emanuel cleaver, again has chaired art task force.bers will be available for comments after this. thanks again. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] now to live coverage from the british house of commons. british prime minister gordon brown joined for the house of commons to talk about his recent trip to afghanistan in meetings with the european council on climate change. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> met with commanders on the ground including meeting with afghan army leaders. and today i've had a meeting of our national security committee with the chief of defense and the chief of our security services. and i talk to the nato general secretary. the first preface of my visit to afghanistan was to thank our brave armed forces in a year in which 100 other colleagues have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. i wanted to acknowledge and congratulate them on the dedicated work day after day that they continue to do. and as christmas draws near, to wish them

this task force is chaired by congressman emanuel cleaver. tuesday president obama delivered a speech that was another sober reminder of the important work that we must continue to do to grow our economy and create jobs. we agree with the president's support for small businesses, infrastructure investment and green jobs is essential. we also believe as members of congress we must do more. in order to do this the congressional black caucus has out by four areas to focus on which is laid out in our letter. of course, they're includes job training, infrastructure assistance to small businesses and also local fiscal relief. we believe the direct job creation and training is essential in this jobs proposal. these areas are really important to create real and meaningful economic opportunities to provide pathways' come out of poverty and opportunities to read the congressional black caucus remains committed to working with president obama and congressional leadership to address the very real economic crises gripping the nation and we will not shy aw

i want to take this opportunity to thank emanuel cleaver and -- for being oso aggressive and moving the congressional black caucus and moving us toward the creation of jobs. and to thank our president for making job creation a central part of his agenda. we are his strongest allies and supporters and advocates in advocating as we do for our community, we're asking that it be reached for everyone in this nation. we give them time to go home to do sm -- more. our congressional duty to make sure, especially those suffering most, especially those in the african-american community and other communities of color, not just for a few, not just for some but for everyone living in this country. i'll yield back and reply -- and revise and extend my remarks. ms. fudge: thank you. mr. speaker we thank you for once again allowing the caucus to come and share with you our views, i want to thank all the members of the caucus who came tonight. i think it was a very, very interesting and dynamic discussion and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. und

also emanuel cleaver and our jobs task force. thank you all for being here. members will be available for comment after this. thanks again. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this weekend on booktv at look at climate change with former vice president al gore on reducing the effects of greenhouse gases. and lawrence solomon on the scientists who question the validity of global warming. on afterwords joan and her bio of antonin scully. and can all lead on how google became the new media giants. booktv this weekend on c-span 2. >> now some of today's health care debate in the senate. it begins with a procedural motion by democrat dick durbin and an objection by republican senator mike and see. this is a half-hour. >> yesterday mr. president and majority leader propounded the unanimous consent to afford both with respect to the health care bill. a revote later objected to the consensus indicating they had just received a copy of senator lautenberg's side-by-side amendment to the dorgan amendment so they needed time to re