Madam chair and fellow delegates, we ask that the 2016 Democratic National convention approve a resolution conveying profound appreciation to all the individuals and organizations that have helped to make the 47th quadrennial convention a success. [cheers and applause] our resolution thanks the city of philadelphia, its mayor, former mayor, along with his residents, acknowledges the support of pennsylvania s governor [cheers and applause] our gratitude to all the Law Enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders. [cheers and applause] we thank you for your 2016ce, recognize the philadelphia Host Committee, and applaud the tireless work of the thousands of convention volunteers. The convention approve this honorary resolution. [applause] delegates, you have heard the motion to approve the honorary resolution. Thanking those individuals and organizations that have helped to make our convention such a success. Is there a second . All in favor of the honorary resolution, please say aye. All opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it unanimously. The motion is passed. [cheers an [applause] theuncer please welcome president of the league of conservative voters. Thank you. The question was simple. Megan andre, a student at the university of new hampshire, asked donald trump about his plan to fight Climate Change. Her, like youked mocked so many others. But folks, Climate Change is no joke. From floods in miami to dress in california to wildfires in colorado, rising sea levels in virginia, heat waves across the country, it is clear Climate Change is here, and it is having devastating impact. Im the president of the league of conservation voters. Our top priority this year is electing Hillary Clinton the next president of the United States. [cheers and applause]. The stakes could not be higher. Climate change is happening now, the donald trump, calls it and i quote, a hoax. And more than that, more than just that, his policies would make Climate Change worse. His energy plan would mean more pollution in the air, or poison in the water, and more public land stripped for private property. That may be good for the Koch Brothers and good for exxon and good for big oil, but his policies would be terrible for our families and our future. That is why today, we are naming donald trump on our dirty dozen list, dirty, dangerous, denying donald. I cant imagine anyone more deserving. It is why we must elect Hillary Clinton and tim kaine as our next president and vice president. You know, we probably endorsed hillary last november, the earliest president ial endorsement in our history. Why . Because hillary is a proven leader with a vision and a plan to combat Climate Change and america thenergy, Clean Energy Superpower of the 21st century. That is what we need. Her solutions are wind, wind, wind, wind, wind. Good for our economy, for our security, for our health, and for our planet. And she is not just a leader on Climate Change and clean energy. She calls attention to the Drinking Water crisis in flint, michigan. She keeps ambitious plans to rebuild aging infrastructure and fight for justice. This november, the question is simple. Are we going to protect profit or protect Public Health . Are we going to go backwards on our policies are continue Going Forward . Are we going to elect a climate denier or a climate champion . We are stronger together. Lets show megan and millions of people like her that we are fighting for their future. Was act on climate and elect Hillary Clinton. Thank you very much. [cheers and applause] announcer please welcome state representative Peggy Flanagan from minnesota. Thank you. Im a state representative and organizer and a proud citizen. I am also a mom. And my three and a halfyearold daughter reports that when she grows up, she wants to be president. [cheers and applause] so i wrote her this letter. Siobhan, politics isnt always fun. Sometimes you run into some pretty mean people who dont like you simply for being you, like that not a guy donald trump on tv, the one who says all those nasty things about women and about native americans like us. Im so sorry you had to hear that, my girl. Pocahontas. Not it is siobhan. And you should never let anyone make you feel anything less than proud of who you are. Because despite everything that has happened to our people, and no matter what donald trump says, we are still here. [cheers and applause] and i want you to grow up with our peoples values, honoring our elders, showing gratitude to our warriors, cherishing our children as gifts from the creator. I also want you to grow up knowing that our president shares those values, too. That is why we will have that hillary sign on our lawn. We can trust her to keep our women safe, our veterans well cared for, and keep the promises the United States has made it to our tribe. Most importantly, hillary knows that our children are sacred. Back before you were born, hillary worked at a place called the childrens defense fund, just like your mommy, helping to make sure that kids with disabilities could go to good schools, just like everyone else. And then, also just like your mommy, she decided to run for office, and the police did not like that at all. But hillary did let them stop her. Bulliesr let stop her and neither should you. You cant run to be the first native american president until you are 35, but you can come knock on doors with me for hillary this fall, and i will be so, so proud to bring you with me to vote for her on november someday, ill vote for you. Love, mommy. [cheers and applause] announcer please welcome representative ted deutch from florida. In 2008, before i came to and i go, my wife go to meet Hillary Clinton. More importantly, our two daughters got to meet her. They were 12 years old. They showed hillary these cute dolls of theirs, dolls that were shirts that read sunday, a woma some day, a woman will be president. Not just a dream of my daughters, it was also a dream of my mothers. Unfortunately, she passed away in december. In one of our last conversations, she talked about how excited she was to live to anda woman president , and 91, she knew what her granddaughters 12, that electing Hillary Clinton is not about making history, its about creating a future. Its not about electing a woman, its about electing this woman, who will create opportunity for all of us. [cheers and applause] opportunity that my dad fought for when he served in world war ii and earned a purple heart at the battle of the bulge. And it is what i am fighting for when i serve the great people of south florida in congress, including including so many members of the greatest generation. Now, we all have to fight for the only candidate who will protect the Social Security and medicare that our seniors have earned and not slash it. Who will get Unlimited Money out of politics and not encourage it. Who will always stand by israel and the Jewish Community and not defend it. Not over and it. And who will stand up to the nra and never we have to start fighting right now. So to find out how you can help, 47246. To we have to vote this november and october. If you are lucky enough to live in a state like florida, that lets you early vote or vote by when Hillary Clinton met my daughters she signed her name on the shirts their dolls were wearing. This year, my daughters are old enough to vote in their first president ial election, and when they look at their ballots, they will see that same name, Hillary Clinton, and they will proudly mark the box next to it. This october, my daughters will cast their first early votes for americas first woman president. [cheers and applause] and as their dad, like so many parents, i could not be prouder of my kid, of our candidate, and of our country. Thank you. [cheers and applause] welcome antoease california. From good evening, everyone. Good evening, california. [cheers and applause] its an honor to be here after serving as your chairman at our last convention. Mans proud to renominate a of grace and dignity, our president , barack obama. [cheers and applause] poised to hear from our nominee, one of the most tested and proven candidates in our partys history, Hillary Clinton. [cheers and applause]. Come on, i cant hear you. Hillary clinton. [cheers and applause] remember, i am standing right next to a gavel. I come tonight, however, to million often forgotten people and their families. They work in the hot sun. They put food on our table, even though they often have little for theirs. They build, repair, and clean our homes. They take care of our children when they have no one to care for their own. People,hardworking toiling in the toughest jobs with little to show for it. They fight in our wars and defend our freedoms. Theyre godfearing, faithful, and family people. Theyve crossed our borders like so many before them, answering mother libertys call. They come, dreaming of a better place, a place that we all call home. But these 11 Million People have note credentials. They dont even have a vote. But they must have a voice in our party and our nation. [cheers and applause] theonald trump proposes greatest mastic rotation in our nations, or any nations, history. [booing] wetback, aration shameful episode in our nationss history, when one million mexicans were deported. He would not only deport our neighbors and our families, he would vanquish the dream the dream they carry in their heart when they answer that print flight to dreamers that begin of hope and light to dreamers all over the world. So in the city of brotherly love, we must stand up and fight arethese 11 million, for we our brothers keeper. We have always been stronger when we integrate, not segregate. When we join hands and Work Together to solve our challenges. And we will be stronger when we elect a woman who has fought for the forgotten children, given voice to the unrepresented. A woman whos like the good shepherd, and wants to bring all the flock in, not just the white flock, but the black flock, the yellow flock the brown flock, the muslim flock, the jewish flock, every single one of us. A woman who fought for health care for all and who will fix our broken immigration system. [cheers and applause] a woman who will tear down a wall and build a bridge to a great, generous america that we all know and love. That woman is Hillary Clinton. [cheers and applause] and the nexte president of the United States. Thank you so much. [cheers and applause] bakarier please welcome sellers from South Carolina. I love you, too, South Carolina. You, i came from denmark, South Carolina, where we have three stoplights and a blinking light. To stand here at this crossroads in our nations history is proof that anything is possible. To join you tonight, born out of struggle, a product of the civil rights movement, the son of those who missed the birth of his oldest child because he was in prison, fighting for what he believed in. They taught me not only the words of frederick douglass, without struggle there is no progress, but also the words of our state motto, don spiro, spiro. While i breathe, i hope. I am a product of their struggle. I am a product of that hope. And i am not the only one. The truth is, every single one of us is a product of struggle. Our lives were made possible through struggle and hope. And now, democrats more than ever, we must continue to embrace our history. Recognizing that the party of barack obama was first the party of Fannie Lou Hamer and the mississippi freedom Democratic Party. That before there was a Hillary Clinton, there was a shirley chisholm. [cheers and applause] fought just to be seated, but now i stand before you, ladies and gentlemen, unbowed, unbroken, and unafraid. Thats what america is. Its an unlikely story of struggle and hope that joins us together as we dare to march forward. And im here to tell you that Hillary Clinton knows that, because she has been a part of it her entire life. Now democrats throughout her life, hillary has fought for the best of who we are. But she cant do it alone. She needs all of us to stand together. So stand up if you believe working families deserve Affordable Health care, good schools, and a living wage. [cheers and applause] stand up if you are ready to close the loopholes in our gun laws and pass commonsense reform. [cheers and applause] stand up if you are ready to keep our communities and our cops safe and and the Structural Racism that keeps sending our kids to prison instead of sending them to college. [cheers and applause] stand up for black lives matter. [cheers and applause] stand up for progress. Stand up for justice. Stand up if you know, like i know, that we are stronger together. Thank you, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] announcer please welcome jamie harrison, chair of the South CarolinaDemocratic Party. Good evening. Im jamie harrison, chairman of the South CarolinaDemocratic Party. [cheers and applause] as a demagogue preaches nostalgia for the past, its worth remembering our past. Girl in a 10yearold orangeburg dragged bags of cotton under a searing sun. That girl was my grandmother. Millions of americans lived separate, unequal lives. In 1960, a College Student was arrested in orangeburg for protesting that unjust system, and in jail, he met his future wife. That student was jim clyburn. [cheers and applause] thanks to him and countless others, president Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights act. Democrats would lose the south for a generation. Paraphrase john f. Kennedy, now the torch has been passed, passed to the generational southerners, set up with republicans dangerous divisiveness. When this generation hears donald trump claim that america was only great in some bygone , we know painfully well we cant go back to that old america. We cant go back to that old south. Democrats believe in a new south , because no matter your race, your immigration status, your income, your religion, your sex, your sexual orientation, or your gender identity, we all have the same aspiration for highquality education, good jobs, safe neighborhoods, health care, and retirement for all. My friends, these are the aspirations of my grandmother, who now sees her grandson as the first black party chair in South Carolina. [cheers and applause] these aspirations were jim clyburns, who became majority whip of the United States house of representatives. Only democrats can help all americans the phillies aspirations. Fulfill these aspirations. After the horrific massacre at the manual ame church, south carolinians united to take down the confederate flag. [cheers and applause] but my friends, we cant pat ourselves on the back for taking down the flag until we take down the barriers to education and health care. We cant pat ourselves on the back for being polite until we do what is right. [cheers and applause] Hillary Clinton, who followed her hard to arkansas, understands that the American Dream extends beyond the masondixon line, and that South Carolinas motto, while i breathe, i hope, applies to all. She is strongly supporting all of our state party with a 50 state strategy, because we are stronger together, and only together will we more truly become one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. God bless all of you, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] [chanting] gentlemen,ladies and please welcome chad griffin, president of the human rights campaign. Thank you. Last month, our nation was rocked to its core by a senseless and hateful attack that claimed the lives of 49 lgbtq people and allies at pulse nightclub in orlando. They were brothers and sisters. They were sons and daughters. Above all, they were human beings. Yet, while the nation mourned, donald trump strutted before the cameras and exploited our national tragedy. He had the audacity to tell the American Public that he was the true champion for lgbtq people in this race, and that our community would be better off with him in the white house. [booing] even challenged his skeptics to, and i quote, ask the gays. Well, here goes. Hase donald trump threatened to strip away our rights, the Hillary Clinton that i first got to know as a closeted kid growing up in arkansas has always been willing to stand up for the voiceless, and she has made fighting for equality a cornerstone of her campaign. While donald trump has promised to legalize kim davisstyle discrimination in all 50 states, Hillary Clinton has promised to sign the equality act into law. [cheers and applause] while donald trump chose as his running mate a governor who tried to diverge hiv funding in