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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 17, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- for the future?
- for the future?
- for the future?
- for the future?
- </c><03:43:23.840><c> future</c><03:43:24.160><c> of</c> oversight, what's the future future of oversight
Keywords:
defense appropriations, military funding, national security, Department of Defense, fiscal year 2026, House of Representatives, election, Speaker, Clerk, Congress, budget authority, rescission, fiscal policy, government funding, impoundment, Federal Reserve, digital currency, monetary policy, financial services, privacy
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Apr 16th, 2025 at 12:30 pm
North Dakota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And so in the future, everyone still has health insurance.
- This was actually the second legislative effort from Missouri, Iowa, and Idaho.
- Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri.
- This was actually the second legislative effort from Missouri, Iowa, and Idaho.
- We should not be voting yes today and give them a free pass for future harm.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up several procedural motions, including suspending House rules for three legislative days and replacing conference committee members on Senate Bill 2282 and SCR 4007. The chamber also recognized visiting student groups from Grafton/Pleasant Valley and Shiloh School. Later, the House agreed to several conference committee reports and moved a number of measures through final passage or final disposition.
House Bill 1428, which would have created a sales tax exemption for clothing sold by thrift stores or nonprofit corporations, drew extensive debate over tax policy, revenue loss, and possible conflicts with streamlined sales tax rules. Supporters argued it would help lower-income shoppers and nonprofit thrift stores, while opponents said it created an unfair advantage and could reduce state and local revenue. The conference report was adopted, but the bill ultimately failed on final vote, 37-54. House Bill 1440, relating to cigar lounges, was amended in conference and then passed 75-17. House Bill 1460, concerning adult foster care for private-pay adults, electronic monitoring, and a legislative study, was also adopted and passed overwhelmingly, 91-1.
The House then passed Senate Bill 2224, which revises gaming commission structure and gaming stamp requirements, adds Attorney General enforcement provisions, and includes a $25,000 general fund appropriation, by a vote of 88-0. Senate Bill 2327, which expands uses of the agriculture diversification and development fund and appropriates $15 million to it, passed 74-17 after a member was excused from voting due to a personal interest. Senate Bill 2267, creating a regulatory framework for on-site wastewater treatment systems and shifting licensing authority to the Department of Environmental Quality, passed 82-10, and Senate Bill 2276, addressing joint water resource boards for cross-county projects, passed 90-1.
The most contentious debate centered on Senate Bill 2160, which would move the state employee health plan from grandfathered status to a non-grandfathered ACA-compliant plan and appropriate about $6.6 million for the transition. Supporters said it would give the PERS board more flexibility, expand preventive and other benefits, and potentially slow premium growth without charging employees premiums. Opponents warned it could raise out-of-pocket costs, add mandated benefits, and shift costs to employees, while also arguing the bill had not been adequately studied. After extended debate, the House passed SB 2160 by a vote of 55-37. The chamber also concurred in Senate amendments to House Bill 1318, a pesticide labeling bill, and placed it on final passage, but the transcript ends before the final vote on that measure.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Elementary and Secondary Education Jan 21st, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Elementary and Secondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Representatives, please begin when you're ready.
- Those folks who are training our future generation, future Missourians, this solution helps to keep our
- Please proceed when ready.
- Kansas and just 20 miles from Iowa.
- They're not ready. They're not ready.
Committee:
House Elementary and Secondary Education
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 2274, the interstate teacher certification compact. Members questioned the fiscal note, including the initial IT cost and ongoing annual costs, and DESE explained that the first-year expense would cover software setup while later costs would maintain the system and consortium membership. The bill sponsor and supporters argued the compact would streamline reciprocity and help both incoming and Missouri-trained teachers. The committee then voted HB 2274 do pass by a vote of 17 ayes and 1 no.
The committee next heard HB 1876 and HB 2115, both aimed at restoring cursive instruction in elementary schools. The sponsors argued cursive is important for reading historical documents, signatures, literacy development, and access to primary sources, and several members echoed concerns that many younger teachers and students can no longer read cursive. Questions focused on implementation, including whether fifth grade was the right benchmark, how testing would work, and whether the bills would require too much instructional time or cost. A Missouri NEA witness supported the general goal but urged local control and caution about adding mandates. No vote was taken on these two bills during the hearing.
The committee then considered HB 1757, a gifted education bill, and adopted a committee substitute after approving an amendment that delayed implementation to the 2027-28 school year, clarified screening versus assessment language, required a committee rather than a single staff member to handle referrals, and directed districts to use recommendations from the state gifted advisory council. Members discussed how the bill would affect districts with existing gifted programs and whether it would require changes to current practices. The committee voted the House Committee Substitute for HB 1757 do pass by a vote of 20 ayes and 0 noes.
Finally, the committee heard HB 2776, which would create an associate-of-applied-science pathway into teaching and allow temporary certification for people who complete the program. The sponsor and supporters, including community college and school district leaders, said the bill would address teacher shortages, especially in rural areas, by creating a lower-cost, work-friendly route into the profession while still requiring mentoring and classroom experience. Opponents, including Missouri State University, argued that teacher preparation should still lead to a bachelor’s degree and warned that the proposed pathway could leave teachers underprepared in content and pedagogy and place added burdens on districts and veteran teachers. The discussion also covered pay, retention, and whether the new pathway should be a stepping stone to full certification rather than a terminal credential.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Iowa should be the Tuscany of North America, except now Iowa has a water crisis.
- </c> of Iowa and the late Paul Wellstone. of Iowa and the late Paul Wellstone.
- I saw what Iowa used to be in my lifetime. Iowa fell apart.
- Iowa fell apart. It's sad lifetime. Iowa fell apart.
- </c> process uh sometime in the future. process uh sometime in the future.
Bills:
HF3718
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/07/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- However, the largest study in the US was done right across the border in Iowa, the Iowa Women's Health
- </c> done in northeast Iowa. done in northeast Iowa.
- ,</c> producing states, Minnesota, Iowa, producing states, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska,<00:13:36.840><c
- </c><00:24:15.520><c> Um</c> line into Iowa. Um line into Iowa.
- </c> expected to work for us in the future. expected to work for us in the future.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board Mar 31st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board
Transcript Highlights:
- like to add where the legislative body has allocated the funds for past bienniums and going into the future
- like to add where the legislative body has allocated the funds for past bienniums and going into the future
- some of the rebalance process to the investment function, and I think that's going to be good for future
- It's as positive for the future of economic development as the actual investments that have been made
- in North Dakota, but if it wanted to spend money in Iowa too, there is no prohibition.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 1/23/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- On the low end, like Iowa and Illinois, these permits were issued in around 110 days.
- It appears we are ready to move on. Thank you for your testimony very much.
- It appears we are ready to move on. Thank you for your testimony very much.
- to move on thank you for your ready to move on thank you for your testimony<00:23:47.279><c> very</c
- Are we ready, Chair Heintzeman? Would you like to move your bill and get it before the committee?
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 25th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The good Lord is not ready for you, but we are, and we thank you. God bless you.
- And there's already an initiative on the ballot. ...future on this bond.
- They are ready to go, and this bond will get that going.
- Right now, on the drawing board, I can think of 1,100 houses ready to be built.
- He was born in Angola, Iowa, and he was 35 years old.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment committee approves HF81 3/4/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Be ready. that are attempting to purchase some that are attempting to purchase some products<00:00:50.800
- Conroy, you're ready. Thank you. Identify yourself for the committee and proceed. All right.
- In this case, we also have the risk that we're sending all of our people over to Wisconsin or Iowa or
- , but they're in the near future.
- </c><00:21:21.720><c> but</c> don't see Alternatives yet ready but don't see Alternatives yet ready but
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Oklahoma.
- Please step forward, state your name and begin on ready. Thank you, Mr.
- Next up in support, please state your name and begin when ready. Mr.
- Please step forward, state your name and begin when ready.
- First up, you know when ready. Good morning. My name is Tim Brinker.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Budget Section Regulatory Division Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So we are also getting ready for our own audits.
- So if you're buying oil futures, that's what you're buying them at.
- , which, by the way, is using bucket natural gas in Iowa.
- Chairman, Representative Munson, we are, I would not be ready to answer that question.
- We have no solutions that are ready to go, but we are doing a lot of strategic work on an ideation of
Summary:
The committee took roll, approved the March 18 minutes, and then received a compliance-report update on the Industrial Commission and related funds and programs. Staff reviewed the status of one-time appropriations and grant programs, including electric grid resiliency, lignite research, enhanced oil recovery, the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, the salt cavern business-case study, and the new NDSU research and technology park grant. Members asked about funding balances, reimbursement timing, matching requirements, and how some commitments would affect the State Investment Fund and future biennia.
Industrial Commission staff then gave a broader update on the agency’s administrative office, grant management system, leadership transitions at several commission agencies, and active grant rounds. They reported that the grant management system is nearing completion, that several agency leadership searches have concluded, and that the commission’s grant programs currently have 108 active grants totaling more than $165 million. They also described the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority round, the oil and gas research program’s enhanced oil recovery awards, the grid resiliency grants, the salt cavern study, and the research technology park program, noting that some projects are awaiting federal funds or additional matching cash.
Ron Ness, speaking for the Oil and Gas Research Council, focused on the state of the oil industry and the enhanced oil recovery “Bakken 2.0” effort. He said production remains steady, but future growth depends on better infrastructure, longer laterals, and new EOR methods such as CO2, natural gas, and surfactants. He emphasized the importance of the Bakkeneast pipeline and related gas-utilization projects, the recent DOE funding that will return some money to the research council, and the need to modernize tax and incentive rules for CO2-based recovery. Members discussed the potential economic benefits for oil, agriculture, and manufacturing.
The Bank of North Dakota then presented its compliance report and a broader strategic update. Bank leadership reviewed the bank’s mission, governance, participation lending, student lending, disaster programs, and legislatively directed programs, and said the bank is managing for a flatter deposit base and stronger liquidity because of fintech competition and changing market conditions. They reported improved earnings, with net income rising to about $231 million, and described Rough Rider Coin as a new internal payment rail for North Dakota banks and credit unions, not a public cryptocurrency. Members asked about student loan eligibility, disaster lending, and the bank’s capacity to support state programs while maintaining its balance-sheet and liquidity requirements.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Education Committee and Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education May 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And you all may begin whenever you’re ready. So, yeah.
- Klaus von Zastro, and Klaus, you may begin whenever you're ready.
- Klaus von Zastro, and Klaus, you may begin whenever you're ready.
- One was how to implement a high-performing, learner-centered, future-ready education system.
- And so I think of the future.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Health and Mental Health Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Health and Mental Health
Transcript Highlights:
- You can start whenever you're ready. Well, good morning.
- And they may be in Iowa the next weekend. So, you know, that would help.
- Well, we'll tell our members... ...may be in Iowa the next weekend. So, you know, that would help.
- Proceed whenever you're ready. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning.
- and looking to set back some money for projects in the future.
Committee:
House Health and Mental Health
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
UMN Regent Candidate Forum - 02/04/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> how to manage that uh that future how to manage that uh that future effectively<00:15:26.880><c>
- And so as a Board of Regents, I'm ready. I'm retired.
- </c> and so as a Board of Regents I'm ready and so as a Board of Regents I'm ready I'm<00:31:10.440><
- </c> it's putting money back into future it's putting money back into future Workforce<00:58:47.319><
- </c> to learn play and Thrive for future to learn play and Thrive for future generations<01:25:36.600
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Water Topics Overview Committee Mar 26th, 2026
Water Topics Overview Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- and ready to come before us.
- and ready to come before us.
- Future risk readiness and sustainability: reserves, lifecycle funding, and resilience to uncertainty.
- to manage future risk.
- They’re going to bring in people from Iowa, the Iowa corn growers, Kansas Light and Power.
Committee:
Joint Water Topics Overview Committee
Summary:
The Water Topics Overview Committee met with a quorum and heard updates from Department of Water Resources Director Reese Haas and Lieutenant Governor/State Water Commission Chair Michelle Strinden on statewide water funding, major projects, and two legislative studies requested in House Bill 1020. Haas reviewed the status of the Northwest Area Water Supply and Southwest Pipeline projects, noting NAWS construction is expected to move water by fall and Southwest’s Hebron-Rugby expansion phase one is in final design with bids expected next month. He also summarized the department’s budget outlook, including Resources Trust Fund and Water Project Stabilization Fund balances, the effect of oil price volatility and stripper well exemptions on revenues, and the status of project buckets, carryover, lines of credit, regionalization, bid trends, and administrative/process updates.
Committee members asked about project prioritization, municipal funding demand, maintenance expectations, replacement versus deferred maintenance, and whether the 2025 session may have underfunded municipal water supply needs. Haas said the commission uses the same high/medium/low prioritization process across all buckets, reviews maintenance plans as part of policy, and is seeing strong demand in the municipal bucket. He also explained that the department’s 14-year projection is based on the next seven legislative sessions and that the state faces a projected $1.3 billion shortfall over that period if all planned projects are funded under current assumptions.
Deloitte then presented draft findings from the cost-share policy study and the governance/finance study. For cost share, Deloitte said the model shows a roughly $1.3 billion shortfall over 14 years and about $1.8 billion through 2031 under current policy, and offered seven options including tighter eligibility for replacement projects, state funding caps for the Mouse River and Red River Valley projects, a priority-based cost-share scale, timing shifts, use of existing lines of credit, and delayed reimbursement timing. For governance, Deloitte outlined draft options for Southwest, NAWS, and Red River ranging from maintaining current structures with stronger planning to transferring ownership or adding formal oversight, and recommended broader use of performance metrics, long-term financial planning, and clearer decision trees. No votes or formal actions were taken; the commission discussed the scenarios and the studies will return in revised form later in the spring.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force Feb 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- positive detection and later confirmation by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa
- positive detection and later confirmation by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa
- National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
- legally tagged and you're getting ready to leave out of that area.
- The NDA's mission is to ensure the future of wild deer, wildlife habitat, and hunting.
Summary:
The task force met to review chronic wasting disease (CWD) developments and related management actions. After adopting an amended agenda and approving prior minutes, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries presented an update on the new CWD control area expansion triggered by a positive deer sample from Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area in Concordia Parish. Staff explained the emergency declaration, the enhanced mitigation zone and buffer zone rules, baiting and feeding restrictions, carcass transport limits, and the taxidermy waiver process. Members asked about where the deer may have been exposed, how sampling and surveillance are targeted, how the control area boundaries were drawn, and how the department tracks harvest and sample data. LDWF said the disease appears to be at low prevalence, that the emergency declaration lasts 180 days unless changed, and that a formal notice of intent will follow; the commission may act on the emergency and later rulemaking in time for the next hunting season.
The committee also heard from the National Deer Association, which stated that CWD is the most serious long-term threat to wild deer and deer hunting and urged hunters, landowners, scientists, and agencies to work together to slow its spread. The task force then discussed its legislatively assigned report under H.R. ACR 75, with staff outlining five required areas: testing and tracking practices, information sharing and public notification, monitoring captive and wild herds, containment protocols, and needed regulatory updates. Members clarified the timing for recommendations and noted the report is due before the 2027 session, though recommendations can be made earlier.
Later, LDWF staff provided retail sales figures showing significant declines in corn and rice bran sales in late 2025 compared with the prior year, attributing the drop to the baiting restrictions in CWD areas and noting impacts on small businesses and local economies. Members discussed the need to present harvest, sample, and DMAP data separately and in map form, while also cautioning that detailed property-level data could create legal or economic concerns; LDWF said it can stratify data by parish, public/private land, and DMAP status without identifying individual hunters or properties. The meeting ended with a public comment thanking Governor Landry for assistance after an ice storm, and the task force adjourned with the next meeting date to be announced.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 50 (3-19-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- With 97 members indicating their presence, a quorum is declared and the House is ready to proceed.
- Arabella was born on May 23, 1846, on a family farm in Burlington, Iowa.
- She family farm in Burlington, Iowa.
- Iowa became the first state in the Union to admit women to the practice of law.
- Iowa became the first state in the Union to admit women to the practice of law.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity 01/08/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:03:21.040><c> um</c> what we see as possible uh future um what we see as possible uh future um
- and what can we do to get ready?
- and what can we do to and are we ready and what can we do to get<00:42:52.319><c> ready?
- </c> discuss as we um get ready for session. discuss as we um get ready for session.
- future um the future comments about the future um the future meeting<00:50:01.440><c> and</c><00:50:01.839
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, December 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Iowa, Iowa Beef Industry Council, Choose Iowa, and<00:42:46.560><c> Lola's</c><00:42:47.119><c> Fine
- ,</c> entrepreneurial product made in Iowa, entrepreneurial product made in Iowa, she<00:42:51.520><c
- </c><02:12:07.679><c> and</c><02:12:08.000><c> remain</c> future, we must maintain and remain future,
- </c><03:13:19.439><c> The</c> our bright future as a nation. The our bright future as a nation.
- future.
Bills:
HR432 , HR312 , HR311 , HR310 , HR309 , HR308 , HB1676 , SB356 , HR1372 , HB2175 , HB1461 , HB2466 , SB2283 , HB1830 , HR1009 , HR1008 , HR323 , HB5131 , HB4503 , HR573 , HB2916 , HB2306 , HB2290 , HB2389 , HB2388 , HB3857 , HB2293 , HR655 , HB4285 , HR1276 , HB2302
Keywords:
federal labor relations, executive order, labor management, federal oversight, government reform, wildlife conservation, Pittman-Robertson, state plans, environment, approval process, Secretary of the Interior, Secure Rural Schools, reauthorization, federal land payments, county payments, state payments, payments in lieu of taxes, PILT, rural counties, forest counties
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF16, legislation to regulate data centers in Minnesota, passes House 6/9/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you had them in Wisconsin. These should be coming to Minnesota.
- Uh, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you had them in Wisconsin. These should be coming to Minnesota.
- Uh, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you had them in Wisconsin. These should be coming to Minnesota.
- Uh, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you had them in Wisconsin. These should be coming to Minnesota.
- Uh, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you had them in Wisconsin. These should be coming to Minnesota.