wall builders, the c.b.c., will rebuild the wall. [applause] keep in mind this is the only caucus that did not lose a single member in the last election. this is the only caucus na that gained membership in the last election. these are wall builders. are we relevant? the answer is yes. the congressional black caucus will be relevant as long as we continue to have work in front of us, as long as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, we're relevant. as long as our communities suffer a depression while the rest of the country talks about a recession, we're relevant. as long as the first recommendations presented by our caucus to president nixon in march of 1971 have some relevancey to the state of our union, we're relevant. as millions continually call out to take their country back, the caucus stands ready to continue its relevant work of creating a nation for all americans, black, white, rich, poor, old, young, and immigrants alike. a nation inclusive of all god's children. sadly, the people's house has become a bitter, bailful

today, the c.b.c. declares what the song writer, we ain't no ways tired.m the chains of slavery across the bridge in sell ma and to the highest office in the land, we climb the great ladder of equality, and advancement. yet, there is more work to be done. for the past 40 years, the congressional black caucus has continued to fight the good fight. the cbc has been involved in a myriad of legislative initiatives ranging from full employment to welfare reform, south african apartheid and international human rights. from minority business development to expanded educational opportunity. it's always been our mission as a caucus to preserve a national commitment to fair treatment for urban and rural americans, the elderly, stuents, small business, middle and low income families, and the economically disadvantaged to give voice to the voiceless. 40 years since our founding, we have been successful in rising to strategic positions on congressional committees to effect change in federal policy, and now to the highest office within the nation,. comfortable it? -- ca

see you see over the you're going to see the c.b.c. this is the. worst part. is that these. now russia's future hockey stars have been shining brightly in the united states the youth team easily defeating the czech republic in new york to move into the quarterfinals of the world under twenty championships a jacob orse of a goal to minutes in work of the russians in a major way they answered back with an ultimate team effort which saw a different players find the net against two different buildings and while the huge victory over their historic rivals is plenty of cause for celebration the youngsters know exactly what challenges lie ahead finland are awaiting next in the quarters and russia will then face with this. i mean if they were in that clash. and staying on the eyes there were plenty of girls scored in the cage shell with the legs that season in full swing and of course some of those efforts stood out above the rest and deserve another look here is our choice of the shells of the pasta. i. i. i. i i. i.

i was reading, we take such great pride in the c.b.c. in the 40 years of its leadership in the congress, but i was reading that we see chairman conyers and chairman rangel as the two charter members, founding members, thank you for your leadership, that there originally were -- ok. originally were 13 original members. i was thinking how interesting. 13 original colonies coming to together to fight for freedom. 13 original members of the c.b.c. coming together to expand freedom in our country. 10 years before that, and we will observe this this month, 50 years ago was the inauguration of president john f. kennedy, january 20, we'll observe that. many of you were drawn into politics, many of you were not born, but -- i was there that day. it may be history to you but it was my youth. to see the swearing-in and the beautiful words that were said about how important every person is in our country. and in the course of that time from the president's inauguration and with president lyndon johnson, with people like john lewis and our distinguish

what do you hope to add to the conversation and the c.b.c.? >> people talk about bipartisanship and i want to bring in that discourse. there are different voices from the black community. you had 42 blacks that ran on the republican ticket this cycle and 14 made it to the general election and two of us made it to the house of representatives. i think there is a new movement that needs to have a voice in the congressional caucus. >> chris: thank you both for coming in today. we have can't wait to see how you both do in washington. please come back. >> happy new year. >> chris: thank you. >> thank you. >> chris: up next, if the white house can't get a law it wants through congress, it may now turn to regulation. we'll ask our sunday group how that will work. >>> you worry that the administration is using its rule-making authority to do things that the congress didn't necessarily intend or didn't come together and build a consensus and actually pass. >> chris: that's republican congressman jayson chavitz of utah responding to white house plans to