Seat as soon as possible. I want to get things started on this lovely morning here at the six conference. Lets give a round of applause for six because im so happy to be here. So happy to see you all here and remind me of my time the very first six conference at the rate that this organization is grown and our growth is due only to you and your participation. Your commitment to the movement and commitment to moving a progressive ideas and your commitment to a progressive vision. To give yourself a round of applause. We all know that after last years election, a lot of people were left wondering which way to go. A lot of us didnt know which way was up. A lot of us felt that everything had been lost. And a lot of people wrote off the Progressive Movement. A lot of people thought there was no way we could ever come back. If you look around this country and see some of these special state legislative elections. People are on our side and the people are on our side because the ideas are on
If youre awake clap three times. Surprising. Want to get everybody to get a seat as soon as possible. Want to get things starred on this lovely morning here at the Fourth Annual conference. Look for a round of applause for six. So happy to see you all here. And reminded of my time the very first six conference and the at the rate this organization has grown. Our growth is due only to you and your pregnancy. Your commitment to the movement, to moving a progressive agenda, your commitment to progressive ideas and commitment to progressive vision. So give yourselves a round of applause. We all know that after last years election, a lot of people were left wondering which way to go. A lot of us didnt know which way was up. A lot of us felt that everything had been lost. And a lot of people wrote off the Progressive Movement. A lot of people thought there was no way we could come back. If you look around this country and see some of the special state legislative elections people are on our
Inoculate from attack. What we have found time and again in our research is that voters are not inclined to believe that, but we do need to address that to make sure that they know that the facts on their side. And so this is actually good for hardworking families. This is also good for businesses. It saves money in terms of retraining and employee turnover. And that studies have proven that places where these pollicis in effect have seen no negative economic impact, so we need to take those attacks headon because we do have the facts on our side and we have the values on our side. And finally we want to explain why this matters for everyone. This is not just about the individuals who are going to see some benefit of this if these policies pass directly. But instead the workforce and the economy will be stronger so everyone will succeed. And it will also strengthen the future generation. This is going to set families up for a successful future not just now but for their children and fo
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