"Renewing America's Promise" - Agenda do dia

Hour #1 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (LOCAL)

Call to Order: The Honorable Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

Invocation: Reverend Cynthia Hale, Disciples of Christ - Decatur, Georgia

Presentation of Colors: The American GI Forum, Mile High Chapter, Colorado (Mexican-American veterans & civil rights organization)

Pledge of Allegiance: Koby Langley, From Fort Mead, Maryland, he received the Bronze Star for leadership in the US Army, Credited with design & implementation of 1st Foreign Torts Claims Policy Act - Iraq

National Anthem: Rocky Mountain Children's Choir

Remarks/Video
The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton, Non-voting Member of the US House of Representatives, District of Columbia
Ted Sorenson, Special Counsel, advisor and speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy, Researched and drafted Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage"
The Honorable Mike Honda, Member of the US House of Representatives, California
Dr. David Gipp, Member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, President United Tribes Technical College
The Honorable Linda Sanchez, Member of the US House of Representatives, California
The Honorable Chet Culver, Governor of Iowa
The Honorable David Patterson, Governor of New York
The Honorable Patrick Leahy, US Senator, Vermont

Hour # 2 4:08 PM - 5:00 PM (LOCAL)

Remarks
The Honorable Chris Van Hollen, Member of the US House of Representatives, Maryland
Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Congressional Black Caucus
The Honorable Carolyn Kilpatrick, Member of the US House of Representatives, Michigan
The Honorable Charles Rangel, Member of the US House of Representatives, New York
The Honorable John Conyers, Member of the US House of Representatives, Michigan
The Honorable Bennie Thompson, Member of the US House of Representatives, Mississippi

Moment of Silence

Video - "In Memoriam"

Remarks
The Honorable Dennis Kucinich, Member of the US House of Representatives, Ohio
The Honorable John Chiang, State Comptroller, California
The Honorable Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin
The Honorable Ted Strickland, Governor of Ohio
The Honorable Joe Manchin, Governor of West Virginia

Hour # 3 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (LOCAL)

US Senate Women
The Honorable Barbara Mikulski, US Senator, Maryland
The Honorable Barbara Boxer, US Senator, California
The Honorable Mary Landrieu, US Senator, Louisiana
The Honorable Blanche Lambert Lincoln, US Senator, Arizona
The Honorable Debbie Stabenow, US Senator, Michigan
The Honorable Maria Cantwell, US Senator, Washington State
The Honorable Claire McCaskill, US Senator, Missouri
The Honorable Amy Klobuchar, US Senator, Minnesota

Remarks
The Honorable Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania
The Honorable Tammy Baldwin, Member of the US House of Representatives, Wisconsin
The Honorable Xavier Becerra, Member of the US House of Representatives, California
John Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO
Robin Golden, Autoworker from Michigan scheduled to lose his job

Video - "First Time Delegates: Renewing America's Promise"

Remarks
The Honorable Rahm Emanuel, Member of the US House of Representatives, Illinois

Live Performance: Alejandro Escovedo

Hour # 4 6:01 PM - 7:00 PM (LOCAL)

Remarks
The Honorable Steny Hoyer, Member of the US House of Representatives, Maryland, Democratic Majority Leader
Katherine Marcano, Cedar Rapids, Iowa flood victim
Anna Burger, Officer with SEIU & 1st Chair of America's newest labor federation, "Change to Win"
Pauline Beck, Homecare worker & member of SEIU from Oakland, California
The Honorable Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona

America's Town Hall - Economy

Remarks
Jim Whitaker, Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska
Pamela Cash-Roper, Unemployed nurse and lifelong Republican from North Carolina
The Honorable Nydia Velazquez, Member of the US House of Representatives, New York

Hour # 5 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (LOCAL)

Remarks
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas
The Honorable Frederico Pena, Former Secretary of Energy and former Mayor of Denver, Colorado
Nancy Floyd, Founder of Nth Power - an energy technology investment firm in Portland, Oregon
The Honorable Robert Casey, Jr., US Senator, Pennsylvania
Lily Ledbetter, Her actions against Goodyear Tire led to the passage of the Fair Pay Restoration Act

Keynote Speech: The Honorable Mark Warner, Governor of Virginia

Remarks
Ret. Rear Admiral John Hutson, President, Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire, Lifelong Republican
The Honorable Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts

Hour # 6 8:02 PM - 9:04 PM (LOCAL)

Remarks
Gloria Craven, Laid-off North Carolina textile worker with huge medical bills
The Honorable Brian Schweitzer, Governor of Montana

Hillary Clinton Segment - Video/Remarks
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Senator, New York

Benediction: Revs. Jin Ho Kang, Yoougsook Kang, Methodists - Aurora, Colorado

Recess: The Honorable Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia