councilmember david katannia has a house member by the name of cindy rosenwald. she brought up this measure here today in committee and that's the plan, to get friends that are in other states to bring it up in front of house committees and basically pass this, and get it out to the public so people know that there's an issue in d.c. and the thought is if most americans realize that the district of colombia residents don't have equal voting rights, then maybe they'll support this and one day d.c. could become the 51st state. >> it's my understanding this has to be ratified by each of the states and that's the issue. so the cause is going right there to these different states. matt, is there a sense that there'll be a resolution? will they leave knowing that they have at least new hampshire's support in their push for statehood, do you know that yet? >> reporter: at this point i believe that the committee could consider it, not sure if it'll be a full vote in committee today. basically today is the hearing, and then it would be voted on