and so one, as i thought about the amendment, and i had a conversation to briefly chat with mr. ong and miss min about this, is at first, it was something that seemed like i might be inclined to support, but as i sit here, listening to public comment today, i more and more understand that, one, i can't support the amendment, but two, maybe we need to have further conversation about our policy, because if i vote tonight, i'm going to vote for the policy without the amendment, because again, i have a job to make sure all our students have equitiable access. and that's where i stand on this. [ inaudible ] >> commissioner norton. sorry, sorry, we had public comment. >> excuse me, you had your turn, ma'am. >> ma'am, if you don't -- please, thank you. miss norton? >> so i want to first say that i -- i think it's crazy the situation that we're in. i think that all of us would much prefer that the arts and school's equally funded so we shouldn't have a conversation about who we should charge and who we shouldn't charge to fund or arts programs at our schools. so that feels very -- just sad

mr. speaker, should go hungry. everyone deserves a full shot at living a full, healthy, and productive life. anded add ong policy cancy of our nation's anti-hunger and anti-poverty groups, we truly can work to end hunger once and for all. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess for a period of less than 15 minutes. ess for a riod s thannutes. "washington journal" continues. kildeeongressman dan joins us. talk about president trump's recent infrastructure proposal come i want to talk about the gun debate taking place in capitol hill. do you get a sense that something is different about this debate that it will end differently than past debates question mark it [video clip] feels like that may be happening it's the cumulative effect of