually until august. And if youd asked me at this conference last year the likelihood of being up here as anything other than a state senator, i would have said it was very, very unlikely. But last december, i began realizing things were different. I got invited to a holiday party, not a community or labor event, just someones party, and they asked me to speak. I dont know about your districts, but in mine, an invitation like that, come talk about State Government to a i got invited to a holiday party, not a community or labor event, just someones party, and bunch of old friends looking to hang out, have some eggnog and describe the state legislature, had never happened ever, in nine years in office. Literally. This is actually true. I thought there had been a misunderstanding. I was ready to go and have a drink and go home and put my kids to bed, but it wasnt a misunderstanding. It was something else. Something had happened. Something had changed. Its hard to say exactly what. Something had changed. Its hard to say exactly what. Look, the fact is, people were galvanized. They were eager to learn, to get involved, to have an impact. They were excited. For the first time in my time in public life, about State Government. At that party, a great author named gail furman along with melissa walker, both who are here today, said they wanted to make a difference in legislatures across the country. I nodded politely, but they were serious. Today their group with friends and colleagues has raised more than 200,000 for legislatures across the country. They deserve a big round of applause for it. [applause] and of course, in this room, its no surprise. Its just that many more people have realized what we have known for years State Government is where its at. Theres nothing new about it. Think of the leaders who have come through. Right up there, two great new yorkers, an Assembly Member and a senator, both president s roosevelt. And from my home county of kings, the borough of brooklyn, the amazing shirley chisel, absolutely, a member of the new York Assembly before becoming the first africanamerican woman elected to congress. I am not the type of new yorker who only talks about new yorkers. This young woman is a state senator from arizona and is Justice Sandra day oconnor, another trailblazer. And of course, the state senator from south side of chicago, a man whose personal decency and leadership we miss every day. [applause] and of course, there are many others. My mentor, another brooklynite is up there. You can tweet us if you know anyone else, futurenowusa. Scream it out, too. Thats fine. Tammy baldwins up there. Anyway. Ill tell you this, there are no more beards like that in politics. Thats right, ellie grasso. Thats good. The truth is, there are so many household names who have served in the state legislature but great leadership is born and exercised in state legislatures. State legislatures can be our Great American leaders. In fact, many already are. And then some go on to other jobs. But serving local districts in the laboratories of democracy, enacting state policies in our federal system, these are the core pillars of american leadership. Now, all of us know that state legislatures key role, the leadership and courage it takes to deliver results, is an all too often ignored reality. Well, futurenow action wants to fix that. We know that you cant create a better picture in this country if you try to look past the 50 state capitols. Thats where we start, asking state legislators to sign a pledge to achieve americas goals for 2030, which professor sachs just inspirationally described. Working with futurenow, which is our related political committee, we will support those who have the potential to make the biggest impact toward the goals right now. That big impact leads to the second, often ignored but well understood in this room, reality of State Government. It can have such an enormous impact. Americas goals are big, bold, and ambitious. Achieving them would truly alter the course of our country. And it is equally true that states, state legislators can achieve every single one of them. Up here we have an example of some big actions and some big impacts that have already happened. And in each case that im about to go through, im sure that legislators in this room, in this case, californians . Ok. Silent californians. I know there are some in the room because i looked at the i know there are some in the room because i looked at the list. Have a much fuller understanding of the issue than i do or even professor sachs does. These are simply illustrations of the possibilities, not prescriptions or the solution. Thats an important point in general. Americas goals are just that, goals and measurable targets, not rigid policies, not a package of bills that we expect you to pass in your states. Each of you knows best how to achieve success in your state, the realities, the politics, the challenges could very well require a different path in a different place. Achieve success in your state, we are proposing a shared vision and measurable outcomes and a partnership to get there. 2002, california passed paid family leave. Now more than 18 million workers are covered by it, approaching professor sachs target of 100 . A generation ago, hawaii expanded what it meant to provide health care coverage, and today it is one of the top states that has a higher percentage covered at better cost than many of the states that we just saw. Oklahoma, not a state known for its progressive majorities, but it does well on this target universal prek because it invested early and it is now performing well. Heres another state, texas. Im in maine. I jumped ahead. There we go. Is that texas . Great. All right. So, were going to jump to maine. We love maine. Thank you. Maine is a state that shows that 70 Voter Participation is absolutely real. Anyone who says, oh, American Civic Life doesnt allow for that kind of Voter Participation, is lying to you. Maine does it, minnesota does it, some other places do it as well. Yell out the state were on, because we dont have a monitor. Texas. Thank you. Not a state known for how well performing well. Heres another state, texas. It ranks on criminal justice reform. But wherever you start on the list, progress is possible. Texas, to its credit, is starting to make some. Am i on nebraska . State thought of as deep red, the only Unicameral Legislature in our country, made Real Investments and had a real impact in the Public Sector on infrastructure. You can do this in states that might surprise you. And of course, vermont. [cheers and applause] good vermont contingent here. There is a whole lot specific to vermont, and it was a real leader on this back in the 2000s, but that is an amazing statistic. Burlington is 100 renewable today, big city there. States can change policy that will change our national direction. But anyone whos worked at the state level knows how hard it can be, especially to focus on longterm goals with a longterm impact. Each day, i assume its true in your state just as it is in new york, gets filled with goals and meetings, urgent challenges and an agenda that is not of your own making. Lets be honest, a lot of time is spent on issues that are on the table because heavily invested corporate interests drive the conversation and fill the field. They populate it and require even the most idealistic elected officials to spend their time on defense. How many of us running for office had the affirmative agenda and in office have to spend time on the defensive one . And look, its because the future is hard. Its not that voters make the future hard or elected officials, despite what cynical commentators would sometimes tell you. Its a system thats dominated by special interests. The cacophony of their shortterm agenda drowns out the alarm bells of the future. I know well how future structures there are to support focusing on the future. In the new york state senate, i had a pet project called the nurse family partnership, partners highrisk, firsttime moms with specially trained nurses from pregnancy until the child is two. Its an amazing program, but its value comes in the future. Healthier families after five years, Better School performance after 10. After 15 years, moms and their kids are half as likely to be involved in the criminal Justice System than if they didnt go through the program. In fact, there are so many longterm impacts, its illegible illegible. No ones against nfp, but theres no structure to help prioritize it. Theres no linkage to a broader goal. So, in new york, anyway, legalizing daily Fantasy Sports betting buys its way to the top of the agenda, or a special bill to increase subsidies for a heavy polluter who promises new jobs that we all know will never materialize. And before you know it, guess what, year after year, nursefamily partnership and whatever program you care about for the future gets crowded out, and the future dims just a little bit. Well, its time for the future to have an advocate whos willing to partner arm in arm with elected officials. Because nothing is more important. Jobs that we all know will never materialize. And before you know it, guess what, year after year, nursefamily partnership and these are my boys. Im confident theyre mine and not someone elses, but i cant see the screen. I spend a lot of time worrying about their future. And one reason that i left office to do this, despite how hard that was, serving the public was an incredible honor, is that americas goals have office to do this, despite how given me hope. They point toward a brighter future. They point toward the kind of country that i want to leave my children. Sure, its hard. We may not get there in every state on every target, but we could. We really could. Its certainly worth the effort, but you already know that. Otherwise, you would not have given up so much, made so many sacrifices to be in Public Service. So, futurenow and futurenow action are here to help. We hope that elected officials sign the pledge to achieve americas goals, not because its hard to get behind them, but because its easy. These goals reflect the values that inspired so many of you to serve, and we want to Work Together on what is hard, which is achieving them. Representatives from across the country know best whats going to work in their districts and their states. Partners like the state Innovation Exchange are critical to translate these goals and targets into policies and legislation. Futurenow actions role is to provide support, follow up on each states progress, and fight back when some special interest claims that backward is forward, down is up or bad has suddenly become good. Futurenow action is here to support american leaders who want to create a better future, and we start right now. Thank you very much for listening and allowing us the opportunity to launch here. And im going to call professor sachs back up, if folks have any questions. We would love to hear them and then we would love to continue the conversation on social media. I am able to use at least one of those. And in the conference later. So, i see a hand here. Thank you. I think a mic is running towards you. If i counted right, you had 21 subgoals under your seven major goals. Yes. Media. I am able to use at least one of those. Theres a lot of Political Risk to, in many states, to support many of those goals ardently as you are asking people to do. So i ask you, what kind of support financially and otherwise are you going to give to offset the clear risks to a given, you know, in certain states of some of these goals to a state legislature . So, ill say two things about that. The first is, you know, these are not policies. These are goals that we believe are shared values well beyond any party, any ideology, well beyond folks who are just used to voting for democrats. We also know and realize, as professor sachs said, that you have a structure in the Republican Party that is built around demonizing these goals that we cant have a clean conversation on it and muddying the conversation. Thats one of the big points. So, without talking about the future, i can tell you that future now, which is the political arm, has endorsed 10 challengers for the Virginia House of delegates, incredible, inspiring slate of candidates that you can see on our website, and we have been able to commit significant Financial Support to them. Im happy to talk with you about it afterwards, but i promised i wouldnt say the actual number from the podium. One thing i want to add is that we are committed to providing also analysis, data, illustrations, policy briefs, as a major component of this effort. One of the Partner Organizations is called sdgusa, for Sustainable Development, and it will be hosting a lot of the metrics, a lot of the evidence, and from any state, were encouraging you to reach out, ask questions how could this be possible in our state under the following conditions and so forth. And we aim to become a repository for knowledge, for best practices, for examples, and also for the kind of evidence that i quickly went through that said, you say this isnt possible . Its already being done in 18 countries. So, what would be the problem of doing it in ours . Because i think that a lot of what we read and hear, especially, say, from the wall street journal editorial page you cant do this, you cant do that, without explaining the most basic fact, its already its already done in most. Normal places. And so, theres a lot of lying and a lot of propaganda, but my guess is that people would like this approach, so the hard part is, yes, there will be attacks by speciality corporate interests, which are very anti on some of these things, giving us some of the worst behaviors that we have, not because the broad public or your voters or your constituency in any way is against it. But yes, its partly the powerful interests that have been dominating things. My hope is that, by having shared clear goals that everyone says, yeah, but of course, that we can also push back much harder against the corporate interests, and thats really purpose. But longwinded answer. The short answer is we are geared up to give Technical Support, measurements, data at state level, national level, comparative in ways that can also be helpful for real politicians really facing these challenges. Ok. And then. Go ahead. Thank you. My name is bill mccamly from las cruces, new mexico. Unfortunately, we were the dark state a lot of times in some of your illustrations up there. And i guess to follow up on what the gentle lady over here said, a lot of times we talk about goals and we talk about policies, and thats great, and its wonderful, but sometimes if i my colleagues on the right, when they go to a convention and they are like here is how you do public schools, unions. Here is your six ways of doing that specifically with bills. I guess, in addition to the financial question, if you have these goals, will you also be providing not just policy briefs and data but also draft legislation . So, as an example, my state relies on private prisons more than anyone in the country. When you talk about criminal justice reform, i would like to know, as a legislator, how do we go about changing that up . I need to know specifically how to make that work. Especially as a senator, which you were, are you guys going to be helping us with actual legislation . I dont get paid, and i dont have a staff. I have to do this all myself. That would be really huge. Can you guys do that . [applause] its an important point. We only think about helping politically, substantively nknowg no more helping or find the answers. One reason were at six, because its incredibly effective, deeply committed legislators. Also, because six will hopefully be a partner moving forward on exactly what youre talking about, which is taking these goals and the targets and making them practical. Future now action exists for that reason. Im a big believer in big ideas. I love them, but when i was in the state senate, they were a hobby, unfortunately, because the day to day of legislating constituents was about getting things done, responding to the day today, making the best choice among a set of not very good ones. We want to create space to save that. We want to push some of the corporate special interests off the field and put on some new players, like six, like others, to do exactly the blocking and tackling youre talking about. Let me add, with six getting on board and individuals individual legislators, it will be much faster for us to be able to build the teams of supportto of support to say, look, these are popular. People want to know how they can be done. We have to build up on the side of this effort that capacity to be able to give practical response. Thats larger teams, more awareness. But this is a movement. It starts today. Right now, actually. In this sense, the more we hear from you, thats great. But youve got to help, if were going to be able to do this. Thats helpful, actually, for us to be able to mobilize more resource and say, theres a lot of buy in, but a lot of specific help requested as well. Actually, right behind the gentleman who just spoke. Then ill look this way next. Apologies. I actually cant see anything but ill look this way. Im julia from arkansas. Im trying to think in terms of the countries doing a good job of already meeting these goals, a way to make it something useful for us. So, i was part of a group that took a look at education in terms of oecd, maybe the 10 highest performers where they had intersections where they were all doing these things very well. These goals i couldnt watch fast enough to figure this out. Are there some of those countries for all the goals that are listed, some of those countries knocking them out of the park, say a top five or something that are doing all those things well . If that is the case, if we could take those top five, or whatever number you choose, and give us our compilation of these five, 10 countries do all these things well, and this is how they do it, so that we are armed with not just saying they do it, but we can actually say how and that could inform our policies very well. Wonderful. Great point. States and countries. Could i just say a word there . There are countries which just do things well. Some of my favorites are denmark, sweden, norway. By the way, they also rank numbers one, two, three usually on the happiness scores, because they do things well, and they are happy about it. They dont have Robert Mercer, Sheldon Adelson, david and charles koch mucking up their politics, quite frankly. They dont have these powerful, selfish billionaires saying we dont want to have anything to do with a good society. We just want our taxes cut. So we have some particular conditions here that have opened us up more to powerful vested interest, corporate special interest that hold back progress that we all want. Part of our politics is i can get you also some information, so well figure out how we can respond to these requests systematically. Part of it is showing, come on, 80 of americans want this. Whats really holding us back . You know if you look down a list by the way, almost every high income country has guaranteed family leave, sick leave, paid vacation time. We have none of that in this country. So they have all figured out some of these, and we have to show that this isnt some crazy idea. This is normal, except here. Thats part of what our political change has to be. Yes, sir. Then from this side. Take this mic. Thank you. I appreciate everything youre doing. I was talking to mandela earlier about the very first six, and we were talking about how we dont have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to some of these issues on a local level. I wear two hats today. One is, as a member of the tennessee General Assembly democratic caucus. Now, on that level, i have to look at what were doing on the local level to feed and put into the pipeline those individuals who are going to eventually become state representatives and senators and congressmen and u. S. Senators. We need help on that. We had all the best ideas and intentions every since president obama went in, but we did not have the resources, neither the funding nor the Technical Support to get it done. And it was Like Fighting being in kindergarten and fighting the little kindergartner who had gone home and gotten the big brother from college, because all the republicans had gone and gotten national resources, and they beat us down. So on that level, id like to know that you are going to reach down and start to feed resources and funding for some of the local races. They actually told us what they were going to do. They said they were going to create a red to the bone, red to the bone initiative, and they did. And they did. There was nothing we could do to stop them. Also, wear the hat as cochair for National Black caucus of state legislators census and redistricting committee. All the work were talking about, every one of those values that is represented there, for it to come to fruition legislatively, its got to have the votes. Census and redistricting is critical. We, once again, did not have the resources in 2010 and 2011 to address that, so we got wiped out. We have extreme districts, and theres nothing we can do about it now except go to court and try to fight it out there. We dont have those resources. So i want to know if your engagement will cover these areas both nationally and locally. Thank you. Thank you very much. A great point. The answer is essentially what great ideas. This is exactly what we want to be doing, getting great ideas and figuring out how to partner on them. We start with state legislatures for a lot of reasons. I believe they are the pillar around which much of our country is built. Also, were starting. If theres interest in working beyond that, were interested. We talk about redistricting. Its certainly one of the targets. Fair district maps along with Voter Participation, but were not going to do this on our own. The founding principle here is that we need to partner with folks, as the professor said, who are committed to these things and whose constituents are committed to these things, but find ourselves sort of alone, pushing the things that are most important and most popular. Theres a problem there, and were trying to help solve that problem. I think i want to say a word about the party thats not in this room. They have never been nastier than now. The Republican Party, im old enough to remember when there were a lot of normal people. It was once a kind of mainstream party. While there were differences, the country had a different view, a different direction, and then, the Republican Party got taken over by some billionaire special interests, and the Koch Brothers have been investing for a while. They are a nasty duo. Between the two of them, they have 100 billion of net worth based on a polluting industry, and they are determined, it seems, to somehow keep their 100 billion between them, even if it means wrecking the planet. So, they have done a lot of what you say to make this very hard, hard right all the way throughout the country. My feeling is, i hope im not naive on this, my feeling is that, even on the republican side, my god, theres a lot of space between normal people and what their Party Leaders are calling for right now, exemplified by this obamacare debacle where they made the legislation that everybody hated. Why is that . This is what we should think. This is such a distortion of our politics to go so hard right. Its so phony, but its money at the top of a few huge interests lurking behind the scenes like Robert Mercer, this hedge fund gazillionaire who funds the most hard right wing stuff and the Koch Brothers, who are absolutely going to wreck the planet if they have their way. So i hope americas goals could be adopted, even on the other side by normal people who say our politics doesnt have to wreck the planet and dispossess our own voters. This is not your jobs to beat them in the election, but our job as americans also is to get off this crazy path were on thats guided not at all by the common purpose and common interest, not even by the common opinion polls of a divided country, but by a few absolute rich plutocrats who are breaking up our country now in front of our eyes. I hope that we can play some role in shining a spotlight that americans want good things in both sides and hope theres some challengers that will come on the republican side in their primary elections and say, come on, we dont have to be so obnoxious. We can have normal politics. That is part of what we are hoping for as well. The point you are making about the kind of resources needed for success, these are the points everybody made so far. Were hearing and taking to heart, and i think with the strong support here will be able here, we will be able to help mobilize to help you. Ill let the person with the mic there you go. Thank you very much. Im Patricia Higgins from new hampshire. Forgive me if i did miss any explanation of how these goals were put together. And my question is, were there any conservative thinkers in the room . What . Did you ask any conservative thinkers . Right. This does sound a little bit like the echo chamber. Im all for these american goals, but the majority of legislators in new hampshires government would not agree with them. Let me say a word about that. All over the world in fact, all countries around the world have adopted some basic goals for the year 2030 called the Sustainable Development goals. Even our country did it under president obama. All countries faced up to one basic challenge that our Economic System is not working properly anywhere in the world to achieve the combination of prosperity, fairness, and environmental safety. And so the basic idea that we need to combine economicals like decent jobs and health care for all and education for all with basic fairness standards like equal pay for equal work, with environmental safety, is recognized worldwide. Thats the motivation for this. If you look at each one, which we have done and i do for a living, actually, the American People strongly support by large majorities these concepts. If you feel that they are controversial, i would say they are not controversial with the American People. They are controversial with some powerful interests. And this is really a fight about who runs the country. The people and their interest in their children, and their interest in the safety of the community, or instead is it wall street, big oil, the military industrial complex, the private health insurers, because thats why we had such a mess, actually. Why do we pay a trillion dollars more for health care . Because of powerful health lobby. Why are we in endless wars, unlike almost any country. We are in nonstop wars. Why is our military budget so huge . Why are we spending so much money modernizing these Weapons Systems that are modern enough to destroy all the world 10 times over . Because we have powerful lobbies. And so the goals are demonstrably shared across the society. Of course, weve been told thats not achievable, thats not achievable, but thats wrong. Thats what we have to fight back against. But who is actually telling us that these are nonamerican or antiamerican and so forth . Not the broad public in any one of these. This is not running up against a buzz saw. This is running up against, yes, special interests that have to be told go back to your place. Were for the American People. That, i think, is the real point. Its also true when you look at these goals just in the american district by district political context, one thing i think were going to see and learn this over time and love the feedback to keep coming in is that some of the divide is that people on one side of the spectrum think they are more realistic in the shorter term, and people on the other side, think they are less realistic in a shorter term, but not that they are offensive to peoples basic values, to the kind of country people would like to build. Theres a con going on that we cant think of a country like this unless were in one corner of the political spectrum, but the facts belie that. Part of the role of these organizations is to help show a path to folks who might be skeptical. The kind of votes that we all need or i needed until august and everyone else needs to keep their jobs and stay in Public Service that there is a path that can be consistent with their policy structure as well, because the value structure is aligned. Thats our hope. This is version one, and feedback is important. Thank you very much. Im janet buelly from wisconsin. Represent is the largest and very rural. When i looked at your goals, i saw something thats a reflection of whats going on in our state with the people of wisconsin but within our effort to get reelected. That is, we have populations of people that we cant reach. We cant reach them. We overlook them. When it comes to the goals, i saw those people not represented, because you have no reference to connectivity, to broadband. We absolutely must say access to information, to commerce, to the is onood of our nation the internet. Until everybody has that, they are not equal. I dont know if you want to put that goal in infrastructure or equality. But by god, its got to be in there. [applause] bravo. Phenomenal. Thank you. By the way, phenomenal. It was on the list. When we tried to make three for each of these, it fell off the list. And its a wonderful point youre making and exactly the kind of feedback. Thank you. There is i have a question here. I really do have a question. But your comment is fantastic. Well, thank you. Is there a way that we can take what your goals are into how we reach out to those people that we have overlooked . I call them the ones we overlooked, because there is such a vast population of people that we truly just look over. We think those arent our voters, and we look over them. I think about my colleague from wisconsin, gary. Where are you, gary . Hes saying to me on the floor sang to me on the floor of the state assembly a song. Remember the song, gary . Red solo cup . Who knows what a red solo cup is . Ok. I would dare say that most people in the beltway who do messaging for progressive people, for progressives, dont know what the hell a red solo cup is. And until they do, we will not win. Weve got to get some red solo cup messaging out of the dnc. We have to. Thank you. Theres my question. Can we do that . Could i phenomenal. Could i make one suggestion . First, this kind of feedback is invaluable. Second, part of the idea is, if you look at the goals, every one is stated for everybody, for everybody, so nobody is overlooked. If you, as a state legislator say, look, im for universal health coverage, but were never going to do it if the internet doesnt reach this district. You can put that also as part of the solution to the problem, and we can help support you on that part of the solution. So both, to put them in the goals. I love this suggestion, but also to say that this is not a policy list. Its a set of objectives that express the values of the American People and that we can achieve. So part of the job that together we can do, and you as leaders in legislation can do, say, look, we adopt these goals, but to achieve them, we need connectivity. If we dont have that, theres no way thats going to be successful. Just to be clear, as a former public individual speaking, it didnt fall off the list. It fell into other parts. We felt universal broadband was implied by a number of other targets. Your point is well taken. We had extensive conversation about it. We really appreciate that. Also, when i was in the state senate, my district, i represented Lower Manhattan and part of brooklyn. New york senate is a very tight partisan split. I spent a lot of my time talking to colleagues from other parts of the state. New york is a big, diverse state. Upstate districts probably the size of your district. Being able to figure out what was the unifying path for us was a huge challenge. All i can say is we cant do that alone. I dont know if youre volunteering. Exactly how to line up these goals and targets with your district. Your district is not just your district. Your district is reflected in a large portion of districts reflected in a large portion of your district is reflected in a large portion of districts around this country, and the work you do can help the gentleman here, which can help a gentleman from this side. I apologize for not being able to see. Thats the process of working arm in arm. I think were close to having to finish up or past having to finish up. One last question. Go ahead. Im going to have to go. So were going to finish up. Because im flying to europe. When i land they are going to ask me, does america believe in its future . So what do you think . [applause] ok. Im going to see pope francis in a few days. Hes going to ask me, can america end poverty and ensure access to everybody for health care and education . What do you think . [applause] could we make the goals achievable . Is it possible . [applause] can six help . [applause] ok. If you can help, raise your hand. I need to take a picture to have proof. Exactly. Some peoples hands are not raised. [laughter] all right. Thats pretty good. Wait a minute. All right. This is documentary evidence for the rest of the world. Thank you very much. [applause] thank you for the opportunity. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] i have been attacked by everybody. I have been attacked by the rightwing, russians, trump and now i can add to the list the clinton campaign. Q a, Donna Brazile talks about her life and politics in her memoir. I was here in washington, far from here. Hillary clinton was very excited. She had met a young state senator who was running. She has roots in illinois. 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