chairwoman marcia fudge. representative fudge is entering her fifth term serving ohio's 11th congressional district. her hard work and commitment to improving the quality of life of her constituents, african-americans and all americans has earned congresswoman fudge the confidence and respect of her peers. representative fudge's leadership the c.b.c. continued making its good health a reality tour, a project they'd cated americans across the country about how the affordable care act can improve their lives. representative fudge also remains vigilant in keeping important issues affecting african-americans at the forefront of the caucus agenda. ending poverty increasing access to college funding reforming immigration, improving the economy and enhancing the availability of jobs. and although these accomplishments are significant, representative fudge knows that the work of advancing the african-american community is far from finished. her determination and fearlessness to stand up for others has made her one of

let's start with marcia fudge. anyone who's ever needed, wanted to know anything about marcia fudge, all they needed to do was to toll the colbert -- to follow "the colbert report." [laughter] stephen colbert very haughtily did his research and found out that marcia was a fencing champion in high school and so he decided that he would suit up and challenge her. now, mind you she had not engaged in fencing for decades. [laughter] i'm not going to say so how many. for decades. but he learned with much practice and trying to take her by surprise when she came on his show, she got the first touch. [laughter] [applause] and he learned what we all know marcia fudge rules. [laughter] now congressman butterfield l takes the helm of the cbc. we know the cbc will continue to be providing strong outspoken and effective leadership for every man, woman and child in our country bringing his judicious demeanor and southern courtesy to our work. don't mistake that courtesy for anything other than strength. congratulations and best

let's start with marcia fudge. colbert did his research and found out she was a fencing champion in high school. so he decided he would suit up and challenge her. now, mind you, she had not engaged in fencing for decades. i'm not going to say how many. for decades. but he learned as much practice and trying to take her by surprise when she came on the show she got the first touch. he learned with a we all know. marcia fudge rules. now congressman butterfield takes the helm of the cb krrk. we know the cbc will continue to be providing strong, outspoken and effective leadership for every man woman and child in our country. bringing his judicious demeanor and southern courtesy to our work. don't mistake the courtesy for anything other than strength. congratulations and best wishes to you, chairman butterfield. your success is the success of america. and the 114th congress, mr. clyburn -- mr. butterfield's friend mr. clyburn will continue to serve as the third highest ranking democrat in the house of representatives. a

marcia fudge rules. [laughter] the congressman takes the helm of the cbc and we know that they will continue to provide strong outspoken and effective leadership for every man and woman and child in our country bringing his judicious demeanor and southern courtesy to our work. don't mistake that courtesy for anything other than strength. congratulations and best wishes to you chairman butterfield. your success is the success of america. and the 114th congress mr. clyburn will continue to serve as the third-highest ranking democrat in the house of representatives. and with great dignity and respect. he mentioned that the members were service ranking members and i'm going to name names. judiciary john conyers, financial services maxine waters. veterans affairs science and space and technology and education and work force bobby scott. homeland security bennie thompson and oversight and government reform elijah cummings. aren't we proud? we also welcome the surge of freshmen members and we are so honored tha

so thanks to congresswoman marcia fudge we're going to have a consent decree in place. therefore, the federal government is going to do what i wish they would have done years ago. and that's to continue to look at this police force until we get a police force that the people can trust and that is working with the citizens so that we can have the best police force in the entire nation. >> do you feel like people in cleveland are hopeful that the resolution of the tamir rice case in particular but also that federal takeover that you're talk about, do you feel like there is optimism in cleveland that things could get better? i mean looking at the long-standing problems in cleveland and how many high-profile bad incidents there have been the systemic problems and things like hiring and background checks that we've uncovered just with the tamir rice case i feel like it's hard to look at that and be able to envision a better time. what's the mood in the city? >> well when you know that a 12-year-old boy tragically lost his life the optimism comes from the federal government.

congresswoman marcia fudge of the 11th district of ohio. the outgoing chairwoman of the cbc.ing chairman of the congressional black caucus. i will now introduce them in order of senority. congressman john conyers of the 13th district of michigan a founding member of the congressional black caucus. congressman charles b. wrangle 13th district of new york a founding member. congressman john lewis 5th district of georgia. delegate eleanor holmes norton of the district of columbia. congresswoman maxine waters of the 43rd district of california. congressman sanford bishop, jr. of the second district of georgia. congresswoman corrine brown of the third district of florida. congressman james e. clyburn of the sixth district of south carolina and assistant democratic leader. congressman alcee hastings of the 23rd district of florida. congressman eddie jobs son of the third district of texas. congressman bobby rush of the first district of illinois. congressman robert scott of the third district of virginia. congresswoman benny compton of the second district of mississippi. congresswo

marcia fudge, the outgoing chairwoman "behind the scenes at the cbc ceremonial swearing-in."you can see on the bottom right, john conyers, the first african-american dean of the house. the new chairman is congress meant g.k. butterfield, democrat of north carolina. if you want to watch the whole swearing-in ceremony, go to cspan.org. host: the republicans are welcoming their first black republican female elected to congress, mia love, a name that many of you are probably familiar with, republican of utah. a little bit more about her -- she was previously elected the saratoga springs mayor and she lost the 20 12th bid to the house to represent representative jim matheson by 768 votes. she is an amen a face you will probably see a lot of in this new 114th congress. let's go to nancy, leesburg georgia, independent. hi, nancy. you are on the air. good morning to you. caller: good morning to you. i am glad to get to weigh in this morning. i think boehner set a very dangerous precedent by going ahead with this budget when he quit at the late it until the congress came in -- could h