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• Two years ago, Maduro signs a document by the name of the ... won 8020 won 8020 after<00:38:20.160>
• Two years ago, Maduro signs<00:38:34.000> a<00:38:34.320> document<00:38:34.880> by<
• the<00:38:35.440> name<00:38:35.599> of<00:38:35.760> the Maduro signs a document
• And he signed that document with the Biden administration. And what did he do?
• Yet House Republicans base their entire resolution on this falsehood and advance a false equation between

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, November 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• In fact, all across the country, there has ever been only one documented instance of a good guy with
• Been referenced this afternoon to our founding documents.
• Just as you this is completely false.
• So our constitution is more than just a collection of individual rights put in a document.
• So our constitution is more than just a collection of individual rights put in a document.

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• Madam Chair, Senate Bill 1052 is a bill to amend the Medicaid False Claim Act.

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• And we do have a bill, I believe, over on the Senate that would criminalize a false report of animal

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• convicted, the last time, which is a second-degree misdemeanor for any person who knowingly provide false

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• Are we just falsely reassuring ourselves if we do it?

Bills: SB245, SB246, HB30, HB30

Keywords: SB245, public assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, food assistance, Alabama Medicaid Agency, Department of Human Resources, eligibility verification, self-attestation, data matching, fraud prevention, improper payments, program integrity, benefit eligibility, income verification, residency verification, asset verification, electronic benefit transfer, EBT, cross-checks

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• From the American Heart Association, it says that a high rate of false positives can lead to additional

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• Another time, it was to refute the government's false claim that the land under the water is not our

Keywords: SBA, small business, nominations, Bill Briggs, Casey Mulligan, regulations, capital access, public support

Summary: The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship convened to consider the nominations of Bill Briggs for Deputy Administrator of the SBA and Dr. Casey Mulligan for Chief Counsel for Advocacy. The discussions highlighted the critical role of the SBA in promoting small businesses, with emphasis on overcoming challenges posed by excessive regulations and the need for improved access to capital. Several committee members expressed their concerns over recent layoffs within the SBA and the closure of district offices, which they believe undermine support for small businesses across the nation. The committee meeting saw extensive dialogue about the implications of regulations on small business operations and how the nominees plan to address these issues if confirmed. Public support for the nominees was acknowledged through letters from various stakeholders who advocate for small business interests.

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• THE NOTION IS DEEPLY UNPOPULAR IS FALSE.

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• Students who completed their visa processes, received their documentation, and came here to pursue their
• , processes, received their documentation, processes, received their documentation, and<00:24:18.360
• Our campus community was afraid not because of issues of misinformation or false narratives, but rather
• I'd like to point out that the incident that he described, as documented in an NPR article, so I would
• So certainly, as I've said, we do not support nor do we ask for the documentation of anybody we stop.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee adopted the minutes from its February 24, 2026 meeting after a motion by Vice Chair Coulter. The hearing then focused on the impact of federal immigration enforcement, referred to throughout as Operation Metro Surge, on Minnesota college campuses. The chair said the purpose was to document alleged abuses, campus fear, and racial discrimination, and to hear from testifiers about effects on students, faculty, and staff. Representative Novotny briefly objected to the framing, saying the committee should be finding facts rather than making a predetermined presentation, and the chair responded that members should remain respectful and that questions would be held until after all presenters testified. Augsburg University President Paul Pribbenow described what he called relentless and unprecedented disruption, including student stops and interrogations, family separations, and an ICE operation on campus in which armed masked agents allegedly detained a student without a warrant and pointed weapons at students and staff. He said the campus received bomb threats afterward, increased virtual learning options, and saw spikes in student support needs, housing assistance, and leaves of absence. Jenna Chernega of the Inter Faculty Organization said faculty across Minnesota State universities reported widespread student and colleague stress, increased workload, disappearing students, and a need for clearer sensitive-location protections and academic freedom guidance. Mark Grant of Minnesota State College Faculty said community conditions inevitably affect classrooms, that campuses have not yet had an ICE incident but are bracing for one, and that faculty want to support students and may need financial help if enrollment declines. Jennifer Irwin of AFSCME said fear from ICE activity extends beyond campus boundaries and is affecting attendance, work, and daily life for staff and students; she cited a member detained in St. Paul while trying to prove legal status. Student testifiers Brendan Frazier of Concordia University, St. Paul, Jonathan Fitzgerald of Minnesota State Mankato, Sudi Adow of Lead MN, and Will Luther of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities described panic, reduced attendance, food insecurity, disrupted classes, and fear of leaving home or commuting to campus. They urged stronger student privacy protections, support for international and immigrant students, emergency aid, and policies to keep campuses safe. No further committee action or votes were taken after the minutes approval.

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• So that's a false narrative. And you don't need data to prove that. I lived it.
• I've submitted documentation to you, two pieces.
• her $2,700-a-month apartment that not only exceeds her income from SSI, but this unit also has documented

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing held a hybrid hearing on a broad slate of landlord-tenant and home rule bills, with most testimony focused on rent stabilization, tenant opportunity to purchase (TOPA), tenant fees, access to counsel, algorithmic rent fixing, and tenant protections in subsidized housing. Chairs Cyr and Haggerty outlined the hearing procedures and noted that written testimony could also be submitted. Several members and invited speakers emphasized that the committee was hearing from both local officials and residents affected by housing instability, especially in Somerville and other communities facing high rents and displacement. Supporters of rent stabilization and local-option rent control argued that Massachusetts needs tools to prevent displacement while new housing is built. Senator Eldridge, Senator Jalen, Somerville officials, tenant organizers, and residents described steep rent increases, no-fault evictions, and the loss of naturally occurring affordable housing. Somerville’s home rule petition was described as allowing annual increases tied to CPI plus 2%, capped at 5%, with exemptions for owner-occupied two- and three-family homes and a 15-year exemption for new construction. TOPA supporters said it would let tenants or their designees buy buildings before speculative buyers, preserving affordable housing stock; opponents, including small landlords and property managers, argued rent control would reduce supply, discourage investment, and that TOPA could delay sales and harm properties. The committee also heard testimony on bills to curb junk fees and regulate tenant charges, including limits on late fees, lease renewal fees, payment portal fees, attorney’s fees, and other add-on charges. Advocates said these fees can add hundreds of dollars a month and disproportionately harm low-income renters and renters of color. Another major topic was algorithmic rent fixing: Senator Moore and Representative Sabadoza said landlords should not use software such as RealPage to coordinate pricing, citing federal antitrust actions and arguing that competition is essential to lowering rents. Additional testimony supported a statewide right to counsel in eviction cases, with legal services providers saying representation dramatically improves outcomes and can save the state money, and a bill to create an office of tenant protections to better enforce sanitary code violations. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

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• This site's progress. has been documented. In the flyer that you received, there's a QR code on it.
• Document all these sites, create a dashboard, start to create a plan, and then deal with the funding,
• In a way, a false choice where you say, you know, we're going to get stuck holding the bag.

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• was created to comply with the Voting Rights Act, and any suggestion otherwise by the DOJ is simply false
• After the 2020 census documented that the most population growth over the last decade came from people
• That's documented. If there are any other questions for the witness? Uh, okay.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• system, and when you apply, you have to prove what your residency is, and you have to give whatever documentation
• animus or hypocrisy, that their motivations behind what they want to do is somehow rooted in something false
• I don't care whether you're documented or not. Education changes your financial status.

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then read an amended joint proclamation expanding the special session call to include financial penalties for government officials, criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. No committee reports, governor’s messages, or House messages were on the desk before the chamber moved to the special order calendar. The main item was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill, along with a late-filed strike-all amendment by Senator Gruters. Gruters said the amendment aligned terminology with federal law, increased penalties for crimes by unauthorized aliens, added transnational crime organizations to gang definitions, required stronger participation in the federal 287(g) program, created financial penalties for noncompliance, offered a $1,000 bonus for officers assisting ICE in large operations, directed more information-sharing with federal agencies, and barred DHSMV from issuing licenses or IDs to unauthorized aliens. He framed the bill as supporting President Trump’s immigration agenda and focusing on criminal illegal aliens rather than street-level enforcement. A long question-and-answer period followed, with Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Roscoe, Berman, and others pressing the sponsor on scope, legality, costs, and implementation. Questions focused on whether the bill would require participation beyond jails and detention centers, whether schools or churches could be affected, liability and immunity for local agencies, the size and purpose of the proposed appropriations, and the impact on undocumented students receiving in-state tuition waivers. Gruters and Senator Fine said the 287(g) provisions were intended to apply to jails and detention facilities, that green-card holders and lawful residents would not be affected, and that the tuition waiver repeal would end discounted tuition for students in the country illegally while not affecting their ability to attend. Fine also defended the mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses committed by illegal immigrants, acknowledging it would likely be challenged in court but arguing the bill was designed to test and advance the policy. No final vote or other action on the bill is reflected in the excerpt.

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• system, and when you apply, you have to prove what your residency is, and you have to give whatever documentation
• animus or hypocrisy, that their motivations behind what they want to do is somehow rooted in something false
• I don't care whether you're documented or not. Education changes your financial status.

Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the reading of an amended joint proclamation expanding the Legislature’s immigration agenda. The proclamation added items calling for financial penalties for government officials, enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement in enforcing federal immigration law. The chamber then took up the special order calendar, beginning with Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill. Most of the meeting was devoted to debate and questions on the strike-all amendment to SB 2B. Sponsor Senator Gruters described the bill as a broad immigration enforcement package aligned with President Trump’s agenda. He said it would require greater cooperation with federal immigration authorities, strengthen participation in the 287(g) program, create a chief immigration officer and council, authorize financial penalties for noncompliance, provide bonuses for officers assisting ICE, and direct information-sharing with federal agencies. He also said the bill would bar DHSMV from issuing licenses or ID cards to unauthorized aliens and would end in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Berman, Osgood, and others questioned the scope of the bill, whether it would affect schools, churches, cities, nonprofits, and green-card holders, and how the 287(g) provisions would work in practice. Gruters repeatedly said the operational focus was on jails and detention facilities, not street-level enforcement. A major point of controversy was the bill’s proposed mandatory death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of certain capital offenses. Senator Fine said the covered crimes were the most serious capital felonies, including murder, child sexual battery, destructive-device offenses causing death, and certain trafficking offenses, and argued the provision was intended to withstand constitutional challenge. Senator Pizzo raised Eighth Amendment concerns and questioned whether the bill could mandate death sentences. The tuition waiver provisions also drew extended debate: Fine said the state would save about $41 million by ending discounted tuition for undocumented students, while Democrats argued the savings would not return to general revenue and that the policy would harm students who are already enrolled. Fine and Gruters said green-card holders would not be affected and that the bill targeted only students in the country illegally. The discussion also covered appropriations and implementation. Senator Smith asked about the bill’s large funding levels, and Fine broke down the spending as including $375 million for the chief immigration officer, $100 million in grants to local law enforcement, $29 million for the new Office of State Immigration Enforcement, and $10 million for an unauthorized-alien transport program. Gruters said the funds would reimburse local governments and help address staffing shortages, while critics questioned the lack of benchmarks and the fiscal impact. No final vote or disposition on the bill appears in the transcript excerpt.

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• were absolutely lambasted with unnecessary treatment by members in this body that spewed blatantly false
• this body that treatment by members in this body that spewed spewed spewed blatantly<00:38:53.280> false
• <00:38:53.840> information<00:38:55.040> and blatantly false information and blatantly
• false information and misconstrued<00:38:56.080> facts<00:38:56.480> about<00:38:56.760

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• On top of that, you know, the promises of Obamacare were false.
• know, the promises of Obamacare<00:39:11.080> uh<00:39:11.320> were<00:39:11.600> false
• Obamacare uh were false. Obamacare uh were false.

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• We enforce all these laws with willful evasion or false and fraudulent returns.
• 58.560> invasion willful invasion willful invasion or<01:47:01.199> uh<01:47:01.440> false
• or uh false and fraudulent returns. or uh false and fraudulent returns.

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• So I think some of the core points that have been made are simply false and are not helpful.
• :14.839> simply points that have been made are simply points that have been made are simply false
• :37:16.400> helpful<00:37:17.400> um<00:37:17.839> to<00:37:18.040> go false
• and are not helpful um to go false and are not helpful um to go further<00:37:19.480> we<00:37

Keywords: 1183, house

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• and records in to release all documents and records in possession<02:07:52.560> of<02:07:52.719
• I believe in all the accusations and false things that are being said will be proven to be absolutely
• false in many ways, and I have the evidence and receipts and look forward to working with them.
• He went to get documents so he could marry his fiancée. He never came out.
• so he could marry his fiance. documents so he could marry his fiance.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 1012, house, all