Video & Transcript Research : 'foreign entity'

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NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • for example or other large uh entities for example or other large uh entities that<01:16:21.040>
  • to entity.”
  • We have trained other entities to be able to use these.
  • We have trained other entities to be able to use these.
  • We have trained other entities to be able to use these.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee held public hearings on House Bill 144 and House Bill 145, both related to professional licensing for dietitians and dental hygienists. HB 144 was described as a technical fix to align statute with existing Board of Dental Examiners rules allowing dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide and local anesthesia, with supporters saying the bill would add needed training and examination requirements to statute. A dentist and dental society representative testified that the practice is already being done safely within scope, and committee members discussed whether nitrous oxide is still used and whether the bill was mainly to keep the paperwork and law consistent. The committee moved HB 144 forward on a 12-0 vote and placed it on consent. HB 145 would join New Hampshire to a dietitian licensure compact and add a criminal history check for initial licensure to match compact language. The sponsor and board witnesses said the compact would improve portability, support telehealth, help military families and spouses, and maintain public safety by ensuring qualified practitioners and information-sharing among member states. Committee members asked about withdrawal from the compact, the difference between single-state and compact licensure, and why a background check was included; the witness said the compact is not yet active, with four states enacted and seven needed, and that the background check is required by the compact language. Additional testimony from a private-practice dietitian supported the bill, citing continuity of care, rural access, and workforce mobility, while some members raised concerns about telehealth across state lines and the practical effect of the background check.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/05/26

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • Private equity acquisitions have increased over the past decade, with many targeting entities who are
  • There are no such requirements for for-profit private equity-backed health care entities.
  • Foreign nationals come to the U.S. for surrogacy arrangements.
  • of foreign intended parents in the studied period from 2014 to 2020.
  • -Born Babies via Surrogate,” reports on Chinese foreign national males getting tens and even working
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have basically any governmental entity, local governmental entity, that issues debt; we narrate it
  • The public entities that DIR serves are using our programs more, more customers.
  • The public entities that DIR serves are using our programs more than ever.
  • If it went to another entity instead of DIR, I don't know that that would go away.
  • Well, agency, institute, separate entity. Separate entity outside.
Bills: SB 1
Summary: The committee began with Article I budget items for the Secretary of State. LBB staff outlined recommendations that would reduce the agency’s appropriation by about $40.3 million, including changes to HAVA funding, removal of one-time business system replacement money, and a rider directing the agency to use Fund 5095 first. Secretary Jane Nelson and staff then defended several exceptional items, especially additional staffing for elections and business filings, a new website, digitization of records, cybersecurity tools, and renovation of the James Earl Rudder Building. Members focused heavily on election administration, cross-checking voter rolls, Harris County complaints, call-center response times, and whether online voter registration should be expanded. No votes were taken; the discussion was informational and budget-focused. The committee then heard the Office of the Governor and trustee programs. LBB presented a recommended $2.4 million decrease for the governor’s office proper and a much larger decrease in trustee programs driven by one-time funding and unexpended balances, while still preserving major border security funding and victim assistance funding. Governor’s staff emphasized Texas’ economic growth, the importance of border security, and efforts to seek federal reimbursement for the roughly $11 billion Texas has spent on border operations. Members discussed whether shifting National Guard deployment to federal control could reduce state costs, and they also reviewed the music incubator program, the Governor’s University Research Initiative, and the semiconductor innovation consortium. Staff highlighted a $5 million late-added request for grants to protect nonprofits from violence and terrorism. Again, the exchange was largely explanatory, with no formal action. Finally, the committee took up the Texas Facilities Commission and lease payments for revenue bonds. LBB recommended major reductions overall, including removal of border wall construction funding and capital complex bond funding, but added money for higher utility costs, renovation of the Rudder Building, and additional facilities staff. George Purcell also noted stable maintenance-and-renewal funding and new riders related to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission building, tenant communications, and space utilization. For lease payments, LBB recommended a smaller appropriation tied to revenue-bond costs allocated across agencies. The discussion was informational, with members asking about the Rudder Building renovation, border wall progress, and capital complex construction timelines; no votes were recorded.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Meanwhile, the President of the United States is openly boasting that America is now running a foreign
  • <02:29:00.720> his is now running a foreign country. his is now running a foreign country.
  • We don't need to boost foreign manufacturers who want to import inferior products to the U.S.
  • country and the water running a foreign country and the water pressure<08:56:10.000> in<08:56
  • leader as our president and his administration are threatening to invade other foreign countries and
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is why President Trump also issued an executive order to enhance vetting procedures for foreign
  • designate these organizations as foreign designate these organizations as foreign terrorists<00:
  • <00:13:32.600> Nationals Vetting procedures for foreign nationals entering the United States
  • We will lower gas prices and subsequently food prices and reduce our dependency on foreign energy.
  • and reduce our dependency on foreign and reduce our dependency on foreign energy<00:18:42.280>
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

HOUSE CONVENES Apr 8th, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • No catch and release for the most dangerous, violent criminals, and no foreign adversaries in Arkansas
  • a half years serving as President Trump's press secretary, I traveled on every single one of his foreign
Summary: The transcript covers the opening of the Arkansas House and a joint session of the 95th General Assembly’s fiscal session. The House first established a quorum, granted leave for absent members, recognized guests, and adopted House Resolution 1001 to convene a joint session with the Senate for Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s address. Several bills and resolutions were read for the record, including House Resolution 1002 and House Bills 1001, 102, and 103, before the House recessed to await the Senate and then the governor. In the joint session, leaders recognized the late Representative Stan Barry with a moment of silence, introduced constitutional officers, judges, and other guests, and appointed committees to escort the governor. Governor Sanders then delivered a lengthy fiscal-session address focused on her budget priorities and policy agenda. She emphasized continued funding for education under LEARNS, teacher pay and literacy gains, public safety and law enforcement funding, government efficiency and tax cuts, and the 1033 initiative aimed at helping vulnerable Arkansans move from crisis to self-sufficiency. She also urged lawmakers to avoid new Medicaid mandates or ongoing spending and said she would call a special session to cut income taxes further if the budget is passed. After the governor’s remarks, the joint session adjourned. The House then reconvened briefly, adopted a motion to adjourn until the next day, and announced that the Joint Budget Committee would meet later that afternoon and again the following morning.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/02/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • poor, the oppressed, the disabled, the hungry, the alien who resides among us, the sojourner, the foreigner
  • his resurrection, we are called to welcome and serve the poor, the disabled, the imprisoned, the foreigner
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, recognized the Doctor of the Day, and welcomed several guest groups and visitors in the gallery. Members also offered personal privilege remarks introducing guests and marking birthdays and other occasions. The chamber then took up third-reading votes on Senate bills 1126, 1252, and 1479, all of which passed and were transmitted onward. The House then resolved into Committee of the Whole to consider multiple Senate bills. SB 1099, dealing with defamation and online publication, drew debate over free speech and press protections; opponents argued it would narrow speech rights, while supporters said it distinguished criticism from defamation. SB 1107, SB 1148, SB 1294, and SB 1366 were each recommended do pass with little or no debate. The Committee also considered SB 1237 on the election procedures manual, with supporters saying the Secretary of State should consult legislative committees and opponents calling it overreach; SB 1243 on notice to guardians when patients are released from court-ordered treatment, with supporters citing patient safety and opponents warning it could weaken guardianship reforms; and SB 1281 on reporting federal land acquisitions, which drew a sharp exchange over property rights, federal overreach, and conservation concerns. Later, the Committee considered SB 1586 and SB 1741. SB 1741, which would allow students to be excused for off-campus religious instruction and receive academic credit, prompted debate over free exercise rights, public-school neutrality, and whether charter and district schools should be required to accommodate release-time religious programs. After the Committee rose, the House adopted the Committee of the Whole report, placing SB 1237, SB 1243, SB 1281, SB 1586, and SB 1741 on third reading. The House then heard additional personal remarks and adjourned until Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Feb 25th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • A strategic gateway for international trade, ranking among the top ports in the United States for foreign
  • trade. foreign waterborne export tonnage, as well as one of the largest petrochemical and energy ports
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Indian Affairs Sep 25th, 2025

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • with your other working entities around you? Yes, we work with the county.
  • There are other ways to fund, but you have to have the cooperation of the county and other entities.
  • At local communities, including tribal entities.
  • To provide, like, information on whether it's public or private entities on where they could, you know
  • When we talk about noxious weeds—weeds that are foreign to that area— beginning to grow, it makes it
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-06-16 (7:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it is not a totally foreign concept for us to contemplate that.
  • And what entity, it's a compound question, but what entity you... Thank you, Madam Speaker.
  • And what entity, it's a compound question, but what entity will benefit the most from this change?
  • And what entity or who actually would benefit the most from this change?
  • understand, specifically it says that a state agency may not use state funds to contract for any entity
Summary: The House met on the final day of session, swore in Representatives Boyles and Hodgers, and observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as for Representative Rosenwald’s father. The chamber then moved into final budget work, with leaders outlining the plan to take up H.J.R. 5019, HB 7031, HB 5017, HB 5015, and then the general appropriations act once the Senate transmitted it. H.J.R. 5019, a proposed constitutional amendment to expand the budget stabilization fund, was explained and amended to raise the rainy day fund cap, require annual deposits, and allow withdrawals for critical state needs by a two-thirds vote; it passed 100-1. The House then adopted the conference report on HB 7031, the tax package. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or expands several sales tax holidays and exemptions, including permanent exemptions for disaster-preparedness items, hunting/fishing/camping items, and ammunition and firearms-related purchases, and makes changes to property, corporate income, local tax, and economic development provisions. Members debated the removal of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related revenue streams, the new ammunition exemption, and the data center tax changes; supporters argued the package reduces taxes and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents raised concerns about housing, transportation, and gun violence. The conference report passed 93-7. HB 5017, creating a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer to retire state bonds early, passed unanimously. HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment, also passed. The House then began explanation and questions on the fiscal year 2025-26 general appropriations act, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down $3.8 billion from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major spending areas, including pre-K-12 funding increases, health care funding for Medicaid, KidCare, nursing homes, opioid treatment, and mental health, transportation and economic development funding, environmental and water projects, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology. Questions focused on school vouchers, inflationary pressures on school districts, and the adequacy of funding for housing, transportation, and other priorities.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • But this Exhibit Two, consisting of 40 pages, was packaged as one entity that you provided to Ms.
  • And in your earlier testimony, you testified about the board as though it were a separate entity that
  • But I just want to clarify, you later had...” “...entity that the board were telling you to do this and
  • Ethics Board here today that when you were testifying about the board as though it were a separate entity
  • , I just want them to be clear that you are part of that entity.”
Keywords: 904, all
Summary: The hearing concerned a Legislative Ethics Board complaint against Representative Tara Simmons in Washington State OAH Docket 401-645. The judge outlined the process, the two issues on appeal—whether Simmons violated RCW 42.52.020 and RCW 42.52.070, and, if so, what penalty should apply—and admitted a number of exhibits by stipulation or prior ruling, while taking one exhibit under advisement pending an offer of proof. The board also moved to sequester witnesses, which was granted, and the judge deferred ruling on a motion to exclude three defense witnesses until after hearing the board staff’s case. Opening statements followed, with staff alleging Simmons used her position to benefit an outside organization and to secure special privileges, and the defense arguing the conduct was lawful, technical in nature, and consistent with prior ethics guidance. Board staff then called Kimberly Gordon, an attorney and founding board member/treasurer of American Equity and Justice Group (AEJG), as its first witness. Gordon testified that AEJG used data dashboards to make justice-system data more accessible, received state proviso funding sponsored by Simmons, and also received two donations from Simmons—$10,000 and $40,000. She said the first donation was intended to help hire Antoine Coleman, whom Simmons had recommended and who was later identified as Simmons’s romantic partner, and that AEJG returned the $10,000 and declined the $40,000 after concluding there was a potential conflict of interest. Gordon also testified that AEJG believed Simmons’s involvement in the organization and her communications about Coleman created ethical concerns. Gordon further testified about a second proviso intended to expand AEJG’s work into education data and its subcontract with Equity in Education Coalition (EEC). She said EEC did not perform the expected deliverables, prompting repeated communications with the Administrative Office of the Courts and a meeting involving Chris Stanley, where AEJG raised concerns that EEC was not complying and that Simmons had intervened in the dispute. According to Gordon, Stanley ultimately directed the parties to rewrite the subcontract and continue, but AEJG later moved forward largely without EEC’s assistance. The board staff introduced AEJG’s complaint and related timeline exhibits during her testimony. After direct examination, the hearing recessed for lunch, and cross-examination by Simmons’s counsel began when the hearing resumed.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Ethics Board Jun 8th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • But this Exhibit 2, consisting of 40 pages, was packaged as one entity that you provided to Ms.
  • And in your earlier testimony, you testified about the board as though it were a separate entity that
  • But I just want to clarify, you later had... ...entity that the board were telling you to do this and
  • Ethics Board here today that when you were testifying about the board as though it were a separate entity
  • , I just want them to be clear that you are part of that entity.
Summary: The hearing opened in a Washington State Office of Administrative Hearings matter involving Legislative Ethics Board complaint 2025-5 against Representative Tara Simmons. The ALJ outlined the process, the issues on appeal, and the burden of proof, which centered on whether Simmons violated the Ethics Act by using her legislative position for others’ benefit and by holding outside employment that conflicted with her duties, and what sanction would be appropriate. Several exhibits were admitted by stipulation or without objection, while Exhibit 2 was initially held for later ruling but was ultimately admitted after testimony from the witness who prepared it. The board also granted a motion to sequester witnesses and took under advisement a motion to exclude three defense witnesses until after the staff case-in-chief. In opening statements, board staff alleged Simmons violated RCW 42.52.020 and RCW 42.52.070 by sponsoring a proviso that benefited her outside employer, Equity and Education Coalition (EEC), by using campaign surplus funds to help hire a friend, by intervening in a dispute over the proviso-funded work, and by sending text messages to influence others. Staff said it would seek penalties of up to $5,000 per violation plus costs. Defense counsel argued the allegations were technical ethics issues, denied Simmons profited personally, and contended the proviso funding her employer was permitted under prior board guidance; counsel also argued the campaign donation and later contract dispute were lawful and context-dependent. The first witness, Kimberly Gordon of American Equity and Justice Group (AEJG), testified that AEJG received state proviso funding and donations from Simmons, including $10,000 and later $40,000, which Gordon said were intended to fund the hiring of Antoine Coleman, Simmons’s romantic partner. Gordon said AEJG returned the donations and terminated Coleman after learning of the relationship and potential conflict of interest. She also testified about a later 2024 proviso involving EEC, a subcontract between AEJG and EEC, and a dispute over EEC’s performance under that subcontract. Gordon said AEJG raised concerns with the Administrative Office of the Courts, met with contract manager Chris Stanley, and ultimately rewrote the subcontract after Stanley, allegedly after speaking with Simmons, directed them to do so. The hearing then recessed for lunch, and cross-examination of Gordon was set to continue afterward.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB number 1360. 60 by Hernandez relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for
  • referred to the committee on public education. 368 by Campbell relating to the affiliation with certain foreign
  • entities of certain persons working and participating in the electricity market, increasing an administrative
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • with those weren't $200 billion that were going to be going to other countries, uh, you know, in foreign
  • with those weren't $200 billion that were going to be going to other countries, uh, you know, in foreign
  • I mean, obviously, you know, at one point I remember the Mall of America was a huge draw for foreign
  • I mean, obviously, you know, at one point I remember the Mall of America was a huge draw for foreign
  • markets instead of foreign countries. markets instead of foreign countries.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Financial Services Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • families, and they treat our deployed service members stationed at U.S. installations overseas as foreign
  • Foreign recipients. recipients. Foreign recipients.
Bills: HB585
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

TCA Public Hearing 04-16-2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • And testifying first on HCR 94, we have the Department of Hawaii Veterans of Foreign Wars in support
  • And testifying first on HCR 94, we have the Department of Hawaii Veterans of Foreign Wars in support
  • And testifying first on HCR 94, we have the Department of Hawaii Veterans of Foreign Wars in support
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committees met on a 3:00 p.m. agenda that included House Concurrent Resolution 94 and several gubernatorial nominations. HCR 94, which asks the governor to proclaim Hawaii a Purple Heart State on August 7, 2025, drew support from the Hawaii Veterans of Foreign Wars and no opposing testimony. The chair recommended passage as is, and the committees adopted the recommendation without objection. The bulk of the meeting focused on nominations to the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, along with one nomination to the Medical Advisory Board. Nominees and supporters emphasized experience, continuity, and service: Dana Alla Lopez, Beverly Lee, and others described prior commission work; Janet Sato and Marcia Deutsch highlighted long involvement in arts education, grants review, and public art; and Randall Francisco stressed arts advocacy and accessibility. Testimony in support also came from commission staff, the Association for Hawaiian Civic Clubs, the County of Kauai Office of Economic Development, the mayor of Kauai, and others. One nominee, Judy Kvel Kovville, had support from the Department of Transportation. Several committee members raised broader questions about sustaining arts funding amid possible federal cuts and changes in state project financing that could reduce revenue under the 1% for art law. The nominees for the arts-related posts said they were open to exploring new funding sources, including private philanthropy, community support, and learning from other states. After discussion, the committee voted to advise and consent on all listed nominations—GM506, GM507, GM508, GM556, GM654, GM740, GM742, and GM743—with no votes or reservations, and the meeting adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • **Dave Nelson**: It's a good entity to maintain it.
  • **Dave Nelson**: It's the best entity to maintain it.
  • We have basically any governmental entity, local governmental entity, that issues debt; we enumerate
  • The public entities that DIR serves are using our... Government customers.
  • The public entities that DIR serves are using our programs more than ever.
Bills: SB1, SB 1
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York State Senate Session - 06/04/2026

New York Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • IN FACT, THE PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE ENTITIES AND COMPANIES THAT MAKE THE ELECTRONIC SHELF LABELS
  • We're asking the utilities to be predictive so that when they do need to reach out to other entities,
  • WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, NUMBER ONE Maintain all of these records and provide them to these entities.
  • Responsibilities that each one of these entities has to report the charity care that they provide, so
  • RESPONSIBILITIES THAT EACH ONE OF THESE ENTITIES HAS TO REPORT THE CHARITY CARE THAT THEY PROVIDE, SO
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate met on June 3, 2026, approved the prior day’s journal, and then moved through a long list of discharge motions and substitutions to place many bills on the third reading calendar. The chamber also adopted Resolution J.2314 honoring the New York chapter of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, with remarks emphasizing domestic workers’ role in care work, labor organizing, and protections such as paid sick leave and family leave. Another adopted resolution, J.2298, mourned labor and social justice advocate Minerva Solla, with senators highlighting her work with 1199, the Young Lords, Puerto Rican solidarity efforts, and women’s organizing. A third resolution recognized Olympic curler Daniel Casper for representing the United States at the 2026 Winter Games. The Senate then confirmed a large slate of judicial and executive nominations. It accepted the Judiciary Committee report and confirmed four interim Supreme Court justices, seven Court of Claims judges, and 21 reappointments/extensions by a vote of 44-12. The Finance Committee report was also accepted, and the Senate confirmed a broad set of appointments to state boards and authorities, including the MTA, State Commission of Correction, Power Authority, NYSERDA, Financial Control Board, public health councils, SUNY and Cornell boards, gaming and bridge authorities, and others. One notable confirmation was Alexander Dockery to the State Commission of Correction; supporters called it the first time a formerly incarcerated person had been confirmed to that commission, while Senator Murray criticized the practice of voting on large nomination blocks rather than individually. The chamber then took up and passed many bills, mostly by wide margins, covering labor, health, education, transportation, public service, criminal justice, municipal, tax, insurance, and environmental topics. Several members explained their votes on major measures: Senator Ramos supported a bill modernizing temporary disability benefits and another protecting construction workers from lost pay when jobs are canceled; Senator Baskin spoke about a correction bill tied to the death of India Cummings; Senator Skoufis described a family-court custody bill intended to prioritize child safety; Senator Mayer backed a proposal to reimburse parents of medically fragile children for providing care; and Senator Hinchey defended a bill requiring employers to report AI-related job impacts, while Senator Borrello opposed it as burdensome. Most bills were passed, some were laid aside, and the session concluded with multiple roll-call votes and confirmations before adjournment-related business.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The organization awards $100,000 grants to nonprofit entities across central Oklahoma, enabling the implementation
  • It is a little bit of a foreign discussion to many and I will you know reiterate some of the things that
  • Are we creating a framework whereby funds can be appropriated into this entity that will end up in the
  • agreement, and specifically looking at what portion of the financial risk remains with the private entity
  • What criteria determine which entity is selected for participation, and how do we ensure that the process
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Agriculture. (3-11-26)

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • This includes products made by numerous foreign companies like Syngenta, which is owned by the Chinese
  • important that we associate our science and labeling policies based on their science and not let entities
  • ><00:32:14.400> let based on their science and not let based on their science and not let entities
  • > France<00:32:15.920> determine<00:32:17.000> uh<00:32:17.120> what entities
  • from France determine uh what entities from France determine uh what how<00:32:17.640> and<00