Video & Transcript Research : 'harm reduction'
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine perspectives from the field, focusing on farmer and rancher views on the agricultural economy. Feb 26th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- lift these broad freezes, but the USDA is ignoring the court orders and intentionally causing serious harm
- the Packers and Stockyards Act, have been abandoned, more oversight is needed to ensure similarly harmful
- Prop 12 opposed by both President Trump and President Biden is harming small and medium family farmers
- would be on the pork sector and why it is critical for us to utilize the Farm Bill to prevent these harmful
- southern border, Mexico, they are a great trade partner and from them I would hope we would do no harm
Keywords:
agriculture, avian flu, bipartisan farm bill, economic challenges, poultry, dairy, specialty crops
Summary:
The committee meeting focused on crucial discussions surrounding the challenges faced by the agriculture sector, particularly concerning avian flu and its impact on poultry and dairy producers. Members provided insights into the economic struggles within the industry, emphasizing the need for a new bipartisan farm bill that addresses the diverse needs of specialty crop and livestock producers. Witnesses from various agricultural sectors spoke about their experiences, illustrating the high costs, regulatory burdens, and emerging diseases that threaten their operations. The meeting underscored a commitment to exploring solutions that will help maintain market stability and ensure food security.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Education
Transcript Highlights:
- This demonstrates how race, gender, and socioeconomic status intersect to magnify the harms of school
- Unfortunately, here in Massachusetts, it is harmful disproportionately on vulnerable student populations
- This lack of data is especially harmful now as the federal government and what's left of our U.S.
- see cuts in services, layoffs of critical staff, and operating in a way that aims to just mitigate harm
- With my son, he told us that he was being harmed. And the woman, instead of saying, 'Call me Mrs.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Education held a hearing focused primarily on special education-related bills, with testimony centered on two major themes: transition planning for students aging out of school-based services at age 22, and the fiscal strain special education costs place on districts. Committee members explained hearing procedures, noted the House was in formal session, and periodically stepped out for votes while staff recorded testimony. A separate bill on special education due process was also taken up briefly, along with a bill on special education finance and another on equitable access/data reporting.
On House Bill 752 and Senate Bill 313, witnesses from the Arc of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, the Developmental Disabilities Council, families, self-advocates, and Senator Comerford described the “Turning 22” transition as a crisis point that often leaves families without adult placements, services, or clear communication. Testimony emphasized earlier planning, more accountability, better data collection, and a commission to improve coordination and residential placement. Several parents and advocates shared personal accounts of traumatic transitions, delayed placements, and the need for plans to begin at least a year before age 22. The committee later closed testimony on these bills after hearing from all signed-up speakers.
House Bill 4217, on special education due process, drew support from Representative Sullivan-Almeida, parents, and advocates who argued that the burden of proof should shift from families to school districts. Testimony described costly legal battles, delays, and parents having to become experts in reading instruction or hire advocates and attorneys to secure services. Brody Dwyer, a 10-year-old student with dyslexia, and his mother described how evidence-based instruction helped him after years of struggle. The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 546/Senate Bill 317, which would require DESE to publish cross-tabulated data on race, disability, gender, income, and other factors; advocates said this would better expose disparities and help address the school-to-prison pipeline. Finally, on House Bill 691/Senate Bill 430, school leaders, educators, and union representatives testified that special education costs are outpacing district budgets and that increasing circuit breaker reimbursement and creating a commission to study long-term sustainability would help prevent staffing cuts and service reductions. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee repeatedly closed testimony on individual bills as speakers finished and moved through the agenda.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 4th, 2026 at 06:25 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So we've gone through different drugs, but one drug in particular harmed them and made them sicker, or
- In New Mexico, people are being harmed because their most personal information is being treated like
- should not be weaponized against our communities, sold without consent, or used to track, target, or harm
- And I worry that without refinement, it could unintentionally harm the very communities that we are all
- rely on regulator-led enforcement to ensure consistency, proportionality, and a focus on consumer harm
Keywords:
prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/30/2026 - House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference
House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- The delays harm the public, they harm the licensees, and undermine the confidence in the regulatory system
- Reserve the thorough investigations for cases with actual harm, impairment issues, criminal activity,
- Reserve the thorough investigations for cases with actual harm, impairment issues, criminal activity,
- caused or exacerbated an acute medical or psychiatric condition and may ultimately cause the risk of harm
- We had recommended that the department continue to develop and implement its improper payment reduction
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They need to be penalized and held responsible for the harm caused because I've got PTSD and I...
- ...in and harming the human trafficking victims.
- If passed, this bill would erode trust, reduce oversight, and cause further harm to grieving families
- This can harm their professional reputation and limit their assignments and advancement.
- And to take those lies that are being told about you that could potentially harm your career because
Bills:
SB614, SB872, SB1199, SB1212, SB1278, SB1573, SB1588, SB1602, SB1660, SB1704, SB1723, SB1833, SB1858, SB1946, SB2009, SB2146, SB2177, SB2373, SB2460, SB2785
Keywords:
forensic science, capital writs, criminal justice, case review, Texas Forensic Science Commission, SB 872, burglary of a vehicle, vehicle burglary, theft of a firearm, stolen gun, firearm theft, Penal Code Section 30.04, third-degree felony, Class A misdemeanor, criminal penalty enhancement, gun theft, vehicle break-in, property crime, sentencing enhancement, Texas criminal law
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- ...have to do some kind of trigger there in the legislation for a grace period for those that are harmed
- And so my question is, have y'all done the analysis of what we're seeing as far as reduction in ADA for
- Caused about a $650 million. budget, caused about a $650 million reduction, right, versus estimates.
- But the VADER asked for, after a 36 You know, the reduction in the property tax, but the VADER asked
- Students with disabilities most harmed.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 12th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- These grant increases, as well as the increase in access to affordable testing, treatment, risk-reduction
- There are a few slight reductions and tail eliminations to a few of the programs in the bill, but I think
- Events and water changes harm businesses, farmers, and people living their lives in Minnesota.
- On our side of the aisle, we got a reduction in the sexual reproduction grant, which was important on
- We will still go after the criminals who commit harm. Prosecutors will prosecute.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Tribal Relations, June 15, 2026 - AM
Select Committee on Tribal Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- Like this isn't really harmful.
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harmful is harmful is harmful to<03:09:20.600>that <03 - You're harming yourself, and then, in turn, you're harming your children.
- It's harmful and all of that.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/27/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- reduction in intimate partner homicide. reduction in intimate partner homicide.
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to significant danger of bodily harm to significant danger of bodily harm to - <03:21:34.560>
to significant danger of bodily harm to significant danger of bodily harm to - That might not be your primary residence. significant danger of harm to himself or significant danger
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In deference to your will, we humbly seek your divine help in taking our tongues from uttering harm,
- The bill we're voting on today will protect the most vulnerable Texans from reductions in...
- like many Republicans of taxpayer funding going to to LGBT studies, DEI, and other things that are harmful
- $4,000 per student, we're nowhere near. average nationally when it comes to per student's funding. harm
- HB number 500 by Bonnen relating to making supplemental appropriations and reduction in appropriations
Keywords:
appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I know what it means to carry harm past the point when the law is willing to hear me.
- That doesn't result in great bodily harm to a youthful offender.
- , not just bodily harm, but great bodily harm.
- , because someone could be shot in the arm and that is not great bodily harm.
- It only applies when there's great bodily harm. Senator Duhigg, we have a motion. Mr.
Keywords:
sexual crimes, statute of limitations, criminal justice, victim rights, child abuse, procurement, contracting, small business, local government, disaster recovery, emergency procurement, certification, public spending, juvenile justice, delinquency, rehabilitation, community corrections, risk assessment, public safety, health regulations
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- However, reimbursement reductions made over a decade ago, based on a limited view of our services, have
- The harm was real. Students spoke out, communities responded, The harm was real.
- But I think it's a ...make our children more addictive, and they are causing harm, and there ought to
- student, but also harmful to the school trying to put a meaningful schedule together.
- It's harmful to the student, but also harmful to the school trying to put a meaningful schedule together
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And if it does, it works to remedy those harms.
- Balance legislation asks the question, does this bill do any harm?
- And if it does, it works to remedy those harms.
- . members out very important details that could create harm.
- I think that it definitely harms.
Summary:
The House convened, established a quorum, heard an invocation and pledges, and approved several routine motions, including excuses for absent members, permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, and postponements of some bills. The chamber also received a Senate message listing measures passed by the Senate and adopted a memorial resolution honoring the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, with remarks entered into the House Journal after a moment of silence.
The House then took up a long third-reading calendar and passed a series of Senate bills on topics including criminal justice and corrections sunset provisions (SB 2405, 2406, 2407), election equipment testing (SB 2166), electric grid reliability and attack-preparedness exercises (SB 2148), firefighter collective bargaining (SB 777), DFPS and foster care procedures (SB 1141 and SB 1398), Medicare durable medical equipment billing (SB 1330), property tax administration (SB 1453), probate cleanup and record transfers (SB 1448 and SB 1839), mental health filing procedures (SB 53), school residency for children in safety placements (SB 226), diabetes-related amputation study (SB 1677), rapid DNA analysis (SB 1723), utility rate transparency and capacity cost recovery (SB 1664 and SB 1856), community supervision eligibility (SB 552 postponed), and other measures. Several bills passed with broad support, while others drew notable opposition and narrower margins, including SB 777, SB 2137, SB 2111, SB 1677, SB 1936, SB 1453, and SB 38.
Two bills drew especially extensive debate. SB 2148, dealing with electricity supply chain reliability and tabletop exercises for critical facilities, was discussed as a grid-security measure aimed at coordinating utilities, law enforcement, ERCOT, and the PUC in the event of physical attacks; it passed unanimously. SB 1936, changing how LSD is measured for criminal prosecution from dosage-based to weight-based calculations, prompted extended discussion about lab consistency, carrier mediums, and fairness in charging, with supporters saying it would help crime labs and law enforcement and opponents warning it could distort penalties depending on the medium used; it passed 108-26. The House also passed SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, after questions about overlap with TDEM and the cost of adding personnel.
Late in the day, the House debated SB 38 on eviction procedures, with supporters saying it targeted squatters and streamlined removal of unauthorized occupants, and opponents arguing it would make evictions too easy and worsen homelessness; it passed 85-44. The chamber also began debate on SB 37, a major higher-education governance bill that would expand governing-board oversight of curriculum, hiring, and faculty senates; members raised concerns about academic freedom, faculty governance, and the impact on humanities programs, and debate was still underway at the end of the transcript.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Budget Section Commerce and Legal Service Division Jun 24th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- So for this biennium, the Assembly approved an additional four FTE, but there was a reduction of three
- And, as Claire had mentioned, there could be harm to the evidence, possibly because of the lack of space
- budgeting process that you're in, working with the governor's office and their request for about a 10% reduction
- It is looking at a reduction of our base budget.
- I think looking at a reduction of our base budget of approximately 2.6 million, but I may have that number
Summary:
The committee met to hear the Attorney General’s budget and related agency presentations. Legislative Council first reviewed the compliance with legislative intent report and the base budget worksheet, highlighting current and ongoing appropriations, FTE changes, one-time funding items, continuing appropriations, and major special and federal funds. Members asked about items such as the Missing Indigenous People Grant Fund, the Internet Crimes Investigation Fund, and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit grant funding, and staff explained the funding sources and status of those programs.
Assistant Attorney General Clare Ness then outlined the Attorney General’s office structure, staffing, and budget pressures. She emphasized the office’s broad statutory duties, the value of its legal and investigative work for state and local governments, and concerns about attorney salary competitiveness, the new and vacant FTE pool, and the impact of the 3% operating budget reduction on BCI, IT, and the crime lab. Members also discussed AG opinions, boards and commissions training, and the office’s litigation and settlement recoveries. Ness and committee members raised the possibility of broader attorney salary benchmarking across state government.
The crime lab director described severe space and infrastructure constraints, including overcrowding, shared workspaces, glycol leaks, air handling limits, and aging fire and burglar alarm systems. She said the 2024 study projected a much larger facility would be needed and that a new building on the current health department site would best address the lab’s needs. She also reported that backlogs have improved significantly in DNA, drug, fingerprint, and firearms work, though toxicology had a recent delay after an air compressor failure. The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit director described the unit’s fraud, abuse, and neglect work, noted federal-state funding and recent federal scrutiny, and said the unit needs more staff. The gaming division reviewed charitable gaming growth, e-tabs, trust accounts, and compliance issues, while BCI covered its caseload, cybercrime and child sexual abuse material investigations, the missing indigenous person task force, and the use of lottery funds for drug task forces. No formal votes or budget actions were taken during the meeting.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Transcript Highlights:
- is a program that collects money but does not produce the efficiency projects or the emissions reductions
- is a program that collects money but does not produce the efficiency projects or the emissions reductions
- finding their error and asserted they deleted it from the balancing account so ratepayers wouldn't be harmed
- investment needed to modernize and harden California's electric grid through 2045, even modest reductions
- California's electric grid through 2045, even modest reductions in equipment costs can translate into
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Jul 7th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Our first line is to do logging, and then we follow up with various hazardous fuels reduction thinnings
- But as we're seeing, With our climate getting warmer and drier, we are seeing a reduction of snowfall
- To provide that law enforcement service, we see a reduction in force.
- We are looking at a reduction in IHS funding; the last I saw was approximately 20%.
- , energy, and effort that's put into that process, and then to be denied twice in a row is really harmful
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (03/10/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- So we did give them a reduction in that in our estimate.
- The adequacy harm is that the actual total.
- we pay them 25% of the harm done in fiscal year 25.
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Summary:
The Finance Division II committee heard a Department of Education budget presentation from Commissioner Frank Edelblut and CFO Tammy Valen-cour. The department outlined its organizational structure and emphasized that it functions largely as a flow-through agency for school funding. The commissioner reviewed general fund and Education Trust Fund items, including state aid, dropout prevention, special education, building aid, lease aid, charter schools, Education Freedom Accounts, and the district adequacy calculation. He also highlighted the public school infrastructure fund, saying the state has invested well over $50 million in school safety since 2018 for measures such as access controls, locks, and window film, and argued that safety spending should be ongoing rather than reactive.
Members asked about the variability in the school infrastructure line, special education aid, and the Discovery Education learning platform. Edelblut explained that some safety funding had come from one-time surplus appropriations rather than the agency line, and said special education aid was underappropriated because districts submitted more invoices than expected; he said the governor added $16 million to address the shortfall. He also described CTE renovation funding, noting four projects were initially proposed but only Jaffrey and Milford were still moving forward, with local votes required and the state covering 75% of costs. He said Milford’s project was omitted from the governor’s budget by oversight.
The department also reviewed enrollment trends, noting public school enrollment has fallen from about 230,000 students in 2002 to about 185,000 today. Edelblut clarified that charter students are not eligible for Education Freedom Accounts, while EFA students attending non-public schools are counted as EFA students. He described several one-time surplus-funded initiatives, including Student Clearinghouse, MTSSB work, civics curriculum development, computer science education, and adult education. He also discussed a $4 million CTE tuition and transportation grant, saying it was kept as a competitive grant rather than a formula grant to avoid creating an ongoing maintenance-of-effort commitment that could jeopardize federal Perkins funding.
In the final portion, Edelblut identified prioritized needs in the department’s budget, especially funding for a state administrator for assessment to support the legislatively required civics assessment, and additional support for the Discovery Education platform. He said every school in the state is using the platform and cited more than 1.5 million educator engagements, while a member raised concerns about mixed reviews and uneven district awareness of the program. No votes or formal actions were taken during the presentation and question period.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/5/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
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to <01: - who were harmed by Epstein, the<01:29:37.040>
Epstein <01:29:37.600>class, <01:29:37.920 - help<01:37:56.480>
us <01:37:56.639>or <01:37:56.800>to <01:37:57.040>harm - potential to either help us or to harm potential to either help us or to harm us<01:37:57.840>
- And, you know, I think our state's been harmed a lot by a lot of the rhetoric against us and the wild
Keywords:
judicial funding, Chief Justice security, fiscal year 2028, court system, judicial branch, judiciary, court notices, restitution, child protection, publication process, human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house
Summary:
The committee approved the March 3 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Minnesota Judicial Branch on House File 3874, which was laid over for possible inclusion in a finance bill. State Court Administrator Jeff Shorba and Chief Judge Michael Fritz testified in support of a supplemental funding request focused on judicial branch safety and security, along with funding to cover the employer share of Minnesota Paid Leave costs. Shorba said the branch is seeking help because it did not receive funding for paid leave in the last session and is having to hold positions open to absorb the cost.
The safety and security request included five parts: personal data protection for judges and court administrators, home security, two additional staff positions for threat assessment and coordination, security for the chief justice at public events, and a revived courthouse security grant program for counties. Testimony emphasized rising threats and incidents involving judges and court staff, including examples of doxing, home surveillance, and threats involving litigants, and cited increases in reported incidents, threats, and disturbances. Fritz said the branch’s current response system is stretched and that more law-enforcement-trained staff would improve coordination and response.
Members questioned why the judicial branch should receive state funding for paid leave when private employers must absorb the cost, and Shorba responded that the branch was excluded from end-of-session funding decisions and that the mandate should be funded for all branches of government. Members also asked about the threat-response process and whether local law enforcement should be used more directly. Another concern raised was whether State Patrol troopers assigned to judicial security would have the training needed for criminal-code enforcement, and Shorba said the branch is discussing that issue with the State Patrol. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
NH
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- My story is just one story among thousands of Granite Staters who would be harmed by this bill.
- My story is just one story among thousands of Granite Staters who would be harmed by this bill.
- My story is just one story among thousands of Granite Staters who would be harmed by this bill.
- by this bill this could happen to harmed by this bill this could happen to someone<01:34:21.159>
- <02:16:16.679>
the there so if you're uh harming the there so if you're uh harming the property