. ♪ >> joining us in the studio to discuss the work of the 113th congress are lanay, director of the social and politic program. john, a republican strategist, and president of quinn gillespie journalists. so congressional ratings are very low. but that is new nothing. does it matter? >> i think it tends to disengage people from the process, they decide these guys are all jerks. they are never going to be helpful, so people feel they don't have confidence that they can engage in the political process and see change in a meaningful way. and they may be right at this point. but it really doesn't help them feel like they are active citizens. >> there was a poll on american's thoughts on syria, and two to one people today that congress should have the say on whether the u.s. engages in military strikes. >> we have been joking that two out of three people said congress should be sent to syria, but it is true, they are concerned particularly about getting into a war, and having congress involved gives sort of more oversight to what the president right be doing. even on the people don't wan

. >> reporter: the doctors told lanay it was sudden infant syndrome, sids. >> my kids are my soul. my kids are my heart. >> heartbreaking. following up on sebastian walker's report. we turn to dr. richard davis who is director of neonatal care unit. doctor, you heard this report as well. when we hear 40% of babies born are african-american, but 70% don't make it, how can this be? is this a peculiar problem just to cleveland, or do you see this in chicago? >> every city, every state looked at has a large gap between birth outcomes between black and white infants. >> what do you attribute this to? where we live in a society where the medicare is so good, when babies have such a good chance of making it, how can this be? >> the problem is not what happens after the babies are born. the problem is that they're born so early and they need all that intensive care to survive, and many of them do survive, but more don't than we would like. so preventing prematurity is really the only way to solve this problem. >> is it clear that this is a racial divide? how do we know it's not a socio-eco

i want to share the story of lanai havens. lanai is a single mother with a handsome 9-year-old son named conner. she works full time but she doesn't make a lot of money. she has to pay for child care, rent, transportation to work, utility costs and all the other expenses families face. now, that doesn't leave much food -- much money for food and certainly not for the healthy nutritious food that growing children need. now, conner suffers from anemia. without her $33 a week in food assistance, she says there's no way she's able to feed her son the protein and iron-rich food he desperately needs. she's terrified of what happens if she loses snap. now, i did the snap challenge and it's just not -- it's just enough to get by. you can't buy fresh vegetables or enough protein and the thought that we would make it even less for those americans who need it is unconscionable. i don't want conner to go hungry and i urge all of my colleagues to vote against this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma. mr