We reaffirm our commitment to the basic policies and values that have helped to make Democratic Party principles a standard for aspiring humanity. 

We promise to work together to elect all Democratic candidates, united by our belief in justice, our passion for fairness, and our faith in the goodness of the people of America. 

THEREFORE, WE AFFIRM THAT: 

• Government at all levels must be fair, open and honest, a progressive government that serves all its citizens consistently. Government should constantly strive to operate as efficiently and economically as possible. 

• Every American should have access to professional health care, prescription drugs, wholesome nourishment, quality education, shelter, and useful employment regardless of color, race, religious beliefs, ethnic background, language, political beliefs, gender, physical or mental disability, and sexual orientation or gender identity. 

• We continue our support for the family farm as the most useful and efficient way to produce crops and raise livestock, while preserving the quality of land, air, and water in rural Iowa. We further believe that family farms provide a unique quality of life. 

• We continue to support the protection of our environment on the local, state, and national levels including the guarantees of clean water, clean air, and the protection of our non-renewable natural resources. 

• We support the continued funding of support services for low-income housing, low-income elderly, and assistance for the unhoused.

• We believe that government assistance at all levels should enhance opportunities for people to realize their potential as productive members of society. 

• American education needs the full support of every level of government to accomplish its goal of a literate and creative population able to master fundamental knowledge of science, mathematics, technology, and the arts and humanities, and to make use of that understanding, to enrich the life of this nation and the world. 

• We support federal funding for higher education, including student aid, student loans, and work study programs. 

• Every child should have the right to professional pre-natal care, a wholesome diet, medical treatment, including immunization to prevent illness, and a free public education, including pre-school, after school programs, and the Head Start program. 

• Older Americans should be cared for with compassion in an environment that preserves dignity and where their needs are best met. 

• Americans do have the right to privacy and security in their persons and in their dwelling places. 

• We continue our historic opposition to the death penalty, for both economic and moral reasons. 

• We affirm our continuing support for working men and women who join together in labor unions at their places of employment. We support their rights to give or withhold their labor. We support their efforts to make each workplace safe and to guarantee that each worker is fairly paid and treated with respect. 

• We continue to support the principle of the Sherman-Anti Trust Act to regulate monopolies.