The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) just swore in its new members for the 119th session of Congress. Governor Wes Moore, only the third African American elected U.S. governor, ran down why this session is the most historic.

"This is a history-making CBC because we have a record 62 members of the Congressional Black Caucus that we are celebrating today. It's a history-making CBC because this CBC represents more states than ever before in our country's history. We don't just have the largest representation of Black women in CBC's history, but also for the first time, we have two Black women in the United States Senate representing the CBC."

Those two new women are Lisa Blunt Rochester, elected as Delaware's first female Black senator, and, in Maryland, Angela Alsobrooks.

The CBC started in 1971 with just 13 founding members.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices