ms. norton. yes, except no on number 11, the first item. >> the first m.o.u. under 11, thank you very much. mr. sanchez? >> yes. >> mr. calton? >> yes and on consent agenda item 12, m.o.u. 9 and 10, with regard to the m.o.u. between district and young developer i want to disclose i'm the director and will recuse myself on the vote of these m.o.u.s to avoid clils. >> thank you. conflict of interest. thank you. ms. mendoza-mcdonnell. >> yes. >> thank you very much, that's consent. section d is -- [cheers and applause] thank you. we had no item severed so section e is proposals for action. we have several board policies for adoption. if i hear no objection from the board, i'd like to take one vote on all of them? seeing no objection, word policy 1312.3, universal complaint procedure, board policy hazardous substances, board policy 5111 admissions and bored policy 5117, district attendance. 5111.1, district residency was removed from the item and returned to the rules committee for additional discussion and staff report. board policy 5113.1, chronic absence and tr

ms. norton is recognized for the remainder of the hour as the designee of the minority leader. ms. norton: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate this time on the floor to speak about making the district of columbia the 51st state and i'm not going to simply glow about how important that would be for my district, because we have found that most americans believe we have the same rights they do. and i want to describe what one of the oldest cities in the united states, a city that is . gger than two states that is to say it has more residents than two states. more residents than vermont, more residents than wyoming and about as many residents as seven states of the union. the people i represent, 700,000 of them are number one in taxes paid to support the government of the united states. yet they have no representation whatsoever in that body down the hall, the senate of the united states. in fact, i'm grateful that the house understands that i should vote in committee where most of the work is done. but when a bill comes to the use floor, even if that bill singularly affects the reside

ms. norton: i think this is a really good approach to trying to start this discussion. and i'm pleased to support it. i'm curious if we've done any thinking and maybe we haven't, about how we would set up the blue ribbon commission that would be appointed and kind of what parameters they would have? have you done any thinking about that, or waiting for us to vote on it? >> i'm thinking about it. we talked about this at the meeting and we have examples in place of where they have done this. we don't want to recreate the wheel if we don't have to. so there are opportunities out there to take the best of what they've done to put the commission together. >> thank you, my apologies commissioner norton, i meant to say commissioner norton, not rachel. >> ms. min: i would like to say it's important that our students feel safe and supported in our schools, so i would like to ask if sfusd delegates could coauthor the resolution, because we find it's important for us as well. >> vice president cook. >> mr. cook: i want to thank my coauthor commissioner sanchez and hail leadership.

ms. norton: mr. speaker, when members attack one another on this floor we sometimes have to apologize publicly. what is the penalty when a presidential administration attacks children in our country? that's what's happening now at the border as children are forcibly taken from their parents. even if these children were being held in plarblee splendor, nothing -- palacial splendor, nothing could make up for being taken from the person they have known since birth. our country has always been family reunification. breaking with that policy and decency, donald trump and jeff sessions have advised a new deterrent from crossing the border and seeking asylum. says investigation -- says sessions, if you smuggle a child, then we're going to prosecute you and that child will be separated from you. if they want to attack border crossers, the trump administration should pick on somebody their own size. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from we

ms. norton: donald trump's corrective order no longer separating children parents takes them from the fire and hrows them into the inferno of military bases. costing the government for untold millions required to be spent for meals, air-conditioning, medical, dental and mental health. there are no good options when families enter the country seeking asylum but herding them together in internment camps is the worst of those available. that's why past administrations have released the detainees with ankle bracelets and frequent contact with the overwhelming majority reporting in. the courts are likely toed or aerosimilar remedy. it's time for the administration to look at practices that have worked instead of inventing inhumane ones that don't. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to highlight the people of iran who are sick and tired of living under the moolah's -- the mullah's rule and have taken to the streets across their country to dema