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• The AI tools in their practice.
• It would exempt evidence-based tools validated in peer-reviewed randomized controlled trials from unworkable
• It would exempt evidence-based tools validated in peer-reviewed randomized controlled trials from unworkable
• It would exempt evidence-based tools validated in peer-reviewed randomized controlled trials from unworkable
• AI tools or offerings that are are AI tools or offerings that are are designed<00:58:21.920> to

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• can utilize them the tools can utilize them the tools appropriately.<00:28:57.039> Fantastic.
• I mean I'm looking data validating I mean I'm looking data validating cleaning<00:29:24.960>
• Um, actually there are some businesses who use some of our tools.
• We, the specialized tools that we have.
• So, we feel that that's a tools.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on State Government met for its first meeting and heard a presentation from the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KY Stats) by Executive Director Matt Barry and Legislative Director Calli Arnold. The presentation reviewed KY Stats’ statutory background, its evolution from KESUS, its board membership, and its role in housing Kentucky’s longitudinal data system and labor market information office. Barry explained that KY Stats links data from multiple state sources, validates and cleans it, deidentifies it, and uses it to produce reports, evaluations, and responses to data requests for policymakers, practitioners, and the public. Barry described the scale of the system, noting more than 6,000 active data elements, 178 unique file types, and data from 48 sources across 26 agencies. He highlighted the agency’s privacy and security practices, including separate servers for source data and deidentified reporting data, and said KY Stats does not use real-time data. He also outlined the types of reports produced, including the annual high school feedback report and a recent life outcomes report tracking the 2017 public high school cohort’s postsecondary education, completion, wages, and employment outcomes. Members asked about the timeliness and availability of data, especially SNAP and Medicaid information, and Barry said most data arrive annually or quarterly and that Medicaid data had been used in a limited one-time project rather than as an ongoing feed. Questions also focused on artificial intelligence; Barry said KY Stats has not integrated AI but is exploring it cautiously because of privacy and security concerns. Several members encouraged further work with AI tools, while Barry emphasized that any use would need to protect confidentiality. The committee also discussed staffing and funding, with Barry saying KY Stats has about 49 total staff and annual funding of roughly $3.1 million in state general funds, plus federal labor-related funding. Committee members praised the agency’s work and suggested legislators may not fully understand its capabilities. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• problem, a lot of education and prevention orientation, um, it just sort of dropped off the radar screen
• Thank you. prenatal screening. It would just give prenatal screening.
• it just sort of dropped off<00:22:44.960> the<00:22:45.040> radar<00:22:45.360> screen
• It needs to pop off the radar screen.
• or clear pathways for coordinated tools or clear pathways for coordinated services.<00:27:02.760>

Bills: HCR18, HCR32, HCR35, HCR105, HCR173

Keywords: hospice, health care, aging population, regulations, Medicare, working group, fraud prevention, quality of care, mental health, recidivism, civil commitment, Hawaii State Hospital, justice system, shelter, treatment pathways, biomarker testing, health insurance, precision medicine, healthcare access, medical necessity

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SCR 21 SD1, which asks Hawaii Health Systems Corporation’s East Hawaii Regional Health Care System to study the feasibility of a rural health clinic or similar access point for the Volcano community. Testimony in strong support came from HHSC representatives, Volcano residents, the Volcano Health Collaborative, the Rotary Club of Volcano, and others, who said the area has a clear need and that local primary and urgent care would align with regional plans. HHSC said it had already looked at the area, found no suitable temporary buildings, and would need a longer-term, capital-intensive solution, but that the study could help accelerate next steps. The committee then took up SCR 50 SD1, proposing a Hawaii Health Plan Working Group to design a basic affordable health plan for residents. Dr. Jack Lewin of SHIPTA said the state faces a growing uninsured population and argued for a short-term, lower-cost plan focused on preventive and primary care, drawing on the old State Health Insurance Plan as a possible model. Members asked about whether that prior program still exists and whether the working group should include the Hawaii Medical Association and Hawaii Primary Care Association; Dr. Lewin said the statute still exists but is unfunded, and that the group should be inclusive. The Department of Labor and other organizations also provided comments. For SCR 75 SD1, which urges a coordinated interdepartmental effort to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Dr. Lewin and others said prevention, prenatal screening, and early intervention are needed because FASD is often hidden until later problems appear. Amanda from Hawaii FASD Action Group said current implementation under Act 192 is still largely a landscape analysis and that Hawaii lacks the infrastructure and specialists for a full system. Darlene Chance Govor urged adding the judiciary as a partner so juvenile justice and probation staff can be trained and referral pathways improved, while the Department of Health said it supports prevention but prefers a broader, systems-based approach focused on child needs and upstream care. The Disability Rights Center supported the resolution and asked for an earlier reporting date. The committee also heard SCR 149 SD1, which seeks an informal working group to address complex patients with multiple diagnoses involving substance use, mental health, or chronic physical illness. The Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition and Ke Nui Malo strongly supported the measure, saying current siloed systems leave people bouncing between medical, mental health, and substance use providers without coordinated care, often ending up in crisis, emergency rooms, or the justice system. They said integrated residential care and a coordinated working group could improve outcomes and align with federal funding opportunities. The transcript ended before any final vote or action on the measures was announced, and SCR 109 was noted as withdrawn from the agenda.

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• What you see on this screen is probably a graphic that you've seen before.
• So, we can go from high level, like what you see on the screen, and drill down to the individual level
• What we've built actually takes the cut scores from each one of the assessments that's on the screen
• On the screen, you will see the data from FY18 to FY26.
• Once they're provided this, yes, they have some of the tools, but they need more time to get together

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• And so this wealth of free screenings already happening around the state were actually visible to the
• patients who might need and might want their children to go and have screening because their own, their
• So those screenings where we can detect someone very early on and not only detect it by laboratory values
• I think it allows us to have additional tools.
• program up until 2015 when CMS passed low dose CAT scan for lung cancer screening.

Bills: HB46

Keywords: local government spending cap, expenditure limit, political subdivision, property tax, ad valorem tax, budget cap, taxpayer protection, spending restraint, inflation adjustment, population growth, voter approval, supermajority vote, county budget, municipal budget, school district finance, junior college district, hospital district, special district, attorney general enforcement, local fiscal limits

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• Born screenings performed by DSHS.
• Additional tools will include directories of kidney health providers and financial assistance resources
• who might need and might want their children to go and have screening because their own family has that
• I think it allows us to have additional tools.
• program up until now. 2015 when CMS passed low-dose CAT scan for lung cancer screening.

Bills: HB514, HB1652, HB2117, HB2298, HB3269, HB46, HB46

Keywords: maternal health, maternal care, pregnancy, labor and delivery, postpartum, doula, birth worker, midwife, obstetric care, women's health, rural health, health workforce, workforce development, trauma-informed care, public outreach campaign, health equity, minority health, underserved communities, Texas Department of State Health Services, HHSC

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• As you see on the screen, Florida is a leader in computer and electronics, manufacturing, life sciences
• By far as you can see on the screen for every 100 durable goods, manufacturing jobs, 744 other indirect
• All of those tools, we have a very freshly update, stakeholder tool kits.
• The tools and the report.
• What the tools that we currently have in terms of technology and AI.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So there is a triaging of screening criteria.
• I hope that everybody is able to see my screen. Yes, we are. Fantastic. Thank you, Mr. Sherman.
• So how do we go about making sure that we can put tools...
• screen makes it impossible to read the words.
• "All right, and let me share my screen so you can see my slides." "Share entire... here we go."

Keywords: 908, all

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• SB 283 provides a crucial tool and safeguard to ensure that battery storage facilities are built and
• housing insecure or unhoused in our public schools have the same access to free vision and dental screenings
• The amendments taken up in the Senate do clarify that federal law enforcement officials would need a valid
• SB 627 is a tool we need in California to unmask these bad actors and hold some of them accountable for
• liability by proving that they acted in good faith based on a reasonable belief in the warrant's validity

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum after a roll call, observed a moment of silence for John Burton, and proceeded with the Pledge of Allegiance and routine procedural motions. Members approved a rule suspension to allow floor amendments on SB 271 and SB 67, and several committee notices and bill referrals were handled. The chamber then moved through a long third-reading file, with many bills passed and a number of items temporarily passed or retained on file. Among the major measures approved were bills on civil rights and public safety (SB 477, SB 19, SB 36, SB 571, SB 580), health care and coverage (SB 257 on pregnancy as a qualifying life event, SB 530 on Medi-Cal access standards, SB 660 on health data exchange, SB 754 on menstrual product contaminant disclosure), housing and disaster recovery (SB 610, SB 655), transportation and climate (SB 533 on EV charging payments, SB 30 on diesel locomotives, SB 71 on CEQA exemptions for transit, SB 263 on tariff impacts), and natural resources/energy (SB 283 on battery storage safety, SB 88 on biomass emissions, SB 427 extending the Habitat Conservation Fund). The Assembly also passed urgency measures including SB 864 on tribal gaming compacts, SB 663 on wildfire-related property tax relief, SB 471 expanding DDS ombudsman authority, and SB 497 on privacy protections for legally protected health services. Several bills drew notable debate. SB 41 on pharmacy benefit managers saw opposition over concerns about moving ahead before broader PBM data and licensing reforms take effect, but it still passed. AB 1340, a concurrence item on gig worker collective bargaining rights, prompted extended debate over labor rights, consumer costs, and union influence. Other concurrence items included AB 671 on restaurant permitting, which passed without opposition. The Assembly also took up SB 640 on direct admission to CSU, SB 702 on demographic reporting for appointees, SB 710 preserving a solar property tax exclusion, and SB 793 on counterfeit lighter safety, all of which passed. The session ended with the Assembly continuing through the file, including concurrence votes and additional bill actions, with most measures approved by substantial margins.

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• I don't know that there's anything, any other tool that we have.
• I don't know that there's anything, any other tool that we have.
• Is that a valid motion?
• Is that a valid motion?
• Therefore, the validity of these disbursements cannot be determined.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• license, driving without valid insurance, are jailable offenses.
• valid license, driving without valid valid license, driving without valid insurance,<01:11:19.560
• as a tool um in combating combating combating insurance<01:25:42.920> fraud<01:25:43.880>
• using to provide us with advanced tools. using to provide us with advanced tools.
• <01:35:58.200> that<01:35:58.480> employ using the tech the tools that employ using

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 83, which would require hotel keepers to give adequate notice of service disruptions to guests and third-party vendors. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection supported the bill but asked for amendments to restore remedies and add a nonwaiver provision, arguing that without penalties the measure would lack consequences and that consumers should not be able to waive the notice rights. Supporters, including Unite Here Local 5 and individual testifiers, said guests deserve transparency and meaningful recourse when disruptions occur, especially for labor disputes, construction, or other service interruptions that affect the experience they paid for. Hotel industry representatives, including the American Hotel and Lodging Association, the Hawaii Hotel Alliance, and hotel workers/testifiers, opposed the bill in its current form while offering amendments. They said the measure was too broad, difficult to implement, and could interfere with collective bargaining, third-party booking systems, and existing contracts. They also argued that some disruptions are not easily known in advance and that the bill unfairly singles out hotels compared with other industries. One testifier emphasized that notice should be required only for actual, known disruptions rather than potential events, and another raised concerns about applying the bill to properties not directly involved in a labor dispute. After the SB 83 testimony, the committee moved on to SB 2798, which would make permanent and expand statewide the agricultural enforcement pilot program created in 2025 and rename it the agricultural enforcement program. The chair introduced the measure and called on the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity as the first testifier, but the transcript excerpt ends before testimony or any vote on SB 2798.

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• screening passengers and their luggage. screening passengers and their luggage.
• My understanding is they are screened My understanding is they are screened through<01:04:42.560
• taken to a private screening room? taken to a private screening room?
• private screening room. private screening room.
• I was... screening rooms? We We have checkpoint screening rooms?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We urge that death is not a good tool of justice in our society.
• We urge that death is not a good tool of justice in our society.
• This program will give local law enforcement jurisdictions another tool in the toolbox to analyze DNA
• This county tool is placed into the hands of those who have harmed them before.
• And if you want to call it reproductive coercion, that's what this tool will open up.

Summary: The committee heard and voted on a long agenda of criminal justice, public safety, victims’ rights, and related bills. SB 984 on aggravating factors in capital cases was reported favorably after debate over its focus on religious, school, and government gatherings; the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops opposed expanding the death penalty, while supporters said it was about accountability rather than deterrence. CS for SB 1140 creating a Hillsborough County substance abuse pilot program for offenders, CS for SB 1180 broadening child sexual image protections, CS for SB 10 compensating Sidney Holmes for a wrongful conviction, CS for SB 500 creating a Spectrum Alert system for missing children with autism, and SB 1054 on tampering with electronic monitoring devices all passed favorably, with the substance abuse bill drawing supportive testimony about treatment and recovery and the Holmes bill receiving emotional support from Holmes himself. The committee also approved SB 1072 on expedited DNA testing grants, CS for SB 240 on domestic and dating violence victims, CS for SB 494 creating a statewide animal abuse database, and CS for SB 1422 on unmanned aircraft over critical infrastructure and weaponized drones. SB 240 drew extensive testimony from advocates describing a feasibility study for a discreet emergency alert system and the need to align domestic and dating violence protections; SB 494 drew strong support from animal welfare groups and county officials who described local registries and the link between animal abuse and violence toward people, while members discussed whether the bill should also bar known abusers from adopting animals. SB 1422 passed after questions about “reasonable force” against drones and concerns about firearms use, with the sponsor saying the bill was meant to protect privacy and property rights. Additional measures reported favorably included SB 1268 updating Department of Law Enforcement statutes and increasing reimbursement for retired police dogs, CS for SB 1344 revising juvenile status-offender procedures, CS for SB 1252 creating a feasibility study for a statewide pawn data database, CS for SB 1386 increasing penalties for assault and battery on utility workers, CS for SB 1084 strengthening sexual cyber harassment laws for intimate and digitally forged images, CS for SB 1654 revising sex offender/predator registration and reporting rules, CS for SB 1650 expanding the vexatious litigant law, and CS for SB 1652 creating a public records exemption for stricken court filings. The final and most heavily debated bill, CS for SB 1284 on wrongful death of an unborn child, drew extensive testimony from supporters who framed it as recognizing unborn life and opponents who warned it could be used to harass abortion patients, providers, and supporters and could increase malpractice exposure; the sponsor said the bill would allow parents to recover damages while protecting mothers and lawful medical care. The transcript ends before the roll call on SB 1284 is completed, but the committee had already reported the other measures favorably by recorded votes, generally along party lines with broad support from members present.

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• <00:17:47.360> we<00:17:47.760> question<00:17:48.160> the<00:17:48.400> validity
• c><00:17:48.799> of<00:17:48.960> that<00:17:49.200> if um, we question the validity
• of that if um, we question the validity of that if people<00:17:49.679> don't<00:17:49.919>
• them<01:52:06.960> uh<01:52:07.360> uh<01:52:07.520> and operators to to screen
• them uh uh and operators to to screen them uh uh and and<01:52:08.000> get<01:52:08.239> them

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2246, which would expand public financial disclosure requirements. The State Ethics Commission strongly supported the bill, saying broader disclosure could help restore public trust and potentially deter corruption, and it offered a clarifying amendment to make clear the requirement applies to board and commission members rather than all employees of listed agencies. Several organizations and individuals also testified in support. A committee member asked about the amendment, and the commission explained it was intended as a clarification rather than a substantive change. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2250, which would add homeless facilities to the locations covered by the drug-free-zone offense for promoting controlled substances. The Public Defender opposed the measure, arguing that many homeless facilities are unmarked and not easily identifiable, creating notice, fairness, and due process concerns and risking arbitrary enforcement. The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office and Honolulu Police Department supported the bill, saying it targets distributors rather than users, that notice can be proven through evidence, and that the law is aimed at protecting vulnerable people in shelters and similar facilities. In questioning, senators asked how homeless facilities would be identified and whether the bill would cover all shelter models; the prosecutor said the definition is cross-referenced in statute and must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii and other groups testified in opposition, while several service and advocacy groups testified in support. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2325, which would allow courts to review and potentially reduce sentences for certain juvenile offenders after 15 years if the person is not a danger to the community. Judiciary staff said the court supports the bill’s intent but noted Hawaii’s indeterminate sentencing structure leaves no alternative sentence for a court to reduce to, suggesting the measure may need structural sentencing changes or could instead be directed to the Hawaii Paroling Authority. Public defender representatives and youth-justice advocates supported the bill, emphasizing rehabilitation, adolescent brain development, trauma, and the need for a meaningful opportunity for release. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• <00:24:50.320> and backlog in terms of screening and backlog in terms of screening and getting
• So, we are no longer a screening.
• They post their own screening, they can.
• day and they can do their own screening. day and they can do their own screening.
• He said it is a tool, but not necessarily the end to a means by itself.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees heard testimony on several personnel and employment bills. SB 2119 would require the state or counties to reimburse public officers and employees for approved work-related travel costs within 30 days; testifiers from the State Procurement Office, UPW, HGA, the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, and others supported the measure, citing delayed reimbursements. SB 3131 would update state position titles by changing “private secretary” to “executive assistant” and “secretary” to “administrative assistant” where applicable, and it drew support from DEED and comments from the State Librarian. SB 3069 would permanently exempt a limited number of specialized positions in DAGS Public Works and the Comptroller’s office from civil service; DAGS, HCDA, and DEED supported it, while UPW opposed it. Committee members questioned whether the exemption should be narrower and whether the positions should be consultants or actual employees, and DAGS said the roles were narrowly tailored, highly specialized, and intended to help manage complex projects such as Aloha Stadium, the convention center, and other major redevelopment work. The committee then heard SB 3180, which would repeal the limit on temporary employment in a single position for two 89-day terms. Testimony included support from the Procurement Office, DOE, DHRD, the State Librarian in opposition, UPW written comments, HGA, the Grassroots Institute of Hawaii, and others. Discussion focused on whether the bill was needed to address abuse of repeated 89-day hires and whether it would affect recruitment and career pathways. Finally, SB 2137 would allow departments, divisions, and agencies to assume hiring and recruitment functions from DHRD under certain conditions. DHRD opposed the bill, saying existing law already allows delegation and that agency-level recruitment often lacks the expertise and staffing to do the work; UHPA supported it, and UPW submitted written support. In questioning, DHRD said it had reduced backlog and was now current on screening, while also offering programs like Operation Hire Hawaii for faster agency-led recruitment.

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• <00:36:33.599> that<00:36:33.920> uh<00:36:34.079> within you can see on the screen
• that uh within you can see on the screen that uh within DWS<00:36:35.240> there's<00:36:35.400
• They have a variety of tools that they use to do this.
• The investigations come from both tips and data analysis, and they have tools at their disposal to take
• to sort through that need better tools to sort through that data<00:47:44.400> and<00:47:44.559

Keywords: 1183, house

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• nonpublic areas in their facilities and bars immigration enforcement from entering unless they have a valid
• Immigration enforcement from entering unless they have a valid judicial warrant or a court order.
• warrant, and ensuring that the nonpublic areas of health facilities cannot be accessed unless there's a valid
• nationality, it does prohibit the health provider from disclosing that information unless there's a valid
• spoken briefly offline just in terms of having to deal with our parents, and this is just such a good tool

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard several Senate bills focused on health care access, privacy, and public health data. SB 81 (Arreguín) would require health care facilities to create nonpublic areas and bar immigration enforcement from entering without a judicial warrant or court order, while also protecting disclosure of immigration-related information in medical records. The bill drew strong support from labor, immigrant-rights, health care, and patient advocacy groups, with committee members emphasizing patient safety and privacy; one member raised implementation concerns about how the restrictions would work in practice. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass motion to the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, with one no vote recorded. SB 250 (Ochoa Bogh) would add skilled nursing facilities to DHCS’s managed care provider directory so Medi-Cal beneficiaries can more easily identify covered facilities. Supporters said the change would help seniors and people with disabilities avoid confusion and rushed placement decisions, especially during hospital discharge, and would make existing information easier to use. The committee passed the bill to Appropriations on a unanimous vote. SB 717 (Richardson) would formally recognize California’s three regional cancer registries in state law to help preserve federal funding and support cancer surveillance data collection. The author and supporters said the measure would protect more than $15 million in annual federal support and strengthen cancer research and tracking; the committee approved it unanimously to Appropriations. SB 504 (Laird) would allow health care providers to disclose personally identifying information about previously reported HIV infections to state or local health officials when needed for disease control or care coordination. The author described the bill as a modernization of reporting and coordination practices, and supporters from the California Medical Association and Planned Parenthood backed it. The committee sent the bill out as amended to the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee on a unanimous vote. The meeting also included routine consent-calendar action and multiple add-on votes, with the committee repeatedly holding the roll open to record additional members’ votes.

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• INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO APPLY TO BECOME A PETITION CIRCULATED IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ONLY COUNTING VALID
• IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCE THE AMENDMENT PROHIBITS PETITIONS FROM BEING VALIDATED UNTIL THE BOND IS POSTED
• Grall: WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IF YOU THINK IT WAS VALID AND
• Grall: IT IS STILL A VALID PETITION AS LONG AS THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ALIVE WHEN IT WAS SIGNED. >> Sen.
• UNTIL THE ONUS ON THE OTHER SIDE TRYING TO CONFIRM EVERY PETITION THAT HAS COME IN WAS IN FACT VALID

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Um, a project labor agreement is just a, you know, an economic proficiency tool essentially that you
• Um, so it's just a tool that I don't think needs to be taken out.
• <01:36:22.320> essentially economic proficiency tool essentially economic proficiency tool
• Um, so these are tools that could work.
• <02:53:38.080> flipped shop without having that screen flipped shop without having that screen

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We grow them well amazing tool.
• of the teleaalth and pre-screening of the teleaalth and pre-screening access<00:52:16.800> across
• That's just an overly broad tool.
• So, I appreciate the work on broad tool.
• knives, and other self-defense tools. knives, and other self-defense tools.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all