the c.b.c. will continue to be providing strong, outspoken, 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 wishes to you chairman butterfield. your success is the success of america. in the 114th congress, mr. butterfield -- mr. clyburn, mr. butterfield's friend, mr. clyburn, will continue to serve as the third highest ranking democrat in the house of representatives. and with great dignity and respect. steny mentioned that c.b.c. members will serve as ranking members of seven committees, i'll name names. judiciary, john conyers. financial services, maxine waters. veterans affairs, corrine brown. science, space, and technology, eddie bernice johnson. education and work force, bobby scott. homeland security, denny thompson. oversight and government reform, elijah cummings. aren't we proud? we also welcome the surge of c.b.c.

the c.b.c. hears you. america hears you. the world hears you.hy our theme today is so important. learn from our past. but boldly, boldly confront an uncertain future. this caucus was formed in 1971 because its founders understood that black lives matter, black boys matter, black girls matter. the black church matters. black america in its totality matters. in 2015 we're still fighting. we're still fighting generations of indifference on the part of those in power. the statistics tell the story. 25% of black households, that's one in four, 25% of black households live below the poverty line as compared to 8% for white households. one out of three black children, our children, lives in poverty. african-americans are twice as likely as whites to be unemployed. african-americans earn $13,000 less per year than their white counterparts. the unemployment rate of african-americans has consistently been twice as high as for whites over the last 50 years. for every $100 in wealth of a white household, the black household only has $6 in wealth. what is th

the flames like my family, never be forgotten. that's martin greenfield 70 years after being liberated from auschwitz death camp. there's another article from c.b.c. news including this regarding mordecai 82, born with family name, markovitz. he would be making his second visit to auschwitz for the commemoration ceremonies. nearly 12 roanian saw auschwitz for the first time as a prisoner after soldiers forced all the jews in his hungarian town into a ghetto and two weeks later shipped them in cattle cars to the camp. dr. joseph mengele, the nazi angel of death sent ronan's brother and two sisters to the gas chambers on arrival. he made a lifesaving decision when he held on to his father's hand and joined the line of men. he spent about two weeks at auschwitz where he witnessed soldiers using an infant for target practice and slept on piles of corpses to avoid selection for the gas chamber. he and his father were moved to a nearby labor camp where the brutality continued. one day his father told ronan he could no longer get up to work for the cement brigade. ronan last saw his father as soldiers took him away. it was the only day he remembers cryi