Video & Transcript Research : 'third grade reading'
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, reading this first blush, and then I read the DNR's response.
- What I read is disturbing and I read it twice and then I read their response.
- and then I read their response. and then I read their response.
- Can you give us a grade? You ever do grades like a...?
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Bills:
HF3564
Summary:
The Legacy Finance Committee met to approve the prior meeting minutes and then heard a presentation from the Office of the Legislative Auditor on its performance audit of the Department of Natural Resources’ administration of Outdoor Heritage Fund grants. OLA explained that the DNR generally complied with the criteria tested, but the audit identified two main problem areas: grant payments and grant monitoring. The audit covered 13 grants, mostly legislatively named grants awarded in fiscal year 2020, and reviewed agreements, amendments, payments, monitoring, and some site visits.
OLA reported that for three grantees, totaling about $400,000, invoices lacked enough detail to determine whether costs were allowable, and about $5,000 was paid to two grantees without sufficient supporting documentation. The auditors also said DNR lacked policies defining allowable costs and what “directly related to and necessary” means under state law. On monitoring, DNR missed required annual visits for six grants, made payments on current progress reports that were missing or not on file, and had weaknesses in closeout evaluations, including missing required elements, late completion, and two grants with no closeout evaluation at all. OLA recommended stronger documentation, clearer guidelines with the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, timely monitoring and closeout, obtaining progress reports before payment, and improved internal controls.
Members reacted strongly to the findings, especially the repeated failures to follow grant procedures and the risks of legislatively named grants and advance payments. Representative Heintzeman and Vice Chair Skraba questioned whether the issues reflected broader problems in state grant oversight and asked about prepayments, follow-up, and whether more legislative action was needed. OLA officials said they do not rely on self-attestation, but instead retest agencies after 2 to 3 years, and noted a new annual update-report process that will track whether agencies implement prior recommendations. Judy Randall, the Legislative Auditor, said the laws and policies already exist and emphasized that the issue is ensuring agency staff follow them; she also said most recommendations in the recent update report had been implemented. No further committee action or vote was taken on the audit during this portion of the meeting.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Special Committee on Red Hill Info Briefing - Mon Jul 14, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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facility. - It's a true third-party model, right? There's essentially a firewall, right?
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right?
Summary:
The House Special Committee on Red Hill held an informational briefing at the State Capitol focused on updates from the Navy Closure Task Force Red Hill and NAVFAC Hawaii. Members and Navy officials opened by noting the meeting format, providing public links to tank closure supplement 4 and environmental remediation resources, and thanking Admiral Barnett for attending before his transition. The Navy emphasized that the Red Hill closure effort and the PFAS/PAS environmental remediation effort are separate but coordinated, and that both are long-term undertakings.
For the closure effort, Navy officials reported progress on tank cleaning, ventilation, sludge removal, groundwater monitoring, and preparation for pipeline removal. They said supplement 4 to the tank closure plan was submitted in May and outlines the overall closure strategy, post-closure monitoring, and the decision to proceed with closure rather than wait for beneficial reuse decisions. They described completed ventilation of tanks 3 through 8, the start of tank 2 ventilation, removal of 283 gallons of sludge from the first six tanks, and plans to begin pipeline pigging and removal later this year. Officials also said all sludge samples tested so far were non-hazardous and that air monitoring has not shown elevated volatile organic readings during operations.
NAVFAC Hawaii then outlined the PFAS/PAS remedial investigation under CERCLA, explaining the cleanup process, the nature of PFAS, and the role of aqueous film-forming foam as a source. The presentation said the Navy began investigating PFAS releases in 2014-2015, that the 2021 Red Hill fuel release led directly into remedial investigation work, and that current activities include quarterly groundwater sampling at 42 monitoring wells, installation of new shallow and deep wells, soil sampling where exceedances were found, fate-and-transport modeling, and human health risk assessments. Officials said data are publicly available on the Red Hill environmental website and that the next restoration advisory board meeting is scheduled for August 27.
The Navy also gave a water resiliency update, saying it is upgrading the joint base drinking water system with pump, tank, and cybersecurity improvements and is installing treatment systems for the inactive Navy Aiea and Red Hill shafts ahead of EPA drinking water standards taking effect in 2029. No votes or formal committee actions were taken, as the meeting was informational only.
AZ
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I've read what y'all gave me.
- Or do they have to start at a lower grade and then work up?
- can, whether it's, I was ninth grade and now I'm 11th grade, or whether I got my GED, or whether I now
- And I know, historically, it has been two-thirds versus one-third for Tech. Um, yeah, I actually...
- You know, UTMB historically has been two-thirds versus one-third for Tech.
Bills:
SB 1
Keywords:
campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard a presentation from the Legislative Budget Board on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Article 5 budget. LBB recommended $3.7 billion in all funds for 2026-27, a 5.2 percent decrease from the base, while FTEs would rise by 856.7. Major items included funding for driver license services, DPS facilities, troopers and recruit schools, crime labs, vehicle and aircraft operations, border security, and rider changes. The committee also reviewed DPS exceptional items not included in the recommendation, including additional staffing, technology, and facility requests.
Members focused heavily on driver license operations, criticizing long wait times, call abandonment, and repeated staffing increases without clear process improvements. LBB said the agency’s call-answer rate was about 9 percent in fiscal 2024, with average hold times around 34 minutes, later reduced to roughly 22-25 minutes. Senators questioned whether more FTEs alone would solve the problem and urged a broader efficiency study and better use of technology. DPS officials said they were pursuing process changes, including appointment-system upgrades, online pre-population of forms, and remote issuance options, while noting that Real ID requirements and population growth continue to drive demand.
DPS leadership then outlined the agency’s priorities: completion of the Williamson County training academy, recruitment and retention of troopers, capital needs for vehicles and aircraft, and expanded responsibilities at the Capitol complex and the Alamo. Officials said the new trooper funding would help address staffing shortages, public safety, and border operations, and that overtime and deployment patterns had been adjusted to reduce burnout and improve flexibility. They also discussed Operation Lone Star, saying DPS spending is largely overtime, travel, and fuel, and that the agency continues to coordinate with federal partners while awaiting clarity on possible federal reimbursement for border security costs. Senators also raised concerns about oilfield theft, cartel activity, high-speed pursuits, bilingual pay, and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, and DPS said it would follow up on some of those issues.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Sep 11th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll let you read about that a little bit.
- Some of the things from 2020 had to get held over to 2030, but you'll read some of those things.
- And so, you know, the level at which those talks take place is way above my pay grade.
- There's a bureaucracy at UNM that, again, is above my pay grade, but I think we need them to make the
- Madam Chair, I have one more, but if we do a second round, I'll ask my third question.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance May 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to read a quick statement by one of our students.
- is imperative that California invest $200 million in professional development and evidence-based reading
- I'm actually here on a fourth grade field trip, and they're around the building somewhere.
- Do you all have any visibility into that specific grade level?
- CALPADS account of how many students are participating by grade level, which is good, but it doesn't
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-19 (2:30PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Rules Chair moves that the bill be read a third time.
- Senator Brodeur moves the bill be read a third time.
- Senator Gaetz moves the bill be read a third time.
- Senator Rodriguez moves the bill be read a third time.
- Senator Grall moves the bill be read a third time.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 26, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the joint resolution.
- third reading of the the engrossment and third reading of the joint<04:40:18.480>
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disappointing - He's reading well above a third-grade level, but he really struggles in other areas.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- felony, and I'm charging them with a third-degree felony, and I'm adjudicating them with a third-degree
- felony, and I'm charging them with a third-degree felony, and I'm adjudicating them with a third-degree
- Every product is third-party lab tested.
- Read whose comments on why it's bad?
- Okay, you may, let me read you in.
Summary:
The House Committee on Public Health heard House Bill 5, a proposal to ban THC products outside the Texas Compassionate Use Program while allowing non-intoxicating CBD and CBG products under tighter regulation. Chair Van Deaver gave a lengthy background on the 2018 federal Farm Bill and Texas’s 2019 hemp law, arguing that the lack of guardrails allowed a large, unregulated THC market to develop. HB 5 would impose licensing fees, product registration, testing and inspection requirements, and restrictions intended to keep products away from children.
Invited witnesses from law enforcement strongly supported the bill. Steve Dye of the Texas Police Chiefs Association and Brian Hawthorne of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas argued that THC consumables are widely mislabeled, often far more potent than advertised, and linked to youth access, impaired driving, and organized crime. Both said regulation would be ineffective and would amount to legalization, while a ban would be easier for officers to enforce. They also emphasized support for the Texas Compassionate Use Program and said medical THC should remain available.
Dr. Peter Stout of the Texas Association of Crime Lab Directors and Alice Amelot of Texas DPS testified as resource witnesses about forensic testing. They said current lab resources are already stretched thin, that quantitative testing for THC and related cannabinoids is expensive and time-consuming, and that a ban would simplify enforcement because labs could focus on presence/absence testing rather than concentration. Amelot said DPS labs are neutral on the bill but explained that mislabeled products and inaccurate certificates of analysis are common. Committee members asked about traffic safety, impairment, youth use, and the costs of enforcement and lab testing; witnesses repeatedly said the bill would reduce complexity for law enforcement but that any approach would still require more resources for labs.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, let's go to third reading calendar. Uh, this is calendar number 72. Clerk will read the bill.
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- year, uh third reading, final passage. year, uh third reading, final passage.
Summary:
The Senate convened on March 25, 2026, with an invocation by Father Frank Crumble III, who was introduced as the guest of the Senator from the 36th District. The chamber also recognized several guests and groups, including leaders from Cherry Hill on the occasion of the community’s 80th anniversary, Doctor of the Day Maryam Diallo, the Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee, students from Andrew Jackson Academy, and several women honored for Women’s History Month. Additional recognitions included the Greater Baltimore Committee, Boy Scouts, Tarbiyah Academy, and a Senate intern.
The main floor action was a special resolution congratulating the Cherry Hill community on the 80th anniversary of Cherry Hill Homes, a purpose-built community for African Americans returning from World War II. Senators spoke about Cherry Hill’s history, resilience, and recent community investments such as new schools and a recreation center. The resolution was read in full and adopted unanimously. Senate Bill 890, concerning an insurance premium tax receipts exemption for captive insurance procured by nonprofit hospitals and health care systems, was special ordered for another day at the sponsor’s request.
The Senate also took up Senate Bill 283, the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2026. After brief remarks praising the committee’s work and the statewide investment program, the bill passed third reading by unanimous vote. Committee and delegation announcements followed, including Finance, Triple E, and Judicial Proceedings holding House bill hearings at 1:00 p.m., and the Prince George’s County delegation meeting later that day. The Senate then remained in session long enough to confirm a quorum and adjourned until March 26, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But in order to do that, you got to get two-thirds in the Senate and two-thirds in the House, two-thirds
- And I think the proponents of this bill know that they can't get two-thirds of the Senate and two-thirds
- The third one is the major concern, obviously. It's the 150 percent.
- My client—I’ve read the scripture at her wedding.
- As a result, I have a fourth-grade education.
Bills:
SB 30, SB 517, SB 1313, SB 1314, SB 1316, SB 1541, SB 1698, SB 1845, SB 1860, SB 2420, SB 2429
Keywords:
gambling, criminal offenses, penalties, defense, electronic devices, tobacco advertising, youth protection, public health, criminal offense, retailer regulation, e-cigarettes, nicotine products, health, public safety, regulation, advertising restrictions, health and safety, elections, election audit, county elections
Summary:
The Senate Committee on State Affairs convened to discuss several critical pieces of legislation including SB30 and SB38. Senator Betancourt introduced a committee substitute for SB38 which underwent a smooth adoption process, moving it favorably toward the Senate. The meeting featured a mix of invited testimonies where both proponents and opponents took the floor. One notable highlight included a testimony from Melissa Casey, who criticized the current legal state as prone to fraud and detrimental to both insurers and the public at large, contending that it inflated insurance costs across the board. The discussions delved deeply into the implications of the bills on judicial processes and potential insurance ramifications, with spirited debates surrounding issues of non-economic damages and jury rights.
The atmosphere remained engaged as committee members heard varied perspectives on the bills, showcasing a robust democratic process. The meeting underscored the importance of public testimony in shaping legislation, ensuring that multiple voices were considered as the committee pressed on towards making decisions that affect the legal landscape of Texas.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/19/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, in reading through it, is a yes.
- corporations third amendment right? corporations third amendment right?
- when you question about the third when you question about the third amendment<00:34:27.200>
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TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
The July 2025 Flooding Events, General Investigating Apr 28th, 2026
The July 2025 Flooding Events, General Investigating
Transcript Highlights:
- No, sir, I've not read it. I'm going to read you an excerpt from it.
- Anybody can read the transcripts.
- he was having trouble reading the last name because he was getting handwritten notes to read from.
- These were sweet eight- and nine-year-olds, soon to be third-grade girls, who were never told where they
- Or when the gossip around early budding fourth grade crushes that kids in Bates' grade would come up
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Judiciary Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- When they read ID, I decided I wanted to do something to help the people of Florida.
- I look at an issue and read this bill doesn't ask that children have rights to spend Christmas dinner
- >> Hello, Rachel grades, Jacksonville Beach.
- The bill also creates a third-degree felony for fences.
- I'm reading the opportunity to see counsel. It applies to the Apple app.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Mar 18th, 2025
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- We are removing HB 553, the timber Grading Act, from the consent calendar so that there can be discussion
- public testimony on this, but if you want to go ahead and present House Bill 553, uh, the timber grading
- establishes consistent grading standards for timber products in New Mexico.
- Madam Chair and Senator, I think that New Mexicans are smart enough to grade timber. I really do.
- , and the moisture content of the timber at the time of grading.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 15th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm very diligent in how I look at contracts and how I read contracts and what's in them.
- Third, the criminal penalties are removed in favor of civil enforcement.
- I don't think I've read the committee substitute, so I need to look at that?
- I'm Jeannie Boyd Curtis, a third generation... Oh, Jeanne. No one ever gets it right.
- You can read. We show you by the way.
Bills:
HB2963, HB3005, HB3287, HB3288, HB3289, HB3290, HB3344, HB3712, HB3862, HB3874, HB4196, HB4308, HB4901, HB4984
Keywords:
digital equipment, repair rights, manufacturers, maintenance, consumer rights, construction contracts, payment regulations, public works, dispute resolution, audit procedures, construction, trust funds, mechanic's lien, contractor, subcontractor, residential properties, disputes, payment obligations, accountability, payment disputes
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- levels or certain age groups, grade levels or certain age groups, right?
- There are limited slots based on the number of students in grades six through 12.
- There are limited slots based on the number of students in grades six through 12.
- There are limited slots based on the number of students in grades six through 12.
- The displays would be in every 5th to 12th grade U.S. history classroom.
Keywords:
sales tax exemption, Consumer Price Index, local government, clothing, school supplies, emergency preparedness, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, APA, administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, contested case, state agency, regulatory power, individual liberty, statutory interpretation, rule interpretation, license revocation
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I move that House Bill 399, having been ordered to a third reading, be by this resolution read a third
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- resend the third reading Senator berzel resend the third reading Senator berzel move<05:07:27.400
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And as some first time in fourth grade.
- to be able to bring their fourth grade to be able to bring their fourth grade kids<05:17:10.000>
- regret that I'd like to read. regret that I'd like to read.
- reading motion.
- for the does the third reading motion. for the does the third reading motion.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Certainly that third pile, it's $12.5 million. That direction.
- I didn't read that necessarily in that, but I heard you kind of mention that.
- and writing for children birth through grade 12.
- Reading and writing for children birth through grade 12. This is, again, federal funds, $951,000.
- Is that how I'm reading that? Is that correct? Basically, yeah.