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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate Republican Media Availability 12/4/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- entire, uh, every constitutional officer, um, office, every, you know, the governor, every single seat
- every, you know, the governor, every every, you know, the governor, every single<00:15:18.399>
seat house <00:15:19.199>and <00:15:19.360>the <00:15:19.440>senate single seat- in the house and the senate single seat in the house and the senate is<00:15:20.000>
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Summary:
Republican legislative leaders in Minnesota held a budget-focused press availability after the November forecast, thanking Minnesota Management and Budget staff while arguing the updated numbers show a much worse deficit outlook than expected. They said the state faces a structural spending problem, cited projected gaps in the 2028-29 biennium and over the four-year outlook, and blamed recent deficits on higher spending, tax increases, mandates, and what they described as fraud in state programs. They also criticized Governor Walz for focusing on federal issues and for not doing enough to control spending or address fraud.
Speaker Lisa Demuth, House Republican Leader Harry Niska, and Senate Finance lead Eric Pratt all said the forecast underscores the need for spending restraint, pro-growth policies, and stronger fraud prevention. They pointed to health care, long-term care, Medicaid-related programs, and local government mandates as major cost drivers, and said the legislature should examine those areas in the upcoming session. Demuth said the state should not ignore fraud and noted that the legislature had added staff to the Office of the Legislative Auditor and whistleblower protections, but had not passed an independent inspector general office.
A substantial portion of the exchange centered on fraud investigations and comments by President Trump about Somali Minnesotans. The Republican leaders said they disagreed with condemning any community as a whole, but also said they shared frustration over fraud and corruption and wanted accountability for those responsible. They said the state’s fraud problem is not about any one community, but about failures in administration and oversight. The lawmakers said they would return to session on February 17 and continue working on budget and fraud-related issues.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Aug 20th, 2025
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- Protect a few more I'm sorry a few more seats in Congress. Their excuse?
- the White House who called for destruction of the foundations of our democracy by clawing back five seats
- We have someone from the bleacher seats coming up. Good morning.
- Senator Wahl, please come up and you are presenting, I was expecting you to be seated but you are ready
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee Aug 20th, 2025
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- Let us have a seat at the table.
- So it needs to be symbiotic, and we need to have a seat at the table.
- Luckily, we have a seat at the table. We hope that they will listen, and we think they will.
- I'll mention the other thing: looking at airline seats and arrivals that are coming into gateway destinations
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Have a seat, introduce yourself, tell us who you represent, and we'll have some questions for you.
- Cheryl Johnson, please come on down and have a seat.
- Please take a seat anywhere at the end or on the side, wherever you're comfortable. There you go.
- But please keep your seat because I'm going to have some questions for you after that.
Keywords:
business court, civil procedure, litigation, jurisdiction, arbitration, divorce, property division, family law, court jurisdiction, marital assets, parent-child relationship, birth certificate, identity proof, Family Code, court process, attorney fees, court costs, legal expenses, dispute resolution, child support
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I don't know if I would have won that House seat or not, but I do know that I was able to win the
- Senate seat um and help secure a majority in the state Senate.
- Um, I don't know if I would have won that House seat or not, but I do know that I was able to win the
- Senate seat um and help secure a majority in the state Senate.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 12th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand and be seated
- You may be seated.
- to allow Assembly Member Fong to have guests on the floor, Assembly Member Tagapod to have a guest seated
- For the parents that are here today, when your child puts on a bicycle helmet, gets in a car seat, uses
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance May 6th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I've had to cut sections and seats while asked to grow due to the compact.
- I now find myself in a position of whether to accept students for fall. when I can't offer them seats
- Also, we track our utilization by room size, so by seat count.
- When we get over 50 seats in a room, we see a drop-off in utilization.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 5th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You may be seated. Thank you. Thank you.
- Please take your seats as we begin the ceremony. The clerk will read.
- And re-enter the chamber today and to allow Assemblymember Elroy to have a guest seated at her desk.
- women serving across both the Senate and Assembly chambers as legislators. 59 of the legislator's 120 seats
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Haynes if you're still here come on up and take a seat please go ahead.
- The end seats are available. Welcome. Have a seat, ma'am. Right over there. there.
- table and we'll see if we maybe we caused you when you were out hold on a second there you go have a seat
Keywords:
severe weather, adaptation plan, vulnerability assessment, environmental protection, state agencies, federal agents, transparency, law enforcement, identification, public trust, immigration enforcement, HCR 19, Texas concurrent resolution, federal immigration enforcement, masked agents, facial coverings, visible identification, uniforms, badges, name tags
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Apr 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- To all please be seated, My staff is here to do the reporting, but she asked me to say a few words about
- We just can't offer the benefits or pay that keep our rock star staff in their seats.
- My agency makes a new seating chart every week to accommodate two-day RTO because DGS said there was
- Our skill, which is why we have seat belt laws, and RTL means more cars.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If you would come forward, have a seat. And the chair recognizes Senator Birdwell to introduce Mr.
- There are two seats. Oh, there's only one seat up there.
- Regent Giles, if you'll just have a seat right there, sir. Yes, ma'am.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Nominations met to consider several gubernatorial nominees and first approved a slate of nominees left pending from the March 31 agenda. The committee voted 5-0 to favorably report those nominees to the full Senate for confirmation. Public testimony was then opened and later closed, with some listed witnesses not appearing.
The committee heard testimony on Jerry K. Weldon II for the Brazos River Authority Board of Directors. Senators focused on stewardship of the Brazos River, the authority’s relationship to the legislature and the public, Sunset review, water quality and nutrient runoff, impaired waterways, and possible uses of constructed wetlands for aggregate mine reclamation. Weldon emphasized collaboration, transparency, and keeping the citizens of Texas as the authority’s primary customer.
Commissioner Robert Vaughn was considered for reappointment to the Texas Transportation Commission. Discussion centered on TxDOT’s management, rural funding, population growth, project delivery, and the commissioner’s role on the audit committee. Doug McCreakin was considered for the Texas Tech University Board of Regents, with questions about legislative priorities, compliance with DEI-related state law, workforce development, rural medical education, and university partnerships. Jody Giles was considered for reappointment to the University of Texas Board of Regents, and Bernadette Carrasco Coleman for reappointment to the Texas Woman’s University Board of Regents; both discussed higher education priorities, PUF funding, compliance with state law, and student support programs. John Rutherford was considered for reappointment to the Teachers Retirement System Board of Trustees, with questions about fiduciary oversight, investment understanding, and keeping the retirement system solvent. Brigadier General Michael Boyd was also considered for appointment to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission, where discussion focused on military retention, child care, spouse licensing, base infrastructure, and grant funding for Texas installations. The committee did not take final votes on these later nominees during the hearing and left them pending subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 I'll take their seats
- Members we have a memorial resolution, please take your seats.
- and Navy under President Sam Houston, and Hillsborough was platted and designated as the the county seat
- Also seated in the gallery, with 23 years of teaching experience, Chris has demonstrated a p p p p p
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine S.124, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for disciplinary procedures for supervisors and managers at the Department of Veterans Affairs and to modify the procedures of personnel actions against employees of the Dep Mar 11th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Senate Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Seated at that dais should be Secretary Collins, and I've expressed this view to My colleague and friend
- It's by the seat of your pants, and it's illegal.
- And the second panel, you're welcome to stay in your seats or take maybe the things so we're ready when
- Take their chairs where these witnesses are now seated.
Keywords:
Department of Veterans Affairs, disciplinary procedures, accountability, personnel actions, whistleblower protection, cancer, military, aircrew, veterans, health study, toxins, morbidity, mortality, service members, mental health, community care, accessibility, treatment programs, substance abuse, appointments
Summary:
During the meeting, various members engaged in extensive discussions surrounding 15 proposed bills related to veterans' affairs. Notably, concerns regarding recent VA workforce changes sparked debates, particularly about potential cuts and their implications for veterans' care and benefits. Chairman Moran emphasized the need for thoughtful reforms and coordination with stakeholders, urging responsible measures to prevent negatively impacting service delivery. The meeting highlighted a significant bipartisan effort to enhance veterans' access to essential health services, particularly in light of recent challenges faced by the VA workforce. Senator Blumenthal's assertions about the urgent plight of veterans due to cuts in personnel drew strong reactions, showcasing the deep concern among committee members regarding the current state of veteran services.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- CU has consistently held a seat on HEAK over its 30 years of existence, and our members can attest to
- CO CE has consistently held seat on Hak CO CE has consistently held seat on Hak over<00:17:20.959>
- So, as a longtime home educator, and you said you've had a seat on this council, are you testifying about
- in the in this higher seat in the in this process.<01:17:40.480>
higher <01:17:40.800>seat - process. higher seat or in charge. process. higher seat or in charge.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 17, 2026 - PM
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- We want something that's going to put Wyoming in the driver's seat and be relevant to Wyoming producers
- I'll let you sit back or grab a seat up here on the end, and uh, and we'll go to some other testimony
- up here on on the back u or grab a seat up here on on the end<00:59:37.359>
and <00:59:37.760> - So let's go, like, a minute or two at a time, and please come forward and fill up the seats and let's
- and let's have some testimony on seats and let's have some testimony on this<01:02:16.880>
bill.
Keywords:
landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 03/19/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans
Transcript Highlights:
- and the other people with gavels that said they wanted to cut veterans that uh if it wasn't for my seat
- and the other people with gavels that said they wanted to cut veterans that uh if it wasn't for my seat
- and 66 for the other we had 68 seats and 66 for the other side<01:27:36.080>
and <01:27:36.320 - <01:27:42.639>
wasn't <01:27:42.880>for <01:27:43.040>my <01:27:43.280>seat - uh you would be if it wasn't for my seat uh you would be uh<01:27:44.719>
running <01:27:44.960
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EDT-HRE, HRE Public Hearings 03-13-2025
Economic Development and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- about building something big when you have seven acres, which will never get you past, was it 15,000-seat
- <00:15:50.480>
was <00:15:50.600>it <00:15:50.880>15,000 <00:15:51.880>seat - never get you past was it 15,000 seat never get you past was it 15,000 seat capacity<00:15:53.240
- was upwards of $400 to $450 million for just even the basic stadium that is in the RFP, so 25,000 seats
- 16 Suite 16 luxury boxes four uh seats 16 Suite 16 luxury boxes four uh four<00:25:44.640>
locker
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism and Higher Education heard HB 1494, relating to sports facilities. Testimony was largely in opposition to the bill as drafted from the Stadium Authority, the Department of Accounting and General Services, and the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, with several other written comments also opposing; each asked that if the measure advances, Senate language from related stadium bills be incorporated instead. The University of Hawaiʻi testified in support of the Nāʻid project and said it wants the project delivered at Halawa so the university can have a football facility, though members pressed the university on whether it was effectively supporting both the project and the bill’s current approach.
A substantial portion of the hearing focused on the stadium project’s financing, schedule, and oversight. DAGS and Public Works discussed a consultant contract that had grown to about $28 million and an audit that recovered $441,000 after improper travel and expense reimbursements, including first-class airfare and other personal expenses; officials said the audit exposed weak internal controls and led to revised reimbursement policies. Members questioned whether the problems would have been found without media reporting and whether stronger oversight should have been in place earlier.
The committee also discussed the current Ching Field setup for UH football, with witnesses describing it as less than ideal and temporary until the new stadium is built. Stadium Authority representatives said the current preferred offeror is Aloha Halawa Development Partners, negotiations have recently accelerated, and the goal remains a contract this summer and a fall 2028 opening. They said the state is committed to $350 million in general obligation bonds, with the overall project expected to cost more, and that the developer is exploring other financing sources such as TIF or CFD while the state and city work to expedite permits and demolition. No vote or final action on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- He would wse pain when I put him in his car seat.
- <00:38:19.760>
I pain when I put him in his car seat. - I pain when I put him in his car seat.
- and I tore one-year-old in the car seat and I tore the<01:36:44.639>
handle <01:36:44.960> - This is something that with a one seat This is something that with a one seat majority<01:38:08.800
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25 - Part 1
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- belt if the ATV is, uh, equipped with a seat belt.
- belt if the ATV is, uh, equipped with a seat belt.
- belt if the ATV is, uh, equipped with a seat belt and if they are being driven or ridden, uh, on or
- <01:20:54.000>
belt <01:20:54.719>if Class 2 ATV users to wear a seat belt if Class - 2 ATV users to wear a seat belt if the<01:20:55.159>
ATV <01:20:56.040>is <01:20:56.840
Bills:
HF5
Keywords:
tax modification, transportation funding, electric vehicle tax, Social Security subtraction, retail delivery fee, motor vehicle registration, state budget, transportation policy, 1183, house
Summary:
The committee began with member and staff introductions, then heard an overview of the governor’s transportation budget recommendations from fiscal staff Andy Lee. He explained that the spreadsheet showed only proposed changes, not base spending, and highlighted General Fund and trunk highway adjustments for MnDOT and the Department of Public Safety, including operating changes, extensions of prior appropriations, increased state road construction and Blatnik Bridge authority tied to anticipated federal funds, State Patrol hiring and a metro headquarters item, aeronautics changes, and revenue adjustments in the Driver and Vehicle Services special revenue account.
The main testimony came from Metropolitan Council Chair Charlie Zelle, who outlined three budget-related items: advancing funds to MnDOT to help coordinate a highway reconstruction with a transitway project, making Metro Mobility riders eligible for free fixed-route transit, and reducing the Metro Transit general fund appropriation by $32.454 million annually. He said the advance would speed delivery and reduce disruption, the free-fare pilot had been successful and could save money if even a small share of Metro Mobility trips shifted to fixed-route service, and the general fund reduction was manageable in the near term because of new revenue streams but could constrain future expansion and capital maintenance.
Members questioned the long-term effects of the proposed reduction, possible impacts on safety, service expansion, and capital maintenance, and whether federal funding uncertainty could affect operations and bus procurement. Zelle said the cuts would not affect immediate operations but could limit future BRT, microtransit, and transitway expansion, while also noting that capital maintenance needs include platform rebuilds, track work, rolling stock, and station repairs. He also said the 2023 funding package had accelerated projects and that the council was opening three transit lines this year. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- McKinney, if you would come have a seat and introduce yourself for the record, and then you can give
- McKinney, if you would come have a seat and introduce yourself for the record, and then you can give
Summary:
The Executive Subcommittee met and first considered a waiver request from the Stuttgart School District to use the TIPS interlocal purchasing system for a turf replacement project instead of the traditional competitive bid process. Superintendent Jeff McKinney explained that three bids were received but none fully met the RFP specifications, including warranty and insurance requirements. He said the district, with its architect’s guidance, determined that United Turf and Track was the best option because it met the 10-year warranty requirement, had resolved the insurance issue, had prior experience with the district, and could complete the work in time for summer installation. The committee approved the waiver request.
Members then approved a consultant services agreement between the Bureau of Legislative Research and WorkEd Consulting for work related to the workforce system study and potential legislation for the 2027 session. Senator Jane English and Representative Mary Bentley said the consultant would help the legislature develop reforms after prior audit findings showed the current workforce system was inefficient and ineffective. They noted WorkEd’s experience in other states, including Louisiana, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Virginia, and explained that some subcontractors would include people who had worked on the earlier Georgia Center for Opportunity study. The contract was approved.
The committee also approved a renewed actuarial and consultant services agreement with Perrin Knight for services related to the state’s new property insurance captive. Jill Thayer said the contract would provide independent actuarial support to legislative subcommittees, especially the State Insurance Properties Oversight Subcommittee, with services billed only as used. Members asked about budgeting, frequency of work, and overlap with existing executive branch contractors; Thayer and Senator Goodmore said the service had been anticipated from the start and would be separate and independent. Finally, Marty Garrity requested use of committee room funds to renovate Committee Room C in the Big Mac Building because its audio-visual equipment is outdated. That request was approved, and the meeting adjourned.