the time has come for us to be politically mature enough to have great comfort in the fact that we can do this challenge if we have to. we cannot do this in silence. we cannot represent you in silence. as a matter of fact, the reason the tea party is so strong is because they stepped up, they talked up, and they worked it. they are not nearly the numbers that we are, but look at the force they have been able to yield in this country. they have influenced the decision of the bill that literally decided whether or not we would increase the debt ceiling. we have had to suffer all of these budget cuts. if we are silent, we cannot protect the people. if we are silent, we cannot protect the president. if we do not speak up, if we do not show up, and if we do not do everything we can possibly do, our communities are going to be worse off. our children will graduate from college and they will not have any job. we will not be able to get mortgages. we will not be able to create the we
cleaver. thank you for being with us. in our studio here in washington, two journalists, jonathan alan and cut peter ralston. congressman, thank you for being with us. i want to ask you for about the last few months when congressional black caucus members have been openly critical of obama, and especially focused on the lack jobs in black commities. do you think you will have accomplished anything yet in terms of getting specific action from the it ministration? the main reason for the five- city stop and our jobs there is that we have been able to get jobs for some individuals who so desperately wanted those jobs. some of them stood in line from 4:30 a.m. until the late afternoon. in atlanta, we had over 5000 people turned out and 12 had to be taken to the hospital because there were overcome by heat. we do think that the administration saw what we saw, but more significantly, the enti nation saw the pair are people who are in excruciating entire nation saw that there