. >> it afternoon, everyone, my name is anna herrera. and codirector of the deportation defence program at the community services. i am here to provide my support for hilary ronen as president of the board. i have worked with supervisor ronen for almost seven years. first when she was chief of staff for a supervisor, and now as district nine supervisor, and hilary has been an incredible leader and ally of the immigrant community in san francisco. back when we had a real crisis at the border of unaccompanied children and families in 2014, it was hilary's idea that san francisco should be one of the first cities to provide a legal representation for unaccompanied children and families in our city, and since that time, she has continued advocating for more services, and more services for immigrant community and our leaders in san francisco. in this time of attacks against immigrant communities, we will hear more of it tonight, there is no one more fit to lead as the president of our board that supervisor ronen. thank you. >> thank you for y

anna sanchez, an, cesar vargas, nicole , cesar andreas sabria espinosa, denise rojas, ray panetta, kelly, crystal, carlos, mary anne, brittany, hugo, fernando, javier, marco drado, myra, fernando herrera, emily, sanchez,bruna, cynthia se, hugo alexander acosta, deana, louise, hector are a vera arez, juan carlos, trisha, maria, jose, carlos emanuel diaz-balart, louise roberto ara, sophia de la varga, gloria, alonzo, uri hernandez, oscar, ashley la madrid, gladys, mr. a joseph, miriam ocho, speaker, as this house adjourns after just today, one ruled bill, i implore my colleagues to take some time and think deeply about these individuals, their families and what our country stands for. it's certain -- it certainly isn't this political stunt by this majority, and it certainly isn't the status quo they are so proud to protect. . as members of the u.s. house of representatives we're a small group with a very large responsibility. the burden on us 435 americans is to represent 325 americans faithfully. to work together so tomorrow is better than today. let us not let these political distractions get in the way of our duty. instead, let's actually work together to give the voice to the voicel