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• more secure and so much more.
• <02:25:01.280> As NATO infrastructure commitments. As NATO infrastructure commitments.
• infrastructure by almost $200 million. infrastructure by almost $200 million.
• member of the Homeland Security member of the Homeland Security Committee,<07:42:19.440> I
• <07:57:28.718> of the safe and safety and security of the safe and safety and security of

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <00:03:24.800> resources, development on infrastructure resources, development on infrastructure
• data safe and secure domestically.
• . infrastructure. infrastructure. um<00:37:03.440> that<00:37:03.760> energy<00:37:04.079
• , and I just want to be careful about us calling data centers essential infrastructure.
• Those are essential things, and we need infrastructure for those.

Bills: HF2928, HF2912, HF2297

Keywords: water appropriation, data centers, environmental review, energy conservation, permit application, carbon-free energy, geothermal energy, renewable energy, Macalester College, appropriation, sustainability, solar energy, pollinator programs, license plates, agrivoltaics, environmental sustainability, 1183, house

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• What I did ask for NDIT, our partners over there, is to go back and just validate the security of those
• The green slice, the 17%, is $139 million, and that is the BND Legacy Infrastructure Loan Fund.
• And infrastructure. The net benefit is almost $9 million after paying those? That's correct.
• And infrastructure is one of them. There's infrastructure and then there's infrastructure.
• maybe the work that Grovener does is commercial infrastructure.

Keywords: 908, all

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• <00:02:54.760> items this first the Safety and Security items this first the Safety and Security
• be so it's systemwide safety security be so it's systemwide safety security which<00:05:11.039><
• <00:07:28.560> and things we are Staffing security and things we are Staffing security and
• That extends our security infrastructure even farther and sometimes puts it in places that are dark,
• a security officer division, okay?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• > location SharePoint provides a secure location SharePoint provides a secure location for<00:
• handguns, just not locked up, not secure handguns, just not locked up, not secure at<00:41:07.280
• <00:47:06.960> at that that have not been uh secured at that that have not been uh secured
• <00:58:56.079> or<00:58:56.400> commercial infrastructure or commercial infrastructure
• infrastructure or do I join this thing? infrastructure or do I join this thing?

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:03 Summary of Staff Report on the Firefighter Commission Minimum Training Standards and Administrative Spending- 00:01:00 Staff Update on Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel 00:16:00 Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Panel Representatives Available for Questions-00:39:34 Kentucky State Police & Finance Cabinet Status Update on Kentucky Statewide Emergency Responder Voice System-00:52:35 Adjournment-01:46:24, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from December 19 and June 12, then received a staff report on the Kentucky Fire Commission’s minimum training standards and administrative spending. Staff explained that the commission’s current minimum training hours are 115 for volunteer firefighters and 300 for paid firefighters, down from 150 and 400 before January 1, 2023, after the commission removed elective classes not directly tied to NFPA standards. The report found the commission’s certification testing aligns fully with NFPA standards, but recommended that the commission formally promulgate regulations establishing the reduced training hours. On finances, staff said the commission complied with the first statutory cap on administrative reimbursements to KCTCS, but could not verify compliance with a second, more specific cap because the finance system does not break out program-level costs and the statute is vague. Staff recommended the commission work with KCTCS to fix that issue and suggested the General Assembly may wish to clarify the statute. After questions about reimbursement levels and investment income, the committee voted to accept the report. The committee then heard an update on the Kentucky Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel. Staff reported that the panel has implemented two of three prior recommendations: it revised its agency notification letter to clearly state the 90-day response deadline and added response prompts and checkboxes to improve completeness. The third recommendation, to adopt formal written procedures, remains in progress; staff said the panel plans to develop those procedures alongside its new case management system. The panel is meeting its statutory membership and meeting requirements, but agency responses to its recommendations have been inconsistent: 48% were timely and appropriate in 2022, 36% in 2023, and 82% in 2024, though only three of nine timely 2024 responses were fully complete. Staff also described the new case management system project, funded with $200,000 in one-time money, and recommended the panel consult budget staff about use of those funds beyond fiscal year 2025. They reissued the recommendation that the panel develop written procedures for case review, findings, recommendations, and annual reports. Committee members raised concerns about the lack of penalties for noncompliance, the volume and length of panel meetings, and technology barriers to reviewing cases, and one member said the panel’s findings should inform future legislation.

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• infrastructure infrastructure survivability<04:03:04.120> and survivability and survivability
• or physical security planning, and that's both for the transmission and the distribution infrastructure
• <05:19:09.320> infrastructure<05:19:10.040> Security cyber C security infrastructure
• Security cyber C security infrastructure Security Agency<05:19:11.040> or<05:19:11.240> sisa
• or physical security cyber security or physical security planning<05:19:58.040> uh<05:19:58.160

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I've spent more time than I ever anticipated on capital security and on gun violence prevention, which
• You mentioned gun violence and capital security. >> I want to give a lot of credit to my colleagues in
• . security. security.
• and infrastructure and capital investments<00:05:09.280> are<00:05:09.600> going<00:05
• as Senator Raric is infrastructure as Senator Raric is describing<00:07:33.280> there.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• One is the transmission security analysis that I referenced earlier with Chairman Darby.
• To centralize infrastructure, we need to decentralize it, sounds like. Yep. Agreed.
• Federal agencies, databases as well, national security-related.
• Crusoe is the industry's first vertically-integrated AI infrastructure company.
• financing to invest in North American infrastructure.

Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• We know that enhancing infrastructure and improving accessibility creates a more welcoming environment
• <00:22:51.840> that<00:22:52.000> keeps<00:22:52.240> them of infrastructure
• that keeps them of infrastructure that keeps them downtown<00:22:53.440> we<00:22:53.559>
• <00:23:00.600> and<00:23:00.760> improving infrastructure and improving infrastructure
• <00:40:35.040> from<00:40:35.280> our<00:40:35.400> greater infrastructure from

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• And we have Quentin Palfrey, who's the director of the Federal Funds and Infrastructure Office with the
• Medicare, Social Security, things like that.
• It helps sustain research labs and infrastructure and pay critical research staff.
• I'm Governor Healey's Director of Federal Funds and Infrastructure for Massachusetts.
• every federal dollar possible for Massachusetts infrastructure projects.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The inaugural hearing of the newly named House Committee on Federal Funding, Policy and Accountability focused on how federal policy changes could affect Massachusetts, especially in education, health care, research, infrastructure, climate, and business conditions. Chair LaNatra said the committee was created to monitor federal funding decisions and their impacts on state programs and services. Members introduced themselves, then heard testimony from Doug Howgate of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, Sarah Mills of Associated Industries of Massachusetts, and Quentin Palfrey, the governor’s Director of Federal Funds and Infrastructure. Howgate argued that the Trump administration and new Congress pose ideological, practical, and process-related risks to Massachusetts, citing proposed cuts to Medicaid, education, research, and other domestic programs. He said federal dollars make up about a quarter of the state operating budget and capital plan, warned against using one-time reserves to backfill ongoing federal cuts, and urged the state to prioritize core services while protecting areas where Massachusetts is especially strong, such as higher education and research. In response to committee questions, he said the House Medicaid proposal would still cost Massachusetts hundreds of millions and that international student and NIH-related changes could harm the state’s labor force and innovation economy. He also advised that the state communicate clearly without overreacting to daily federal developments. Mills testified that AIM members are most concerned about uncertainty, tariffs, Medicaid cuts, and NIH reductions. She said tariffs are raising costs, disrupting supply chains, and hurting small and medium-sized businesses, housing construction, and exporters, with AIM’s business confidence index falling to its lowest level since the pandemic. She said Medicaid cuts would raise employer health costs, reduce productivity, and strain the health care system, while NIH cuts would threaten Massachusetts’ life sciences and academic research ecosystem. In questions, she said AIM has increased federal outreach, is coordinating with the U.S. Chamber and the Massachusetts delegation, and is hearing concerns from employers about immigration compliance and workforce disruptions. Palfrey described the Healey-Driscoll administration’s efforts to maximize federal funding, including a biweekly interagency council, a municipal partnership effort, and a statewide roadshow. He said Massachusetts has secured nearly $9 billion from major federal laws for projects such as the Cape Cod bridges, Allston Multimodal, grid modernization, clean-energy school buses, and broadband. He also said the administration launched a public website to track federal impacts and is working with municipalities, nonprofits, and the Attorney General on grant changes, legal issues, and litigation. In response to questions, he warned that cuts to NOAA, NSF, Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs could affect services and the state budget, and said the administration is tracking changes to federal grant applications and conditions. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational only.

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• secure youth treatment facility and youth who are committed to the secure youth treatment facility but
• And that's 37 secure youth treatment facilities in the state of California.
• Secure youth treatment facilities in the state of California.
• So now we have 37 secure youth treatment facilities.
• Cancellation of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program.

Summary: The committee heard a broad public safety budget hearing focused on youth justice funding, probation incentive grants, and disaster response and recovery. On the youth justice item, the Office of Youth and Community Restoration described a proposed change to the JJRBG funding formula that would shift resources away from a DJJ-based measure and toward county youth population, serious offenses, and step-down placements in less restrictive programs. Members asked about data on Native American youth; OYCR said statewide data are limited, but its SYTF data show about 1% of youth in secure youth treatment facilities were Native in 2024. The Department of Finance had no objections, and the item was discussed as a way to support alternatives to long-term incarceration. The committee then reviewed the community corrections performance incentive program for county probation departments. The Department of Finance proposed stabilizing the program with a maintenance payment, updating the performance baseline, and adding a growth factor; the LAO agreed the formula needed changes but recommended using 2022-23 data instead of 2021-23, using marginal rather than average cost assumptions, rejecting the growth payment and minimum guarantee, and adding stronger oversight through the BSCC. Finance said it was open to some technical changes but opposed a new BSCC audit framework, noting Judicial Council already surveys probation departments and that evidence-based practice use has increased over time. Members and staff indicated the proposal still needed further work. A major portion of the hearing focused on the January 2025 Southern California wildfires and state disaster response. A resident of Altadena gave emotional testimony about evacuation failures, loss of home, and the need for accountability. LAO and Cal OES outlined the disaster response and recovery system, including mutual aid, alert and warning, debris removal, FEMA and state funding streams, and the long timeline for reimbursement. Cal OES said it had pre-positioned resources, temporarily took over the county’s wireless emergency alert function for about three weeks, coordinated debris removal and recovery operations, and had already allocated more than $286 million in state funds. Officials also discussed the 100% federal cost share for emergency work for 180 days and the uncertainty created by changing federal processes and the cancellation of the BRIC resilience program. The committee also heard two smaller Cal OES items: a request to reappropriate about $22 million for the law enforcement mutual aid reimbursement program, which the LAO said should be placed in statute with clearer goals and reporting, and an update on Victims of Crime Act funding, where Cal OES said federal VOCA allocations have fallen sharply and that roughly $224 million would be needed to maintain current service levels if federal funding does not improve. Public comment included a request for funding to expand datacasting and emergency alert receivers for wildfire and earthquake warning.

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• <00:04:25.040> and<00:04:25.280> emergency homeland security and emergency homeland
• And on line 24 or 94, we infrastructure.
• that contributes to the safety and security of our communities.
• to the safety and security of our to the safety and security of our communities.<00:31:22.000> We<
• , to establish economic security, to establish economic security, independence,<00:32:09.679>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• If we cannot produce our own secure.
• presentation about the energy security presentation about the energy security plan<00:26:26.799>
• trying to repay for the infrastructure. trying to repay for the infrastructure.
• <00:46:06.800> And charging infrastructure. Perfect. And charging infrastructure.
• So, of in our energy security plan.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committees received an informational briefing from Hawaii DOT and related partners on the Navahine settlement and the department’s plan to meet its climate and transportation commitments. Speakers described the settlement as a first-of-its-kind agreement rooted in the state constitution, the public trust doctrine, and prior legislative findings and laws, including Act 131. They said the settlement is intended to formalize DOT’s work, establish milestones, and keep climate and transportation policy less dependent on changes in administration. The presentation emphasized that transportation is Hawaii’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and that the plan is aimed at meeting 2030 and 2045 clean energy goals. DOT outlined several major implementation pieces: creation of a new Office of Energy Security and Community Outreach, formation of a youth council, and development of an emissions reduction plan that will be updated over time. The youth council reported on its membership, statewide representation, meetings, and work on charter, bylaws, and committees focused on policy and legislation, events and advocacy, and ground transportation. Youth members said they provided feedback on the energy security plan and discussed walk audits and safe routes to school. The department also described a new project-scoring tool to measure greenhouse gas impacts of every DOT project, which it said is intended to make Hawaii a national leader in evaluating transportation emissions. A major topic was the settlement’s transportation network requirement, which speakers said compresses roughly 15 years of pedestrian, bicycle, and transit network work into five years and will require about $40 million to $50 million per year over the next five years. They said a GIS map is being developed to identify gaps and that the work will involve counties and other partners, with benefits for safety, connectivity, and emissions reduction. Other topics included clean fuel standards, electrification of ground transportation, sustainable aviation fuel, marine fuel transitions, cold ironing at ports, and the costs and availability challenges associated with those transitions. DOT also reported progress on EV charging infrastructure, including two completed sites and more planned, and said it is using a sustainability partner contract to maintain chargers and recover only electricity costs. The briefing also highlighted carbon sequestration and fire mitigation work, including native tree planting. DOT said it has exceeded its minimum annual tree-planting commitment, with 3,000 trees planted in 2024 and 4,200 by mid-2025, and noted that the Legislature provided $15 million for fire mitigation that is being used for this work. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the informational briefing.

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• Infrastructure is critical for the community colleges to keep up with cyber security needs and service
• , maintenance, energy management, and maintenance infrastructure. maintenance infrastructure maintenance
• We have the main entrance security improvements at $480,000.
• We have the main entrance security improvements at $480,000.
• We have the main entrance security improvements at $480,000.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing and work session on House Bill 25/25A, the capital improvements budget. Representative David Mills introduced HB 25A, which makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapses from prior appropriations, noting it is based on Governor Ayotte’s budget. The hearing then focused on requests to add or restore funding for several projects, including community college capital needs, Veterans Home ADA and safety upgrades, career and technical education renovations in Milford, and airport infrastructure funding. Shannon Reed of the Community College System of New Hampshire asked for an additional $2.6 million for IT infrastructure, critical maintenance, and energy management systems, citing failing boilers, roof work, cybersecurity needs, and a recent costly water damage incident at Lakes Region Community College. John Graham, representing the New Hampshire Veterans Home, requested $1.5 million for ADA compliance and safety improvements such as floor replacement and wider doors, saying the work would help the home before an upcoming VA inspection and protect federal funding. Lance Whitehead testified for Milford CTE, asking the committee to keep $9.9 million in the budget for a scaled-down renovation; members discussed the town’s failed vote, the need for local matching funds, and the possibility of another vote next year. Tim Thompson of Concord and Margaret Burns of NHMA urged restoration of airport matching funds, arguing that about $3.6 million in state money would leverage roughly $62 million to $65 million in federal FAA funds for safety and infrastructure projects. Trisha Lambert and Andrew Pomroy of the Bureau of Aeronautics and airport management association explained the airport program, the 12 federally funded airports, and how projects are selected through airport master plans and a capital improvement program. After public testimony, the committee closed the hearing on HB 25A. In the work session that followed, staff distributed supporting documents, including cost breakdowns and comparison sheets. The chair indicated the committee would work from the governor’s $143 million capital budget as a baseline and proposed reducing it by about $10 million, largely by removing the Milford CTE item because both towns had voted it down and would not have another vote for a year. The chair said the goal was to bring the overall budget to about $133 million and then repurpose the remaining funds through straw polls and further committee action.

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• <00:26:30.799> needs you know addressing the security needs you know addressing the security
• slide particularly around infrastructure slide particularly around infrastructure um<00:31:07.480
• <00:51:47.240> taxpayer 2020 uh next uh securing taxpayer 2020 uh next uh securing taxpayer
• <01:28:22.560> to move critical infra infrastructure to move critical infra infrastructure
• places that are safer more secure places that are safer more secure provide<01:28:25.360> uh<

Keywords: 1183, house

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• ,<00:33:07.279> and access to opportunity, security, and access to opportunity, security,
• Through his leadership, Alliance Cyber provided cyber security and its security solutions to others.
• Expanding fiber optic infrastructure.
• modernizing our federal infrastructure modernizing our federal infrastructure while<03:58:32.560
• on Transportation and Infrastructure on Transportation and Infrastructure heard<04:11:40.399>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Energy like infrastructure like um uh board committee that we worked with um Amner with.
• The land grant infrastructure fund. Right. Uh, thank you, Chair.
• I want to hear about that electrical vehicle infrastructure and building out.
• Um, the also item C, the updates from the Water Security Tribal Advisory Council.
• to the Water Protection Fund for water infrastructure projects.

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• Internal and child health infrastructure.
• ’s just recently been, as of March 26th, a change in the Social Security... ...change with Social Security
• the Social Security Administration.
• the Social Security Administration.
• With Social Security.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing was an informational and oversight session of the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, with chairs and members hearing agency updates from several commissioners. The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition described its maternal and child health work, including home visiting, early intervention, WIC, newborn hearing screening, and cross-agency efforts on prenatal substance exposure, respite care, children’s vision, and maternal health initiatives. DPH emphasized that federal grant cuts, layoffs, and the loss of data systems such as PRAMS would weaken services and planning, and members asked about Title V funding and the impact of federal uncertainty. The Massachusetts Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing highlighted communication access services, interpreter and CART referrals, emergency after-hours support, family navigation, and independent living services. Commissioners and members discussed the shortage of ASL interpreters and the need to expand training pipelines, including partnerships with colleges and possible ASL programming for younger students. The Department of Developmental Services reported serving nearly 50,000 people and focused on youth and adult services, transition-age supports, autism services, self-direction, respite, and new high-acuity residential models. Members asked about respite availability, self-direction outcomes, and workforce shortages; DDS said it was expanding clinical capacity and provider rates while monitoring possible federal Medicaid, SNAP, and immigration-related impacts. The Commission for the Blind described services for about 28,000 legally blind residents, most of whom are older adults, including social rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, children’s services, assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 supports. The commissioner discussed a UMass-based effort to build the workforce pipeline for blindness services and said the agency was watching federal restructuring but had not yet seen direct cuts. MassAbility’s leadership then warned about major federal changes affecting Social Security disability determinations, including staff restructuring, office closures, and a new overpayment repayment policy, and said the agency was preparing for possible increases in claims and uncertainty around reallotment dollars that help fund services. The Disabled Persons Protection Commission closed the hearing with an update on its abuse investigations and protective services for adults with disabilities. DPPC reported rising hotline calls and investigations, a growing caseload, its sexual assault response team, the abuser registry, and a new interagency protective services integration system funded by ARPA dollars through 2027. The agency also flagged new federal rules that could affect funding eligibility and said it may need statutory changes to comply. Members asked about funding, reporting pathways, and how complaints reach DPPC, and the commissioner said the agency uses both mandated reporting and proactive outreach to identify and respond to abuse.

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• Article 12 deals with how we perfect security interests, lien priorities, and ledger technologies when
• Now, previously, Article 8, which governs investment securities, and Article 9, which governs secured
• Those investment securities and those secured transactions have always been based on tangible items.
• And so currently Florida's UCC ...which governs investment securities, and Article 9, which governs secured
• Those investment securities and those secured transactions have always been based on tangible items.

Summary: The Commerce Committee met with a quorum and heard three bills. First, CS/HB 515 on the Uniform Commercial Code was presented as a Florida Bar-backed update creating a new chapter to address digital assets and ledger technologies, including rules for perfection of security interests and lien priorities involving items such as Bitcoin. The bill drew support from the Florida Bar’s business law section and the Florida Bankers Association, had no amendments or opposition, and was reported favorably after a unanimous roll call. The committee then heard HB 1427 on rural communities, a broad package creating an Office of Rural Prosperity, a rural resource directory, a Renaissance grant program, a rural arterial road monetization program, housing and school support measures, and new health care grant programs for telehealth, staffing, training, and mobile units. Sponsors and many local officials, economic development groups, chambers, utilities, and other organizations testified in strong support, emphasizing infrastructure, workforce, housing, and health care needs in rural Florida. Members from both parties praised the bill’s focus on rural counties, and it was reported favorably. Finally, HB 299 on elevator accessibility requirements would allow an additional shorter interior support well in elevators while keeping the existing 42-inch support well requirement, with the goal of improving accessibility and flexibility for building owners. The National Elevator Industry supported the measure, there was no opposition or amendment, and the bill passed unanimously. The committee then adjourned.

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• Security. What we want protection.
• Security. What we want a balanced.
• High security places.
• High security places.
• High security places.