congressional black caucus to thank another woman, our rosa parks, our sojourner truth in congresswoman marcia fudge for being the seventh woman to be the president and the leader of the congressional black caucus. to you, congresswoman fudge, to you, mr. speaker, i say thank you for the congressional black caucus through her leadership being more than the conscience of the congress, before being -- for being scholarly, for standing up for justice, for daring to be different and also for understanding agriculture, the judiciary system. you see, she's not only a member of congress, she has served as a mayor. she has served as a judge. she is a prominent lawyer. but more importantly than all of these, she is a crusader for children. she is a crusader for the least of us, and she understands relationships and partnerships and working far beyond the c.b.c. she reaches across both sides of the aisle because at the end of the day, she really realizes the fight is not about one of us. the fight is for all of us. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the chair now reco

over the years, i've fenced with marcia fudge, skate boarded with jackie speier, leg-wrestled jason chaffetztossed salmon with jim mcdermott, drank beer with russ carnahan, shotgunned beer with dan maffei, funneled beer with jared polis, and dropped acid with maurice hinchey. (laughter) (applause) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: i don't see why congress can't get anything done. and tonight, we end by returning to the first congressman i ever republican jack kingston of georgia's first district. jim? congressman. thanks for talking to me today. it's good to see you again. >> it's good to be back. >> stephen: for those who may not know, in 2005, you were the very first member of the house of representatives to be better known by me. >> yes. >> stephen: you were my first congressman. you know what they say about the first. it's over much quicker than you thought and afterwards there's a lot of weeping. (laughter) but i want you to know, i'm very grateful you introduced me to the world of congress. >> it's a great honor for me and for my district. >> stephen: not that it matters, but have you

i want you to know that the honorable marcia fudge has made it clear that we will take up legislationout change in the way policing takes place in this country. [applause] we have bobby scott, who has just not the piece of legislation through congress that will again require the reporting of death at the hands , thee constabulary do police. we want to make sure congress gets an annual report on what is happening. that is not enough. pendinghave legislation , which will require body across on peace officers the length and breadth of the country, because we understand that although body cameras don't make all the difference, it will make a difference when we can see what happened to people like garner.rte without the camera, he would be like michael brown. pass legislation for body cameras. not enough. we must give the justice department the additional authority so that it can investigate every one of these questionable shootings. we must take it to the federal government so that we can get a greater degree of transparency. that is not enough. takely, it's going to people like me saying

. >> that was the chairwoman of the congressional black caucus, marcia fudge on the house floor yesterdayrks is with us. hands up, don't shoot. powerful symbol. great chant. great phrase. one problem, darrell. you have eyewitnesses, many of them black, saying that michael brown did not have his hands up. michael brown was not cooperating with the police. as a matter of fact, they said he was charging at the officer like a football player with his head down. so that's all based in fiction. it's a complete fabrication. what do you say to those people who are advancing a narrative we all now know is false? >> well, here's the problem, sean, couple things. number one, i think people are up in arms about the process that took place. for example, when you have a prosecutor puts witnesses before the grand jury yet you impeach your own witnesses that you put in front of the grand jury. >> daryl, wait a minute. you have witnesses. you have members of congress telling the country that's listening, oh, michael brown had his hands up and said don't shoot. that's a lie. the witnesses said that's a lie

her service, and let me now yield to the distinguished gentlelady from cleveland, congresswoman marcia fudge. ms. fudge: thank you very, very much. i thank you, congressman jeffries, for leading the congressional black caucus special order hour for the 113th congress, for your weekly advice, your weekly message, i thank you. we owe you a debt of gratitude. it is a pleasure to have worked with you for the last two years. mr. speaker, we are running out of patience. last week, the nation waited and hoped that justice would finally be served in the case of michael brown. we waited to hear our country say loud and clear, there are cons agains for taking the lives of others. we waited to hear some reassurance that black and brown boys' lives do matter. but again, we are terribly disappointed and discouraged. the ferguson grand jury's decision not to indict officer wilson was another slap in our face. it was a painful reminder that just like with trayvon martin and so many others that law enforcement officers feel that our -- kill black and brown boys without repercussions. while some see it as th

always, always a joy to work with a good friend and colleague on the ag committee, representative marcia fudge. h.r. 5471 is a true end user bill. the bill is targeted as it applies to centralized treasury units centers, or c.t.u.'s, of nonfinancial end user companies. the c.t.u. model enables a end user corporation to efficiently centralize hedging risks for the entire consolidated corporate group and is in fact a corporate best practice. it prevents companies to more efficiently hedge commercial business risk which was always the intent of dodd-frank. the c.t.f. agrees with the underlying policy of the bill as they provided no action relief on this point. however, h.r. 5471 is still needed because as a practical matter no action relief is no substitute for statutory fixes as it creates legal uncertainty when deciding how to organize your global business structure. corporate boards may be hesitant to approve a decision, as they're required to do, that violates the law based only on the assurance that c.t.f. staff will not recommend enforcement. h.r. 5471 fixes the quirky result of treating co

her service, and let me now yield to the distinguished gentlelady from cleveland, congresswoman marcia fudge. ms. fudge: thank you very, very much. i thank you, congressman jeffries, for leading the congressional black caucus special order hour for the 113th congress, for your weekly advice, your weekly message, i thank you. we owe you a debt of gratitude. it is a pleasure to have worked with you for the last two years. mr. speaker, we are running out of patience. last week, the nation waited and hoped that justice would finally be served in the case of michael brown. we waited to hear our country say loud and clear, there are cons agains for taking the lives of others. we waited to hear some reassurance that black and brown boys' lives do matter. but again, we are terribly disappointed and discouraged. the ferguson grand jury's decision not to indict officer wilson was another slap in our face. it was a painful reminder that just like with trayvon martin and so many others that law enforcement officers feel that our -- kill black and brown boys without repercussions. while some see it as th

i want you to know that the honorable marcia fudge has made it clear that we will take up legislationabout change in the way policing takes place in this country. [applause] we have bobby scott, who has just not the piece of legislation through congress that will again require the reporting of death at the hands , thee constabulary do police. we want to make sure congress gets an annual report on what is happening. that is not enough. pendinghave legislation , which will require body across on peace officers the length and breadth of the country, because we understand that although body cameras don't make all the difference, it will make a difference when we can see what happened to people like garner.rte without the camera, he would be like michael brown. pass legislation for body cameras. not enough. we must give the justice department the additional authority so that it can investigate every one of these questionable shootings. we must take it to the federal government so that we can get a greater degree of transparency. that is not enough. takely, it's going to people like me sayi

her service, and let me now yield to the distinguished gentlelady from cleveland, congresswoman marcia fudge. ms. fudge: thank you very, very much. i thank you, congressman jeffries, for leading the congressional black caucus special order hour for the 113th congress, for your weekly advice, your weekly message, i thank you. we owe you a debt of gratitude. it is a pleasure to have worked with you for the last two years. mr. speaker, we are running out of patience. last week, the nation waited and hoped that justice would finally be served in the case of michael brown. we waited to hear our country say loud and clear, there are cons agains for taking the lives of others. we waited to hear some reassurance that black and brown boys' lives do matter. but again, we are terribly disappointed and discouraged. the ferguson grand jury's decision not to indict officer wilson was another slap in our face. it was a painful reminder that just like with trayvon martin and so many others that law enforcement officers feel that our -- kill black and brown boys without repercussions. while some see it as th