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• We will need to work with other countries to ensure that China is fully denied critical goods necessary
• I am fully committed to protecting our national security, promoting transparency, and ensuring it counts
• I think before we start adding other regulations making sure that with the tools we've used are fully
• Will you commit to fully investigating the supervisory because there's no doubt there was supervisory
• Yes, I fully agree. I've asked my questions too quickly. I have 20 seconds.

Keywords: legislation, housing affordability, financial regulation, public testimony, accountability, oversight

Summary: The meeting involved significant discussions around key legislative proposals, primarily focusing on various bills such as HB2 and SB5. The committee examined the implications of these bills on issues like housing affordability and financial regulation. Notable members engaged in debates, providing differing perspectives on the potential economic impacts of the proposed bills. The meeting witnessed public testimony, which included a call for accountability in government actions and oversight of current financial policies. Members echoed concerns about following through on commitments to address critical issues affecting everyday Americans.

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• born alive, which is basically all of us, every one of our kids, every infant born alive, shall be fully
• They are a fully human child that has that opportunity to live just like Everett has lived.
• This afternoon, a born-alive infant as the result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human
• Of course, every infant born alive any other way is fully recognized as human.
• Abortion is fully funded, same as it has been. So tell the truth and be honest with Minnesotans.

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• Right now, he has 25 occupied beds, and multiple times this year they have been fully occupied at the
• this<00:15:28.360> year<00:15:28.560> we<00:15:28.720> work<00:15:29.079> fully
• ><00:15:29.440> occupied<00:15:30.000> at<00:15:30.199> the this year we work fully
• occupied at the this year we work fully occupied at the at<00:15:30.880> the<00:15:31.040>
• That sounds awfully high, and that may just be the total number of people in the fully insured market

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• None of them have fully addressed the affordability question for creative workers.
• None of them have fully addressed the affordability question for creative workers.
• The data is not fully captured. It doesn't feel like it's having as big of an impact.
• And it was mentioned, how do we fully impact the economic value of art?
• We just have to fund it fully and keep it going.

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Arts held an informational hearing on California’s first sector-specific creative economy strategic plan, “California’s Future Is Creative,” developed under AB 127 and related legislation. Chair Allen framed the plan as a response to California’s large but vulnerable creative economy, citing workforce losses, federal funding headwinds, and the need to support artists, cultural organizations, public media, museums, cultural districts, and film/TV production. He also highlighted budget asks including support for California Humanities, museums, public media, cultural districts, a post-production incentive proposal (AB 2319), and funding to implement the strategic plan. California Arts Council Director Danielle Brazel, Institute for the Future’s Rachel Hatch, CDE’s Allison Frenzel, and CWDB’s Michael Weoff described the planning process, which included a 30-plus-member work group, interagency coordination, and a phased approach from framework development to implementation and evaluation. They identified major forces shaping the sector over the next decade, including AI, climate disruption, affordability, access to capital, and social cohesion, and outlined six action areas: workforce preparation, business stabilization, cultural identity/tourism, cross-sector incentives, ROI/data tracking, and state capacity/infrastructure. Members and panelists repeatedly emphasized that the plan must be resourced and integrated across agencies rather than left siloed. A second panel of practitioners and advocates focused on workforce pathways and local implementation. Ricarlo Handy described the Handy Foundation’s registered apprenticeship pipeline into film and TV jobs and argued that current data systems undercount gig, 1099, and LLC-based creative work. Joanna Reynolds discussed Arts for LA’s Creative Jobs Collective, which aims to create 10,000 living-wage creative jobs in Los Angeles County by 2030, while Alejandro Gutierrez Chavez urged embedding artists in health, aging, and behavioral health systems as community problem-solvers. Roxanne Messina Kaptur spoke about the need to normalize arts careers and expand residency and school-based models. Senator Rubio, who joined later, shared her own arts and teaching background, supported arts access in schools and small theaters, and raised concerns about AI, asking how schools and educators can adapt. In the final panel, Rebecca Ratzkin reported on 26 statewide town halls with more than 1,100 attendees, which confirmed support for the plan but also highlighted needs for better information access, new financial models, stronger definitions and data, and more partnerships. Julie Baker of California for the Arts and California Arts Advocates urged sustained public funding, saying the plan is actionable only if the Legislature and administration provide resources, including increased California Arts Council funding and support for implementation. No formal votes were taken; the hearing was informational and concluded with calls for continued legislative and cross-agency collaboration.

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• Colby, if confirmed, will you commit to working with this committee to fully modernize all aspects of
• Senator, I fully share your concerns based on what I'm seeing.
• Do you fully support the President's return to maximum pressure? I do.
• I fully agree with you about that.
• Because I agree, I'm fully supportive of him.

Keywords: defense, geopolitical tensions, military readiness, China, Russia, U.S. military, Indo-Pacific, alliance, procurement

Summary: The meeting focused on critical defense and security matters, particularly concerning the ongoing geopolitical tensions involving China and Russia. There were discussions surrounding U.S. military readiness, with significant emphasis on the potential threats posed by China in the Indo-Pacific region. Members expressed concerns about America's military capabilities in relation to the growing Chinese fleet and the importance of maintaining strong alliances with nations like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Additionally, the notion of prioritizing the defense industrial base was highlighted, emphasizing the need for effective procurement and modernization efforts to counter adversarial threats. Furthermore, notable commentary included a reference to President Zelensky's remarks regarding peace negotiations with Ukraine, expressing a willingness for further cooperation with the U.S.

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• As a young worker, I've learned that it can be difficult to advocate for yourself when you don't fully
• As a young worker, I've learned that it can be difficult to advocate for yourself when you don't fully
• I know we're fully on record since the beginning of this.
• The issue is that SB 988, as drafted, does not fully account for how auto glass claims actually work
• I know we're fully on record since the beginning of this.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 99, which would require courts and law enforcement to better recognize military protective orders in domestic violence cases and allow civilian judges to consider those orders when reviewing restraining order requests. Supporters, including the Department of Defense and military-related organizations, said the bill would close jurisdictional gaps that leave military families vulnerable off base. The bill drew no opposition and was approved on a unanimous vote, with members also expressing support for the author’s request to be added as coauthors. Members then heard SB 1237, a pay equity reporting enforcement bill that would increase penalties for repeat noncompliance with California’s employer pay-data reporting requirements. The author and supporters from Power California Action and HOPE argued that stronger penalties are needed because the state is still missing pay data for hundreds of thousands of workers and wage gaps persist, especially for women of color. There was no opposition testimony, but one member voted no; the bill passed to Appropriations and was placed on call. SB 1387 followed, proposing to allow Jewish identity to be reported as an ethnic category in state demographic data collection. Supporters said the change would improve data accuracy and help identify discrimination, while opponents from Jewish Voice for Peace and other Jewish speakers argued the bill was unworkable, unnecessary, and could be harmful or exceptionalizing. The committee approved the bill on a unanimous vote to Privacy. The committee also approved SB 932, which would require assignees filing civil actions to identify the original party in the case caption, after testimony that the change would improve transparency and help courts, the public, and journalists track assigned claims. SB 988, an auto glass industry bill, drew the most extensive debate: the author and the National Insurance Crime Bureau said it would curb fraud, restrict certain assignment-of-benefits practices, and improve consumer safety, while independent glass shops and their associations warned it could restrict consumer choice and favor insurers or large networks. Despite those concerns, the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1296, requiring landlords to disclose pet policies before collecting application fees, also passed after supporters described the bill as a narrow transparency measure and opponents raised concerns about pet addenda and eviction procedures. Finally, SB 747, the “No Kings Act,” would create a state cause of action for constitutional violations by federal officers; supporters cited abuses by ICE and Border Patrol and the need for accountability, while law enforcement groups warned about uncertainty around qualified immunity and retroactivity. The bill was supported by several members, but the transcript ends before a final committee vote is shown.

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• We do fully fund the defined calculations as requested by the governor.
• We do fully fund the defined calculations as requested by the governor.
• In statewide mission, first of all, we fully fund the governor's request for defined calculation costs
• <00:29:02.120> fund<00:29:02.480> the general fund in order to fully fund the general
• fund in order to fully fund the Commonwealth<00:29:02.960> Attorney<00:29:03.280> 2020

Keywords: 958, all

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• <00:15:11.519> goes creates a silence that never fully goes creates a silence that never fully
• glad we have done it now and uh I fully glad we have done it now and uh I fully support<00:25:51.520
• <00:26:11.120> and thank you very much and I fully and thank you very much and I fully and
• So fully autonomous vehicles of project.
• <01:46:50.960> functioned that our brains aren't fully functioned that our brains aren't fully

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Yes, so I know exactly the places you're talking about; I get it fully.
• Yeah, I still don't fully understand.
• And then also to your requirement to be fully funded.
• Our students range from fully nonverbal to fully independent.
• Momentum and ensure special education in Texas is fully and equitably funded.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Parole, fully, actually, slightly more than 2% of the population in Texas have had their voting rights
• hear personal stories about people regaining that right and knowing they get to re-engage in society fully
• sure that everyone has a voice, especially those who have paid their debt to society and are ready to fully
• the rules, and come home ready to contribute, they deserve a clear path to participation. path to fully

Bills: SJR57, SCR8, SB8, SB14, SB24, SB108, SB112, SB125, SB213, SB251, SB315, SB318, SB371, SB378, SB379, SB472, SB487, SB502, SB513, SB565, SB621, SB650, SB689, SB707, SB710, SB761, SB763, SB815, SB854, SB875, SB896, SB916, SB925, SB958, SB961, SB965, SB973, SB987, SB990, SB995, SB1006, SB1018, SB1019, SB1024, SB1026, SB1146, SB1194, SB1198, SB1253, SB1330, SB1343, SB1362, SB1379, SB1497, SB1498, SB1527, SB1532, SB1547, SB1596, SJR36, SJR12, SJR57, SCR22, SCR12, SCR8, SB565, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB925, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB815, SB1379, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB241, SB304, SB621, SB1023, SB1024, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB502, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB985, SB965, SB1119, SB1505, SB24, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB761, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB1527, SB125, SB599, SB1330, SB53, SB916, SB896, SB1352, SB973, SB785, SB710, SB472, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB1547, SB961, SB1038, SB513, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB108, SB8, SB318, SB507, SB533, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB1198, SB1146, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB503, SJR37, SB16, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB924, SB1029, SB1185, SB1202, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1697, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB1535, SB827, SB1585, SB207, SB1207, SB1619, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741

Keywords: central bank digital currency, CBDC, Federal Reserve, digital dollar, digital currency, cashless payments, financial privacy, cybersecurity, government surveillance, financial surveillance, money laundering, terrorism financing, illicit finance, banking policy, monetary policy, payments system, commercial banks, Texas Legislature, concurrent resolution, federal reserve digital currency

Transcript Highlights:

• And it will meet the needs of our most vulnerable students and ensure that it's fully integrated into
• every policy in the ...vulnerable students and ensure that it's fully integrated into every policy and
• So our office members are already fully funded through IDEA funds to fulfill our general supervision
• that to continue, and I, as well as the rest of my educational colleagues across this state, remain fully
• Thank you. ...this state, remain fully supportive of it. Thank you. Thank you.

Bills: HB30, HB120, HJR1, SB210, SB306

Keywords: teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model

Transcript Highlights:

• alleviating some of the pressure off of this while still maintaining the final outcome is that they have fully
• The reserves have to be fully funded.
• The amount of contributions we need to contribute to be fully reserved, meant that we would be fully
• what's the sense of having really strict plans, really strict requirements for Rick Warren condos to be fully
• you let the reporting companies lets, you know, report that to, you know, that it would be either fully

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I fully recognize we implemented this not during a busy season, not during the tax season, but that was
• We haven't fully built it out, but it's a start.
• It'll probably take us about 16 to 18 months to fully develop it because not only are we receiving calls
• I fully realize there are bad actors out there, but in a lot of cases, there are just bad things that
• Hopefully, that goes live and we get that up and running fully by the end of session.

Keywords: 914, all

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• However, seven years after the Mission Act was signed into law, it is still not fully living up to its
• VA appointments, proactive outreach campaigns, and partnerships with VSOs can ensure veterans are fully
• And so, is that being fully used, and is it fully effective? I guess that's...
• Let's roll this out as a pilot project and then put it on a four-year path to fully implement it.
• Do you think the VA could ever open enough residential rehab facilities to fully meet the veterans?

Transcript Highlights:

• of the original statute as a participant because they fall under a different statute, but they are fully
• sworn officers and fully certified, and they do turn many weapons in to the State Police.
• They are fully sworn officers and fully certified, and they do turn many weapons in to the State Police

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection convened with a quorum, opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer, and briefly discussed the ongoing flooding in eastern Kentucky. Members and the chair asked for prayers for affected families, first responders, utility workers, and others dealing with the disaster. The chair also reminded members about Military Kids Day on Tuesday, February 25 at 9:00 a.m. The committee then took up House Bill 234. Sean Butler, executive director of the Kentucky Police Chiefs Association, testified that the bill would fix an omission in current law so airport police departments can participate in grant funding when they turn in firearms for destruction or sale through the Kentucky State Police, as other departments already can. He said airport police are fully sworn and certified officers but were left out because they fall under a different statute. After questions, the committee voted on the bill and it passed with favorable expressions, advancing to the House floor. The chair said the second bill would not be considered that day because of unresolved issues and would be brought back later. A member also asked to register attendance before the meeting concluded.

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• <00:58:56.319> reserved the first fiatbacked and fully reserved the first fiatbacked and fully
• I bolded the fiatbacked and fully year.
• Second attempt at a fully reserved financial instrument.
• rules before they can be fully rules before they can be fully promulgated.<01:09:42.799> And<
• <01:15:56.960> reserved fully reserved fully reserved from<01:15:59.840> a<01:16:00.000

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Stable Token Study Commission held its first regular meeting, welcomed all remaining appointed members, and completed brief introductions from legislators and agency designees. The chair outlined the commission’s plan to use the first part of the enabling legislation as a “level-setting” discussion, focusing this meeting on the basics of blockchain, the current landscape for stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets, and leaving blockchain-based trust for a later meeting. No votes were taken. The main presentation came from Deanna Bario Zales of the Global Blockchain Business Council, who described stablecoins as increasingly converging toward fiat-backed or asset-backed models, with algorithmic designs viewed more cautiously. She said stablecoins are being used for payments, remittances, DeFi activity, cross-border transfers, retail use in high-inflation markets, and treasury functions, while noting risks such as peg instability, reserve transparency, counterparty and network risk, and possible capital flight from weaker banking systems. She cited growth in supply, wallet activity, and transfer volume, and said U.S.-pegged stablecoins dominate the market, with USDT and USDC leading. Zales also discussed tokenized real-world assets, describing them as digital representations of physical assets that can enable fractional ownership, liquidity, and faster settlement. She said the market is growing quickly, with institutional participation from firms such as BlackRock and Franklin Templeton, and projected continued expansion. She closed with an overview of regulatory developments, emphasizing the new U.S. stablecoin framework under the Genius Act, the proposed Clarity Act, OCC guidance, and similar regimes in the EU, UK, UAE, Singapore, Japan, and elsewhere, all of which she said are shaping compliance requirements and market development.

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• That phase one, again, is fully funded.
• Again, the trunk highway project's fully funded.
• Again, the trunk highway project's fully funded.
• <01:36:03.520> funded Highway portions of it are fully funded Highway portions of it are fully
• <01:37:21.080> funded trunk Highway Project's fully funded trunk Highway Project's fully funded

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And more of what you all are fully.
• Now, we haven't fully understood everything yet, to be honest with you.
• , I'll let the attorney answer it fully, I'll let the attorney answer it fully, but<01:27:36.920>
• Now, we haven't fully good on.
• DC that are talking to us haven't fully DC that are talking to us haven't fully understood<01:28

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Postsecondary Education Committee held its first-ever meeting and first meeting of the session, with Chairman Tipton outlining committee procedures, attendance rules, and the process for submitting committee substitutes. After a roll call confirmed full attendance, the committee heard a presentation from Senator David Givens on the history and purpose of Kentucky’s performance-based funding model for postsecondary education. Givens said the model was created to replace an older “shares” approach that distributed funds based largely on prior-year allocations, and argued the new system better aligns funding with student success and the state’s long-term educational attainment goals. Council for Postsecondary Education President Aaron Thompson and CPE staff then explained the model in more detail. They said the system was designed to address long-standing funding disparities among institutions, reward outcomes such as degrees, credit-hour progression, and completion in high-demand fields, and support the state’s “60 by 30” goal of having 60% of Kentuckians hold a postsecondary credential by 2030. Thompson said Kentucky is now at 56.2% attainment, above the national average, and highlighted gains in graduation and retention rates, lower student borrowing, and improved completion outcomes. He also emphasized that the model is part of a broader strategy that includes affordability, adult learners, low-income students, and wrap-around support services. CPE staff described the work group process that developed and periodically revises the model, noting that the General Assembly created the framework in House Bill 303 and later enacted Senate Bill 153 and Senate Bill 191 to codify changes. They explained that in 2016 the legislature carved out about 5% of institutional budgets, roughly $43 million, to be redistributed through the new model, and that the model has been reviewed every three years with changes made each time. Recent revisions included increasing the student-success weight, adding a premium for low-income students, creating a premium for adult learners, and redefining underrepresented students as first-generation college students. No votes were taken at this meeting, and the committee adjourned after the informational presentation and discussion.

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• I don't have enough resources to do it, and so again, I'm fully supportive of the REACT.
• And so, again, I'm fully supportive of the REACT.
• <00:41:26.079> staffed because we're not fully staffed because we're not fully staffed as<
• break each of these requ has to be fully break each of these requ has to be fully responded<00:42
• <00:48:36.839> or to fully fund to fund fully or to fully fund to fund fully or permanently

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Education Policy Committee approved the minutes from January 21, 2025, and then heard testimony from several school superintendents about the financial and operational impact of recent education-related mandates. Chair Bennett framed the hearing as an opportunity to hear from districts about the effects of more than 65 new mandates and restrictions adopted in recent years. The first witnesses were Corey McIntyre of Anoka-Hennepin, Michael Thomas of Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, and David Law of Minnetonka Public Schools. The superintendents said districts are facing rising costs, flat or declining enrollment, the end of federal pandemic aid, and mandates they described as unfunded or underfunded. McIntyre cited major budget cuts in Anoka-Hennepin, including reductions in central office staff, and said the district faces continuing shortfalls tied to special education, multilingual learner costs, unemployment claims, paid leave, transportation, literacy materials, and the K-3 discipline statute. Thomas said Prior Lake-Savage is balancing growing student needs against limited revenue, and argued that mandates such as REACT and other requirements should be delayed or better funded so districts can implement them with fidelity. Law said the concerns are statewide, not just metro-based, and criticized the accumulation of expectations around food service, mental health, sick and safe time, unemployment, and family leave without corresponding resources. Several witnesses emphasized that school budgets are heavily committed to staff costs and that new obligations create administrative burdens as well as direct expenses. They urged lawmakers to reduce, delay, or better fund mandates, adjust timelines, and provide more flexibility in local revenue tools and equalization aid. No votes were taken on legislation during this portion of the meeting beyond approval of the prior day’s minutes.

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• We know our school systems are thousands of mental health professionals short of fully serving students
• serving students, which have only fully serving students, which have only grown<00:01:24.640> in<
• staffing mental and physical fully staffing mental and physical health<00:03:57.400> teams<00
• I just want to make sure I'm fully understanding this sheet.
• I just want to make sure I'm fully understanding this sheet.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all