Transcript Highlights:

• Epinephrine delivery systems have advanced now.
• Epinephrine delivery systems have advanced now. the epinephrine delivery systems have advanced now so
• , so epinephrine delivery system, which we do.
• The terminology moves from delivery device to delivery systems. Perfect. Thank you. Yes.
• The term delivery device to now say delivery system.

Committee: House Health and Mental Health

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• No signature release, driver release, or indirect delivery is allowed.
• The other thing I wanted to mention is delivery.
• So, The other thing I wanted to mention is delivery.
• There’s delivery, there’s ship, and then there’s haul.
• I'm aware of delivery of blood pressure medications.

Committee: House Commerce

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• model called an accountable delivery model called an accountable community<00:26:46.240><c> health</
• This would be amazing and we really could reduce the cost of health care delivery if we just put our
• I want to thank him because without his years of expertise in health care delivery in a rural setting
• </c> healthc care delivery healthc care delivery if<00:37:27.359><c> we</c><00:37:27.760><c> just</c>
• </c><00:37:44.160><c> in</c> of expertise in healthc care delivery in of expertise in healthc care delivery

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• No signature release, driver release, or indirect delivery is allowed.
• Massachusetts had, I think, around 0% of actual ID checks upon delivery.
• The other thing I wanted to mention is delivery.
• You know, there's delivery, there's ship, and then there's haul.
• I'm aware of delivery of blood pressure medications.

Committee: House Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment

Summary: The Commerce Committee first heard Senate Bill 1020, which would let the Department of Revenue award a Missouri license office contract without rebidding if no qualifying bids are received on the initial solicitation. Senator Sandy Crawford and Director of Revenue Trish Vincent said the change would help keep rural license offices open, reduce repeated bidding delays, and allow the department to work with local entities such as chambers, counties, or cities when smaller offices are hard to staff profitably. Members asked about the process, the challenges in low-volume communities, and whether more online services could eventually reduce the need for offices; no opposition testified, and the hearing concluded without a vote. The committee then took up House Bill 3093, which would extend Missouri’s direct-to-consumer shipping framework from wineries to distillers and breweries. Sponsor Rep. Nick Kimball and many supporters argued the bill would create parity for Missouri craft producers, preserve age-verification and signature requirements, and keep tax collection and other safeguards in place. Supporters included distillers and brewers who said the current system favors wine, limits small Missouri businesses, and makes it harder to reach customers who want products shipped after visiting a taproom or distillery. Several members also raised questions about enforcement, the three-tier system, and whether the bill could be narrowed or paired with other changes. Opponents, including representatives of wholesalers, grocers, convenience stores, and beer wholesalers, argued the bill would weaken the three-tier system, increase competition from out-of-state producers, and create enforcement and tax-collection problems. They said wine shipping has shown compliance and auditing difficulties, cited concerns about underage access and online ordering, and urged the committee to preserve the existing distribution structure or strengthen wine-shipping rules before expanding them. Supporters countered that alcohol shipments are already tightly regulated, that direct shipping is already occurring in other forms, and that the bill would simply add another regulated avenue for Missouri-made beer and spirits. The hearing ended after extensive testimony and questions, with no final committee action reported in the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• So we'll talk now about the delivery call, and I acknowledge most of you are probably experts in this
• You all know that the delivery call was filed in 2005.
• You all know that the delivery call was filed in 2005.
• So this is a timeline of the process that was undertaken last year to implement the delivery call.
• So I take enforcement of the delivery call very seriously.

Committee: House Resources and Conservation

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• One is a delivery reform analysis report, and the second is a proposal for the public option.
• </c> this is two studies one is a delivery this is two studies one is a delivery reform<00:08:46.640>
• </c><00:09:35.040><c> analysis</c> development and delivery analysis development and delivery analysis
• It requires health care to cover comprehensive postnatal visits activity and 12 weeks post-delivery.
• Delivery and reform analysis report.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee reviewed a side-by-side comparison and fiscal analysis of Senate File 3472, a reinsurance-related bill affecting the premium security plan account, MinnesotaCare, and related health care funding. Staff explained the Senate and House versions of the bill, including how the Senate proposal extends reinsurance for five years and uses a projected $1.087 billion general fund transfer to fully fund claims and administrative costs through fiscal year 2028, while the House version conditions continuation of the program on federal approval of the state innovation waiver. The fiscal presentation also covered appropriations for MNsure, a mental health parity and substance abuse office, and House provisions for delivery reform and a public option study, along with a House transfer of $110.674 million to the health care access fund. Members debated the budget horizon and whether costs should be forecast beyond fiscal year 2025. Representative Schultz argued that the spreadsheet understated the broader fiscal impact of reinsurance and warned about future funding cliffs for MinnesotaCare and other health programs, while other members and staff noted that the state’s standard forecast ends in fiscal year 2025 and that the fiscal note only estimated reinsurance costs through the five-year extension. Supporters said reinsurance was the best available option to reduce premium increases, especially in rural areas, and some pointed to a public option as a longer-term alternative. Opponents argued reinsurance does not address underlying health care costs or deductibles and urged consideration of other reforms. House Research then walked through the policy differences. House-only provisions would change Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association board membership, require platinum plans in certain markets, expand postnatal coverage, require a prescription drug benefit in some plans, set a minimum actuarial value for MinnesotaCare, create an Office of Mental Health Parity and Substance Abuse Accountability, and direct reports on delivery reform and a public option. The shared provisions would extend the premium security program to 2027 and delay the transfer of remaining premium security plan funds to the health care access fund until 2029, with the House language again contingent on federal waiver approval. No formal vote was taken in the excerpt; the chair closed discussion after hearing no further questions and indicated members would be contacted about next steps.

Transcript Highlights:

• SO THIS FIRST MEASURES THE PERCENTAGE OF DELIVERIES THAT RECEIVED PRENATAL CARE VISIT ON OR BEFORE THE
• THE SECOND IS THE PERCENTAGE OF DELIVERIES THAT HAD A POSTPARTUM VISIT ON OR BETWEEN 784 DAYS AFTER DELIVERY
• SO THE FIRST ONE, THE GOAL OF THE PRETERM DELIVERIES WAS TO REDUCE THE RATE OF BIRTHS BEFORE 37 WEEKS
• THE GOAL OF THE PRIMARY C-SECTION PIP IS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WOMEN HAVING A FIRST CESAREAN DELIVERY
• THEY ARE CALCULATED WERE MEDICAID IS A SOURCE OF PAYMENT DELIVERY ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND SO THAT

Transcript Highlights:

• Theoretically, any insurance company could be investing in a fossil fuel company.
• in the position of needing to decide: do they want to continue to invest and underwrite for fossil fuel
• the position of needing to decide whether they want to continue to invest and underwrite for fossil fuel
• the position of needing to decide whether they want to continue to invest and underwrite for fossil fuel
• the position of needing to decide whether they want to continue to invest and underwrite for fossil fuel

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard several measures and took testimony without questions on SB 2431 relating to health savings accounts and SB 2797 relating to consumer protection. For SB 2797, the DCCA Office of Consumer Protection offered comments, Retail Merchants of Hawaii opposed the bill over gift card fraud compliance costs and legal risk, and AARP Hawaii supported it. The committee also heard SB 2946 on foreclosures, where the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Collection Law Section and several lenders, associations, and individuals opposed the measure, while the Hawaii Bankers Association and others offered comments. SB 2961 on insurance drew comments from the Insurance Division and Hawaii Insurance Council, with NAMIC opposing and some individuals supporting. SB 2948 on insurance fraud received comments from the Insurance Division and support from the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, with NAMIC and the Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding also commenting. No votes were taken during the hearing portion, and the committee recessed after testimony. The committee then reconvened for decision-making on the 9:30 agenda. SB 2431 was passed with amendments, including DOTAX-requested changes, a five-year limit on credit carryforwards, removal of an aggregate cap, a rural definition, transparent reporting, technical amendments, and a deferred effective date of July 1, 2050. SB 2797 was also passed with DCCA-requested amendments, technical changes, and the same deferred effective date. SB 2946 was deferred because there was no testimony in support. SB 2961 was passed with amendments, but after Senator McKelvey raised concern that policy-limit language could undermine the bill, the committee removed two policy-limit amendments before adopting the recommendation. SB 2948 was passed with amendments deleting certain definitions, aligning penalties and public-records provisions, adding coordination and disclosure clarifications, and making technical changes; one no vote by Senator Awana was recorded, with the rest in favor. The committee also considered SB 3000 from a prior hearing and recommended passage with amendments clarifying the Attorney General’s authority, creating a special fund, and addressing concurrent actions, again with a deferred effective date and one no vote by Senator Awana. In a joint CPN/GVO agenda, SB 2258 relating to school agriculture procurement targets was passed with amendments after the Department of Education said it would need to follow up on whether changing the target period from calendar year to school year would create procurement or scheduling issues; the committee added technical changes, a deferred effective date, and routed the bill to Ways and Means, with a note that Education should also have received it. In a later joint CPN/AEN hearing, SB 2452 relating to climate-friendly insurers drew strong opposition from the Insurance Division and several insurance groups, who warned it could push insurers out of the authorized market and into the surplus lines market, raising costs; Senator Dela questioned whether the bill would worsen an already strained market, while the division said the legislature could make the policy choice but warned of market disruption. The hearing then moved to SB 2760 on invasive species, where DLNR, DAB, CGAPS, and the Oahu Invasive Species Committee generally supported broader inspection and quarantine authority, civil penalties, and longer interim-rule authority, while committee members asked about staffing, treatment capacity, and implementation for non-agricultural commodities such as building materials and vehicles.

Transcript Highlights:

• With transporting material, transporting fuel, transporting water.
• We do have the ability to work on hazardous fuels management.
• We do not want to leave flammable material on the forest floor that can actually fuel additional fire
• And that's really where the fire catches, not in the fuel that's on the ground.
• cotton from Woods putting out all that cotton everywhere, that's a nice little fuel tool.

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• it expands litigation and private enforcement while undermining safety, neutrality, and project delivery
• Jackie Yons, with the California Fuels and Convenience Alliance and the California Trucking Association
• Jackie Yons, with the California Fuels and Convenience Alliance and the California Trucking Association
• they hire people, and then those people have jobs, and then they do—it’s just the ripple effect that fuels

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with testimony largely focused on transparency, public health, labor enforcement, health privacy, high-speed rail oversight, and antitrust policy. AB 1544, by Assemblymember Crowell, would strengthen transparency and access to courthouses; the author said it was aimed at protecting press and public access, and the bill was pulled pending quorum. AB 1604, by Assemblymember Stephanie, would ban BPA and other bisphenols in thermal receipt paper by 2027-2028; supporters from Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Californians Against Waste, and a broad coalition argued receipts are a major source of toxic exposure and recycling contamination, while the author said she would continue working with opposition. AB 1859, by Assemblymember Jackson, would let Joint Labor Management Committees visit public works sites to help identify wage and safety violations; labor groups supported it as a low-cost enforcement tool amid a large wage-theft backlog, while contractors and local government groups opposed it as creating private enforcement, liability, and safety concerns. The committee later took up AB 1930, by Assemblymember Burr and sponsored by Attorney General Bonta and Equality California, which would require notice to the Attorney General before certain entities respond to subpoenas or inquiries involving legally protected reproductive or gender-affirming care; supporters framed it as a patient privacy and anti-intimidation measure, while opponents said it would shield providers from scrutiny and interfere with lawful investigations. The bill was approved on a 6-2 vote and placed on call. The consent calendar, including several unrelated bills, was also approved. The committee also heard AB 1584, by Assemblymember Jackson, which would create an Office of Civil Rights within the California Air Resources Board to provide training, language access, and compliance oversight. Supporters said CARB needs a stronger legal framework and dedicated office to enforce civil rights commitments, while an opponent argued CARB already has a civil rights office and should expand existing structures instead of creating a new one. The bill was moved to Appropriations after a roll call vote. AB 1608, by Assemblymember Wilson, would expand the powers and staffing tools of the High-Speed Rail Office of the Inspector General, including public reporting requirements and authority over classifications and purchasing; supporters said stronger independent oversight is needed for the costly project, while opponents criticized the project itself and raised concerns about confidentiality and who should receive reports. The bill was also passed to Appropriations after extended discussion. Finally, AB 1776, by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, would revise California antitrust law to address single-firm conduct under the Cartwright Act. Supporters, including small business and labor advocates, argued dominant firms can harm competition and that the bill would protect small businesses and workers; opponents from business, biotech, retail, housing, and other sectors warned it would create legal uncertainty, expand litigation, and chill investment. The transcript ended during that bill’s testimony and debate, before a final vote was taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• it expands litigation and private enforcement while undermining safety, neutrality, and project delivery
• Jackie Yons, with the California Fuels and Convenience Alliance and the California Trucking Association
• Jackie Yons, with the California Fuels and Convenience Alliance and the California Trucking Association
• they hire people, and then those people have jobs, and then they do—it’s just the ripple effect that fuels

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:41:38.840><c> models</c> discussing alternative delivery models discussing alternative delivery
• So, please Medicaid delivery model.
• </c><00:54:08.480><c> of</c> transformative system of delivery of transformative system of delivery of
• Um how delivery system in Kentucky.
• ><01:15:14.320><c> financing,</c> benefits, service delivery, financing, benefits, service delivery,

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on September 24, 2025, approved the minutes from the September 9 meeting, and then continued its discussion of Medicaid waivers with Leslie Hoffman and Carmen Hancock from the Department for Medicaid Services. Members asked for updates on the 2024 waiver waitlist management assessment recommendations, including aligning waiver policies, standardizing applications and waitlist placement, and modernizing data systems. DMS said that work is being done jointly with Aging and Independent Living and Behavioral Health/Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities through task forces, that ARPA spending delayed action, and that implementation timelines extend through March 2027. The board also reviewed per-member waiver cost averages for fiscal years 2023 through 2025 for ABI, ABI long-term care, HCBS, Model II, Michelle P, and SCL. DMS emphasized these figures were benefit-only averages based on paid claims, not full waiver costs, and explained that true budget neutrality is calculated on an aggregate basis against institutional care comparisons approved by CMS. DMS said all six waivers remain in compliance with budget neutrality and that the most recent 18-month lag review for FY 2022 and FY 2023 found costs at or below institutional care. Members also asked about unused waiver slots; DMS said slots generally cannot be reallocated mid-year if they have been used, except in cases such as death or reserved capacity, because CMS treats participants as unduplicated for the waiver year. A major portion of the meeting focused on the new child waiver created under House Bill 6. Legislators questioned whether the waiver’s design, including the exclusion of participant-directed services and the emphasis on high-acuity children with behavioral health, DCBS, or juvenile justice involvement, matched the bill’s intent to keep children at home. DMS said it used the $14.7 million appropriated for FY 2026 to develop the program, that there is no priority list, and that the waiver is intended to serve the highest-acuity children while also addressing residential needs for those sleeping in offices or placed out of state. Members also raised concerns about the rapid growth of the HCBS waiting list and asked for more detail on age and timing patterns, which DMS said it would provide later. Finally, DMS gave average processing times from application to eligibility determination and from approval to service start, and said the overall average from application to services beginning was about 80 days, while members requested follow-up information on the Carewise assessment contract and related costs.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's a tried and true model. employees, some delivery people not employees, some delivery people not
• </c> third party to run their entire delivery third party to run their entire delivery service.<01:26
• She has been the delivery person for the last, gosh, at least the last 10 years.
• She's had uh the same likes delivery.
• </c><01:45:11.600><c> boy</c> was also a uh a newspaper delivery boy was also a uh a newspaper delivery

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• These funds would be dedicated for essential infrastructure investments, which would allow us to fuel
• the state budget by 38%, and we did that by raising taxes on vehicle registration tabs, sales tax, delivery
• vehicle registration tabs sales<01:25:53.960><c> tabs</c><01:25:54.320><c> tax</c><01:25:54.639><c> delivery
• fee</c><01:25:56.159><c> the</c><01:25:56.440><c> gas</c><01:25:56.719><c> tax</c> sales tabs tax delivery
• fee the gas tax sales tabs tax delivery fee the gas tax tied<01:25:57.360><c> to</c><01:25:57.600><c

Bills: HF1833 , HF148 , HF1127 , HF1227 , HF1681 , HF1974 , HF1106 , HF1016 , HF2197

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: sales tax, education funding, construction, Aitkin Public Schools, tax exemption, refundable credit, HF148, use of force training, deadly force, peace officer training, police training, law enforcement, POST Board, Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, scenario-based training, de-escalation, defensive tactics, force-on-force training, stress management, officer wellness

Transcript Highlights:

• A truly equitable system must value all delivery settings, support all types of providers, and recognize
• We’re asking for a mixed delivery system. You want 500 classrooms. We have them in our buildings.
• We’re all here together to provide care, and we’re asking for a mixed delivery system.
• And so a mixed-delivery system is really important, especially even for preschool.
• And so a mixed-delivery system is really important, especially even for preschool.

Summary: The joint hearing focused on California’s child care, preschool, and transitional kindergarten oversight, with chairs emphasizing the state’s Master Plan for Early Learning and Care and the need to break down silos between programs. CDSS and CDE reported progress toward the plan’s goals, including universal access to TK for all four-year-olds next school year, expanded access for low-income three-year-olds, and more children with disabilities being served in state preschool. They also noted ongoing work on quality rating/review reform, funding structure changes, and the need to address rates, workforce shortages, and federal uncertainty around Head Start. Testimony from advocacy groups and providers largely supported expanding access while simplifying the system. Children Now, Every Child California, and the California Budget and Policy Center argued that California still has uneven access, especially for infants, toddlers, and three-year-olds, and urged investments in mixed delivery, inclusion, full-day options, and a cost-of-care rate methodology. Every Child California recommended consolidating part-day and full-day contracts, streamlining eligibility priorities, making the two-year-old option permanent, and funding staffing incentives. Parent testimony highlighted how child care gaps and county-to-county transfer delays can disrupt work, safety, and children’s stability, and providers described low reimbursement rates, the need for health and retirement benefits, and support for delinking subsidy rates from private pay. The second panel addressed universal transitional kindergarten. The Learning Policy Institute reported rapid TK expansion, with most districts now offering TK, but said access still depends on facilities, staffing, and whether programs are available at all school sites. The Department of Finance said the governor’s budget would fully implement TK by adding funding for all eligible four-year-olds and lowering the adult-to-child ratio from 12:1 to 10:1. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the administration’s enrollment and cost assumptions were optimistic and estimated lower TK enrollment growth and lower costs for the ratio change. CDE supported the expansion and urged continued funding for UPK coordinators, teacher development, and mixed-delivery planning grants. Members questioned facilities shortages, staffing competition, and how to ensure TK expansion does not displace CSPP or Head Start classrooms. No formal votes or actions were taken in the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• The district request was to change the project delivery method from design-bid-build to construction
• Thank you all for joining us today for the CMAR Delivery Method, which is funded by the CMAR District's
• for the council's review, and the staff recommendation is to continue with the established project delivery
• Ingham's comments, as we've looked at project delivery methods over the last couple of years, you know
• Chairman and members, that is one of the added details that puts a Slight complication in how this delivery

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

Transcript Highlights:

• exposed to radiation while working at the Nevada Test and Training Range, and veterans exposed to fuels
• exposed to radiation while working at the Nevada Test and Training Range, and veterans exposed to fuels
• 04:23:01.760><c> fusion</c><04:23:02.239><c> strategy</c><04:23:02.720><c> to</c><04:23:02.960><c> fuel
• </c> military civil fusion strategy to fuel military civil fusion strategy to fuel China's<04:23:03.680

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, May 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• this legislature put into effect in response to events in the state is failure to deliver heating fuel
• If you have a prepaid contract for heating fuel, that's per se an unfair and deceptive act or practice
• our sort of sense of the pulse of fuel our sort of sense of the pulse of you<04:06:32.800><c> know</
• And one of the goals in the near future is home delivery of product.
• </c><05:04:40.400><c> of</c> is home delivery of is home delivery of product<05:04:42.718><c> on</c><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with introductory remarks for new and returning members of the House Commerce Committee, led by Chairman John Hunt. Members briefly introduced themselves and their backgrounds, and several noted the committee’s bipartisan, collegial tone. Hunt explained the committee’s structure and traditions, including the division into three subcommittees: banking and business, consumer protection, and liquor commission matters, with insurance now handled as a single area. He also reviewed basic hearing procedures, including decorum, questions for information only, and the committee’s practice of moving bills through subcommittees before full committee executive sessions. The committee then heard an overview from the New Hampshire Insurance Department, led by Commissioner DJ Bettencourt and staff. The department described its mission as promoting a safe and competitive insurance marketplace and emphasized consumer protection, market competition, and affordability. Officials outlined the department’s responsibilities, including licensing insurers, producers, adjusters, and TPAs; reviewing insurance forms; regulating companies and market conduct; overseeing financial solvency; and investigating insurance fraud. They also noted that the department is self-funded through assessments on insurers, collects premium taxes and fees for the state, and returned more than $2.7 million to companies in fiscal year 2024 due to underspending. The presentation also covered the broader regulatory framework for insurance, including the role of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in promoting uniform standards across states and territories. Officials said New Hampshire licenses about 1,200 insurance companies and roughly 245,000 producers and adjusters, and that the department’s financial examinations are part of an accreditation system used nationwide. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided; the session was primarily organizational and informational, with the insurance department presentation beginning the committee’s substantive work for the term.

Transcript Highlights:

• Rising fuel and basic need costs tied to global instability continue to rise week over week.
• Rising fuel and basic need costs tied to global instability continue to rise week over week. workforce
• Rising<00:10:46.000><c> fuel</c><00:10:46.240><c> and</c><00:10:46.360><c> basic</c><00:10:46.720><c>
• need</c><00:10:46.960><c> cost</c><00:10:47.320><c> tied</c><00:10:47.520><c> to</c> Rising fuel and
• basic need cost tied to Rising fuel and basic need cost tied to global<00:10:47.960><c> instability.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: Representative Cedric Frazier opened the meeting by describing the ongoing harms from Operation Metro Surge, saying the state was still dealing with family separation, school disruption, workforce damage, and economic instability. He framed the issue as a statewide crisis and called on Republican colleagues to acknowledge the harm and work with DFL members on accountability and relief. He said the current budget work was urgent but could not fully backfill the damage, and later noted that the issue had been a top priority since the surge began. Testimony from school and business leaders focused on concrete impacts. Fridley Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Lewis said her district, which serves a large Black, Hispanic, and East and West African student population, was targeted during the surge and saw major enrollment losses, including students moving out of state or country or being held in Texas facilities. She said the district lost over $1 million in revenue and that the loss could equal about 40 teachers or an entire elementary school. Columbia Heights School Board Chair Mary Granlund said her district, with a limited tax base, was also heavily affected and warned that business closures and unfunded mandates would shift costs to homeowners and force cuts to classes, teachers, and programs. Lee Ann Rasiejka of Women Venture and the CDFI coalition said small businesses across Minnesota were facing compounded disruption from federal law enforcement activity, tariffs, rising costs, and fear, with more than $213 million in lost revenue reported across Twin Cities corridors and many businesses cutting hours, delaying hiring, or pausing growth. In response to questions, Frazier and other speakers said the proposed aid would be statewide rather than focused only on the Twin Cities, and that the bill currently had no set dollar amount but they hoped for around $100 million. They said CDFIs and local community groups would help distribute resources. Frazier said some Republican members had acknowledged harm in their own communities and suggested compromise was possible, though he criticized leadership for dismissing some testimony as hearsay. He also said ongoing law enforcement investigations into alleged crimes by federal agents would not be necessary to establish the harm, pointing instead to direct testimony from affected residents and school officials. No votes were taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• We were in the fuel tax a number of years ago.
• You'll remember that six years ago, ISP was removed from the fuel tax.
• How do you respond to comments from earlier about the fuel tax $20 million being shifted from ISP to
• Chairman, Senator Adams, I was not around during that time when the fuel tax monies were shifted.
• Senator Adams, I was not around during that time when the fuel tax monies were shifted.

Committee: Senate Local Government and Taxation

Keywords: 989, all