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• Can you get a little bit of how we're using artificial intelligence and some of the different projects
• There's been some work there to get that infrastructure in place and that capability in place.
• We’ve got modeling and simulation capabilities.
• We're well established in this capability for geoscience in the characterization.
• That's 10 megawatts is our capability. We've got the first two megawatts out there.

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• While many of you know AI is artificial intelligence, I would like to coin the word augmented intelligence
• Representative Turner: Russia's advanced cyber capabilities.
• But they have lawyers that are fully capable.
• You believe that they have the capabilities, the same kind of capabilities as the National Economic Council
• Intelligence reports.

Bills: SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127

Keywords: foreign ownership, real property, national security, criminal penalties, civil penalties, personal information, higher education, privacy protection, governing board, institutional security, software applications, mobile devices, age verification, parental consent, data protection, app store regulation, HJR 161, Texas constitutional amendment, voting rights, non-citizen voting

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received the invocation and pledges, and heard several announcements and recognitions before moving into floor action. Members honored the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, recognized educator Jessica Lopez, and paid memorial tribute to Jennifer Maddenly, along with recognitions for Jeanette Valdez Duran’s food pantry work, TAMACC’s 50th anniversary, and Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement from WFAA. The House also granted permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, set a local consent calendar, and suspended posting rules for a Public Health Committee hearing on SB 2721. The chamber then considered a long series of Senate and House bills, with many passing on record votes. Measures addressed local law enforcement authority (SB 906), veterans highway designation (SB 1229), foster care medical billing (SB 855), massage therapy trafficking safeguards (SB 703), tax ballot language (SB 1025), occupational licensing for people with convictions (SB 1080), lien deadlines (SB 929), liquor sales complaints (SB 1355), higher education application fee waivers (SB 2231), utility data access (SB 1877), pediatric preceptorships (SB 1998), and several House bills on bond forfeiture notice, health workforce coordination, indigent civil commitment representation, consumer transaction cancellations, bird dispersal rules, theft venue for digital property, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, in-state tuition for military-related programs, utility capital recovery, energy waste advisory oversight, gas utility rate recovery, psychedelic therapy study, teacher retirement funding transparency, pension changes, tax payment plans, and voter registration security. Some measures drew notable debate or amendments, including HB 5247, where a ratepayer-credit amendment failed, and HB 2298, HB 4014, HB 510, HB 561, HB 1128, HB 1904, HB 30, HB 200, HB 3045, and HB 5111, which all passed after recorded votes with varying margins. A major point of contention was SB 2420, the app store age-verification bill, which prompted extended debate over whether the bill should also require app developers to verify users’ ages. Representative Bryant offered an amendment to preserve developer verification obligations, arguing the bill would otherwise shift responsibility away from app makers; the author opposed it, saying the bill’s approach was more workable and raised concerns about First Amendment issues. Multiple points of order were raised and withdrawn during the debate, and the amendment discussion remained unresolved in the excerpt. The House also postponed further consideration of SB 17, SB 552, and SB 2420 at different points, and recessed for lunch after completing a large block of third-reading votes.

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• And I say intelligence community. because you know what happened when 55 people, former or present intelligence
• I would also receive the Human Intelligence Award from the intelligence community for related work on
• Intelligence that can be collected by the American intelligence community in order to inform him so that
• Intelligence collection capabilities belong in the intelligence community, having served in both.
• Law enforcement intelligence communities, I'm uniquely qualified to bring the intelligence limited component

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• ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND LEARNING ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITHIN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY.
• SPECIFIC TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE USED AI FOR DECADES.
• THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PANELISTS FOR YOUR OPENING REMARKS AND INSIGHTFUL INTELLIGENCE THERE.
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE -- REAL INTELLIGENCE. THAT WAS GOOD.
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS BEING ANALYSIS PRIOR TO LOSSES OCCURRING.

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• All right, our next presentation is "Securing Artificial Intelligence to Strengthen Cybersecurity."
• So a lot of our key capabilities, I've already touched on some, like microelectronics.
• The power sources capability was just recently approved to go to the next phase.
• It's an incredible capability. She's one of our lead test engineers there. For Patrick.
• So, power sources capability, as I mentioned, is one of the components that we actually produced.

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• I have worked to enhance American intelligence capabilities, strengthen our alliances and partnerships
• A few seconds talking about UNESCO and artificial intelligence.
• The field of artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving, again, critical.
• How would you go about working on artificial intelligence standards?
• There was a discussion earlier about artificial intelligence.

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• the JCPOA. continue to have this play out in a way where we're not thinking about our military capabilities
• However, we have an opportunity to expand those capabilities while creating opportunities for commercial
• to degrade the ability of China's reconnaissance intelligence network to be able to target and attack
• Bayless, where are we really at in reality with our capabilities on dynamic spectrum sharing and how
• Some of these capabilities we're talking about could be paid for agencies and the other engineers to

Keywords: spectrum policy, FCC auction authority, national security, innovation, technology development, 9-1-1 modernization, adaptive technologies, China competition

Summary: The meeting centered on the critical examination of spectrum policy and its implications for innovation and national security. The committee discussed the lapse of the FCC's spectrum auction authority, which has been in effect since March 2023, emphasizing the urgency of restoring this authority to maintain U.S. technological leadership against competitors like China. Witnesses provided testimony regarding the need for adaptive and reconfigurable spectrum technologies to enhance communication capabilities for both civilian and military applications. Senator Klobuchar highlighted the importance of modernizing 9-1-1 systems and ensuring robust emergency communication frameworks leveraging new spectrum innovations.

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• To capitalize on this, I've grown our social media team, and we now have more in-house capabilities than
• To capitalize on this, I've grown our social media team, and we now have more in-house capabilities than
• ever. work. on this have grown our social media team and we now have more in-house capabilities than
• And so, knowing that and knowing what our capabilities were and the amount of public dollars that we're
• Are you requiring employees to begin using artificial intelligence for that research, right, so that

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Summary: The Senate Committee on Director Nominations met to consider Alex Scalpsa Ridgeway’s nomination to serve as Director of the Arizona Office of Tourism. In her opening statement, Ridgeway emphasized her Arizona roots, prior service in state government, and her view that tourism is a major economic driver for the state. She highlighted record 2024 visitation and spending, argued that tourism marketing produces strong returns for taxpayers, and said her priorities include improving data use, expanding social media and digital outreach, supporting rural communities, and strengthening international tourism and direct air service. Committee members questioned Ridgeway about the state of tourism, responsible visitor messaging, marketing the Grand Canyon and other parts of Arizona, rural tourism, budget priorities, use of public funds, and how she would respond to unlawful or poor policy directives. She said the office uses an activity-based marketing strategy focused on visitor personas such as family travel, outdoor recreation, culinary, wellness, and luxury, and that it partners with rural destinations and event organizers to spread visitor spending statewide. She also said she would follow the law, would raise concerns about bad policy, and described steps taken to improve transparency and conflict-of-interest practices after questions about a prior logo contract and a costly state branding project. Public testimony was strongly supportive. Representatives from the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association, the Cactus League Baseball Association, and Experience Scottsdale praised Ridgeway’s experience, collaboration with industry partners, and understanding of tourism’s economic impact, especially for rural areas and major visitor destinations. After discussion, the committee voted unanimously to recommend her confirmation, with a 5-0 vote, and adjourned.

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• Evolving threat intelligence and proactive hunting.
• Threat intelligence is, you know, we have a mechanism of gathering the intelligence of what is evolving
• So if you go on to page number 8, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative, when we came in front of you
• Reporting capability exists across all the executive branch agencies.
• So what does the Intelligence-Led Policing Project do? I would describe it, I guess...

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• TODAY IN EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE, WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• BEING HERE TODAY YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO BRING THE OVERVIEW OF THE SRV EDUCATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• THE MISSISSIPPI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NETWORK IN EDUCATION.
• ALL THE CAMERAS YOU HAVE AROUND HERE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF AI WITHIN THEM.
• THAT CLEARED OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REDEFINE THE ENGAGEMENT REGARDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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• Um, the internet, The internet, social media, and now artificial intelligence have profoundly changed
• Uh, Hezbollah is one of the world's most capable and dangerous terrorist organizations.
• But again, they're one of the world's most capable, dangerous terrorist organizations.
• The LAF, supporting through our intelligence resources that are being offered.
• Do we provide intelligence? Yes, we do. But we don't have forces engaged there.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 29, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• <00:02:16.720> or definition of artificial intelligence or definition of artificial intelligence
• We're opposed artificial intelligence.
• 44.240> general artificial intelligence as a general artificial intelligence as a general topic
• <00:25:13.200> these artificial intelligence will make these artificial intelligence will
• Artificial intelligence will and is shaping our future.

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• And I think this gives all of those capabilities. to add medical examiners.
• So that we could keep adding the resourcing capability to it.
• Capabilities of working with the JPs.
• These are the capabilities, not specifically brands, but capabilities that will be interoperable in the
• It's the cultural capability of, you know.

Bills: HB2, HB1, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20

Keywords: emergency communication, interoperability, grant program, first responders, state council, disaster response, emergency management, mass fatality, justices of the peace, training programs, emergency manager license, volunteer management, justice of the peace training, criminal history checks, state health services, broadband, public safety, disaster preparedness, funding, flood disaster plan

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• Artificial intelligence is one of those new technologies.
• Our work in artificial intelligence...
• Our work in artificial intelligence...
• Our work in artificial intelligence is guided by strong shared governance.
• The CSU recently made a significant investment in artificial intelligence.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Higher Education and the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an oversight hearing on the California State University’s AI-empowered initiative, including the systemwide rollout of ChatGPT EDU and broader AI integration across CSU campuses. Opening remarks emphasized both the promise of AI for student success, workforce preparation, and access, and the need to address risks such as bias, privacy, misinformation, environmental impacts, and mental health harms. CSU representatives said the initiative grew out of Academic Senate recommendations and a systemwide generative AI committee, and that the goal was to provide equitable access, training, governance, and workforce alignment across the 23-campus system. CSU officials described systemwide contracts for AI tools, the AI Commons training hub, and faculty grant programs supporting AI-related curriculum innovation. They said more than 93,000 ChatGPT EDU accounts had been activated, over 4,300 faculty had taken voluntary training, and $3 million had been awarded to 63 faculty-led projects from more than 400 submissions. San Jose State University highlighted its own AI-focused programs, courses, orientation training, faculty fellows, student ambassadors, and interdisciplinary efforts to build AI literacy and responsible use into instruction and co-curricular programs. CSU also said it was tracking metrics on adoption, academic outcomes, workforce outcomes, and environmental impacts. Faculty, staff, and student representatives welcomed the educational potential of AI but raised concerns about the rollout, saying it had moved quickly and without enough consultation or consistent systemwide policy. They urged stronger protections for academic freedom, intellectual property, privacy, equity, and worker input, and warned about bias, surveillance, job displacement, and the environmental cost of AI. Legislators pressed CSU and OpenAI representatives on training requirements, data privacy, bias reporting, discipline for misuse, liability, sycophancy, and safeguards against harmful uses such as non-consensual imagery or self-harm-related interactions. CSU said interactions in the licensed tool are private, data are not used to train models, and campuses retain their own conduct processes; members also asked CSU to follow up on systemwide training, policy consistency, and additional safeguards.

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• ... ...joining a small team within CBP that developed and institutionalized the anti-terrorism capabilities
• As I read countless intelligence reports, my understanding of the interdependent... ...between border
• And I will work to ensure that CBP strategies are driven by intelligence and data, and that the policies
• The capability to identify them is a lot easier than the capability to mitigate them, but it both exists
• The first is improving our intelligence and information sharing and then do targeted outbound operations

Keywords: Customs and Border Protection, Rodney Scott, border security, asylum, transparency, Hernandez Rojas, migrant treatment, public testimony

Summary: The meeting centered on the nomination of Rodney Scott to serve as the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Throughout the session, various senators expressed concerns regarding CBP's recent practices, including issues related to border security and the treatment of migrants. Questions were raised about Scott's involvement in previous incidents, particularly surrounding the controversial death of Mr. Hernandez Rojas while in custody, which sparked a heated discussion about accountability and transparency in current border policies. Senators emphasized the importance of balancing efficient border security with humane treatment of individuals seeking asylum.

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• So artificial intelligence we'll get started with first.
• Half IU can build advanced AI capabilities.
• and cybersecurity with that Van Cincinatti few selling intelligence.
• He it's a with that Van Cincinatti few selling intelligence.
• Intelligence is really important, right?

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• This is Minnesota, and we have shown how strong and capable we are.
• and we have shown how strong and capable and we have shown how strong and capable we<00:18:28.640
• And their intelligent dictates that they conduct their own physical therapy.
• <00:28:46.320> creature We have a sentient, intelligent creature We have a sentient, intelligent
• :28:52.880> they their intelligent dictates that they their intelligent dictates that they conduct

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Statewide data and intelligence integration, our IOP program.
• And the intelligence policing across the state of New Mexico is really exciting for us.
• They have a very capable Real Time Crime Center that we interact with.
• You know, we have these capabilities in Albuquerque; we've had them for a long time.
• Gave us a lot of capabilities that we had never had before.

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• year is state-of-the-art and ready to go by conducting surveys of our members, assessing their capabilities
• By conducting surveys of our members, assessing their capabilities, their personnel, and equipment, should
• of domestic security intelligence and operations statewide, as well as the coordination of state and
• of domestic security intelligence and operations statewide, as well as the coordination of state and
• Artificial intelligence.

Summary: The committee heard presentations on domestic security and public safety priorities from Gulf County Sheriff Mike Harrison and Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Rebel. Sheriff Harrison outlined Florida Sheriffs Association priorities, including reclassifying xylazine as a Schedule I controlled substance with a veterinary-use exemption, expanding enforcement of pretrial release violations beyond domestic violence cases, providing tuition-waiver benefits for sheriff’s office personnel, advancing the Jason Rainer Act to increase penalties for violent offenses against law enforcement, extending sex-offender residency restrictions, improving access to mental-health-related databases, and continuing support for fusion centers and Florida model jail standards. Members asked questions about xylazine’s veterinary use, canine detection, and public records burdens on small agencies; no votes were taken on these items. Chief Rebel focused on the Florida Police Chiefs Association’s role in disaster response, officer training, and wellness. He described the association’s coordination through the state EOC and regional deployments during hurricanes, then emphasized officer suicide and the need for statewide wellness resources, peer support, and accessible behavioral health care for first responders. He also referenced prior PTSD benefits legislation and urged continued support for the PCIS program and other wellness initiatives. Committee members discussed related resources such as dispatcher support, the Restore program at UCF, hyperbaric chamber treatment for PTSD, and canine support organizations. On domestic security funding, Rebel said FPCA does not have a specific bill package but wants to preserve the Domestic Security Oversight Council and regional task forces, protect limited SHISGAP funding for new projects, and shift ongoing successful programs to state funding. He also supported fixing the long-gun carry loophole, continuing the Jason Rainer Act effort, allowing ethical law-enforcement use of AI with human review, addressing monetization of public records and body-camera footage, and maintaining the ability to investigate anonymous complaints. The committee adjourned after discussion; no formal action or votes were recorded.

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• <02:27:42.560> applications<02:27:43.120> and artificial intelligence applications
• and artificial intelligence applications and for<02:27:43.520> other<02:27:43.760> purposes
• Artificial intelligence applications. Mr.
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Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 1012, house, all