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• That's what we're feeding our kids.
• That's what<00:42:27.920> we're<00:42:28.079> feeding<00:42:28.319> our<00:42:28.560
• <00:42:30.000> Our<00:42:30.240> kids what we're feeding our kids.
• Our kids what we're feeding our kids.

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Summary: The task force met for its third meeting, approved the minutes, and heard testimony from Dr. Jack on behalf of the American Beverage Association and Kentucky Beverage Association. Dr. Jack argued that the “totality of the science” supports low- and no-calorie sweeteners as safe and useful tools for reducing sugar and calories, citing FDA and other domestic and international reviews, clinical trials, and the FDA’s recent healthy-label rule. He also described the industry’s transparency efforts, including a “Good to Know” database compiling ingredient and safety information, and said the beverage industry has voluntarily worked to offer more choices with less sugar. Members questioned him about whether beverage ingredients are restricted in other countries, possible health effects beyond weight and cancer, concerns about metabolic issues and gut microbiome effects, whether sweeteners are addictive, and why companies do not simply remove sweeteners. Dr. Jack responded that most ingredients are permitted in many jurisdictions, that broad food-safety reviews have looked at multiple endpoints and found the ingredients safe, that the gut microbiome is still being studied, and that recent clinical evidence does not show increased sweetness preference. He also said business decisions about formulations are up to companies and noted that cane sugar and high-fructose corn syrup are metabolically similar. The committee also discussed consumer apps and ingredient-scoring tools; Dr. Jack said the industry’s website presents facts without interpretation and is based on food-safety agency assessments. At the end of his testimony, the chair accepted additional fact sheets for the committee. The meeting then moved on to introduce Dr. Gary Huber, who began testimony by emphasizing integrative medicine, metabolic syndrome, and the role of diet, exercise, sleep, and stress in health, but his full presentation was not included in the excerpt.

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• And I've tried to coordinate livestock, feed, transport, and all that. It's very hard to do.
• 58.079> to<00:57:58.240> coordinate<00:57:58.960> livestock,<00:57:59.839> feed
• , tried to coordinate livestock, feed, tried to coordinate livestock, feed, transport<00:58:00.960

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force met with a quorum, adopted the minutes from the previous meeting, and heard a presentation from Western Kentucky University’s Disaster Science Operations Center. WKU described its multidisciplinary disaster science effort, including meteorology, emergency management, the Kentucky State Climate Center, the Kentucky Mesonet, and the Disaster Science Operations Center, which was created in 2021 and serves as an operational hub for forecasting, emergency planning, crisis management, training, and decision support. Speakers emphasized applied learning, student field work, partnerships with industry and event venues, and a five-year NSF/UK-led research project focused on weather hazards, disaster preparedness, and building a statewide disaster database to improve mitigation and resilience. Members asked about flooding, the relationship to EKU’s program, Tennessee’s capabilities, and the timeline and goals for the research project; WKU said the data collection is underway and that the evidence suggests tornado risk is shifting east and occurring more at night. A WKU graduate student also described the value of hands-on storm-chasing and operational forecasting experience, saying it helped prepare her for work in forecasting and emergency management. Members asked about her motivation for joining the program and about the practical realities of storm chasing. The discussion also touched on whether Kentucky’s tornado risk is shifting east; WKU said the evidence from tornado observations and other studies points in that direction, with added concern about nighttime events and communicating warnings to vulnerable communities. The task force then heard from Amy Shaquinn of the Mayfield Graves County Long-Term Recovery Group, who outlined the county-level recovery process after the 2021 tornadoes. She said Kentucky ranks among the top states for federally declared disasters, has seen a high number of tornadoes in recent years, and also faces major flood risk and earthquake concerns along the New Madrid fault. Shaquinn stressed the distinction between immediate response and long-term recovery, explaining that response covers rescue, cleanup, temporary housing, and short-term assistance, while recovery is the longer effort to restore survivors to safe, sanitary, and secure housing through local long-term recovery groups. She said community-led recovery is essential and that preparedness and mitigation follow once immediate recovery needs are addressed.

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• and interns who are with us day in and day out, to the sergeants who stand with us, to those that feed
• sergeants uh who stand with us, to those sergeants uh who stand with us, to those that<02:15:05.040> feed
• to<02:15:06.079> the<02:15:06.239> jantorial<02:15:07.040> staff that feed
• us, and to the jantorial staff that feed us, and to the jantorial staff that<02:15:07.599> keep

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• because they have people here who are probably here lawfully, who are able to obtain information and feed
• normal job, and they would do whatever they could to gather as much information as they could and feed
• HCR 58 designates March as Feeding Awareness Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
• HB 2621 requires the Texas Department of Transportation to record and archive live video feed from its

Bills: HJR175, HJR88, HB21, HB49, HB216, HB346, HB573, HB565, HB954, HB1953, HB2686, HB1441, HB2734, HB1650, HB3161, HB2876, HB3185, HB3388, HB2761, HB3233, HB 1186, HB1534, HB5506, HB5129, HB3619, HB778, HB2867, HB3221, HB3672, HB2434, HB4903, HB3687, HB3675, HB4609, HB4582, HB4921, HB3866, HB3901, HB4534, HB2446, HB3984, HB700, HB4012, HB4491, HB4088, HB229, HB4234, HB722, HB4136, HB4105, HB4413, HB170, HB551, HB2858, HB3053, HB3142, HB3180, HB3722, HB2200, HB1794, HB1784, HB1581, HB2530, HB4308, HB1896, HB2974, HB3359, HB4580, HB2458, HB2215, HB3332, HB2278, HB3015, HB3151, HB1368, HCR9, HCR40, HB5138, SB17, HB4944, HB2284, HB3421, SB1569, SB2420, SB1968, SB2351, SB2544, SB1490, SB1349, SB1568, SB2776, HB3531, HB2149, HB4327, HB3158, HB3717, HB4520, SB888, SB552, HB3138, HB3704, HB2921, HB4853, HB4506, HB3892, HJR161, HJR175, HJR88, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HB21, HB49, HB216, HB346, HB573, HB565, HB954, HB1953, HB2686, HB1441, HB2734, HB1650, HB3161, HB2876, HB3185, HB3388, HB2761, HB3233, HB 1186, HB1534, HB5506, HB5129, HB3619, HB778, HB2867, HB3221, HB3672, HB2434, HB4903, HB3687, HB3675, HB4609, HB4582, HB4921, HB3866, HB3901, HB4534, HB2446, HB3984, HB700, HB4012, HB4491, HB4088, HB229, HB4234, HB722, HB4136, HB4105, HB4413, HB170, HB551, HB2858, HB3053, HB3142, HB3180, HB3722, HB2200, HB1794, HB1784, HB1581, HB2530, HB4308, HB1896, HB2974, HB3359, HB4580, HB2458, HB2215, HB3332, HB2278, HB3015, HB3151, HB1368, HCR76, HCR127, HCR9, HCR40

Keywords: constitutional amendment, medium of exchange, currency rights, digital currency, financial autonomy, tax exemption, rainwater harvesting, graywater system, local government, ad valorem taxation, housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, audit requirements, affordable housing, development bonds, oil waste, gas waste, liability, treatment processes

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• Deer feeding bans are another thing that we put into place in those areas, and then if they cross into
• <01:08:27.279> Uh<01:08:27.759> deer<01:08:28.080> feeding<01:08:28.400>
• Uh deer feeding bands are for testing.
• Uh deer feeding bands are another<01:08:29.120> thing<01:08:29.279> that<01:08:29.440><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• She kept coming home with marks, and they kept having issues feeding her so much so that we brought her
• 56.920> issues with marks and they kept having issues with marks and they kept having issues feeding
• :58.320> so<01:35:58.560> that<01:35:58.760> we<01:35:58.880> brought feeding
• her so much so that we brought feeding her so much so that we brought her<01:35:59.240> to<01

Bills: HF1660, HF1824, HF1926, HF1002, HF994, HF1915, HF1336

Keywords: children, youth programming, needs assessment, community engagement, state funding, education, funding, school districts, state budget, rural schools, food support, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, food shelves, grant funding, Minnesota FoodShare, early childhood, Head Start, education funding, developmental programs, literacy

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• partnerships with local schools, local business partnerships, and some different avenues of ways to feed
• and some different Avenues of of ways um and some different Avenues of of ways to<00:15:04.040> feed
• 15:05.399> to<00:15:05.680> get<00:15:06.079> meals<00:15:06.480> to to feed
• folks and and to get meals to to feed folks and and to get meals to seniors<00:15:07.160> who

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's how I feed my children. It's really important to me and what we do.
• living.<01:07:21.760> It's<01:07:21.920> how<01:07:22.000> I<01:07:22.160> feed
• It's how I feed my children. living. It's how I feed my children.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• to see, you know, what's happening in this part of the world, and they'd be able to get that live feed
• to see, you know, what's happening in this part of the world, and they'd be able to get that live feed
• to see, you know, what's happening in this part of the world, and they'd be able to get that live feed
• to see, you know, what's happening in this part of the world, and they'd be able to get that live feed

Keywords: 1183, house

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• here, between our weighted risk system and the abbreviated inspections, and how they interface and feed
• 45:09.720> and inspections and how they interface and inspections and how they interface and feed
• 11.280> inform<00:45:11.680> each<00:45:11.800> other<00:45:12.160> in feed
• each other and inform each other in feed each other and inform each other in that<00:45:13.480> um

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So now she's a single mom with mounting medical debt, trying to figure out how to feed, house, and clothe
• medical debt trying to figure out<00:32:40.799> how<00:32:40.880> to<00:32:41.120> feed
• <00:32:41.600> house<00:32:42.120> clothe<00:32:42.600> her out how to feed
• house clothe her out how to feed house clothe her children<00:32:43.639> keep<00:32:43.960>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So it was cheaper to feed 16 horses than me, so I'm not joking either.
• /c><01:19:07.639> was<01:19:07.880> cheaper<01:19:08.199> to<01:19:08.320> feed
• <01:19:09.000> 16<01:19:09.480> horses so uh it was cheaper to feed 16 horses so uh
• it was cheaper to feed 16 horses than<01:19:10.159> me<01:19:10.840> so<01:19:12.120><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• numerous high-profile Office of Attorney General investigations, including ongoing fraud cases such as Feeding
• including ongoing fraud cases<01:15:02.719> such<01:15:02.880> as<01:15:03.040> feeding
• our<01:15:03.639> future<01:15:04.639> uh<01:15:04.800> as cases such as feeding
• our future uh as cases such as feeding our future uh as well<01:15:05.040> as<01:15:05.199>

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• Kids don't feed themselves.
• uh math doesn't teach itself<00:13:40.519> kids<00:13:40.760> don't<00:13:40.920> feed
• <00:13:41.399> themselves<00:13:42.279> a itself kids don't feed themselves a itself
• kids don't feed themselves a great<00:13:42.720> staff<00:13:43.000> member<00:13:43.279

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Education Policy Committee approved the minutes from January 21, 2025, and then heard testimony from several school superintendents about the financial and operational impact of recent education-related mandates. Chair Bennett framed the hearing as an opportunity to hear from districts about the effects of more than 65 new mandates and restrictions adopted in recent years. The first witnesses were Corey McIntyre of Anoka-Hennepin, Michael Thomas of Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, and David Law of Minnetonka Public Schools. The superintendents said districts are facing rising costs, flat or declining enrollment, the end of federal pandemic aid, and mandates they described as unfunded or underfunded. McIntyre cited major budget cuts in Anoka-Hennepin, including reductions in central office staff, and said the district faces continuing shortfalls tied to special education, multilingual learner costs, unemployment claims, paid leave, transportation, literacy materials, and the K-3 discipline statute. Thomas said Prior Lake-Savage is balancing growing student needs against limited revenue, and argued that mandates such as REACT and other requirements should be delayed or better funded so districts can implement them with fidelity. Law said the concerns are statewide, not just metro-based, and criticized the accumulation of expectations around food service, mental health, sick and safe time, unemployment, and family leave without corresponding resources. Several witnesses emphasized that school budgets are heavily committed to staff costs and that new obligations create administrative burdens as well as direct expenses. They urged lawmakers to reduce, delay, or better fund mandates, adjust timelines, and provide more flexibility in local revenue tools and equalization aid. No votes were taken on legislation during this portion of the meeting beyond approval of the prior day’s minutes.

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• You can't feed the kids without the food service. You can't run the buses without transportation.
• And then it just feeds down where we get to the point where we are doing what we call real-time coaching
• allotment does a lot to help address that, both through the Grow Your Own program, which actually feeds
• that early pipeline into Through the Grow Your Own program, it actually feeds that early pipeline into
• technology, the STAR test, the vendors, the public-private partnerships, and all of those who are feeding

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Put it in her feeding tube and her seizures completely stopped. They went to 99.9% seizure control.
• Cannabis is our biggest tool until you stop force-feeding us suicide pills. I'll stop. Thank you.
• This was on my feed; I don't know why it came to my email.
• sell products; we follow the science and educate our clients on the endocannabinoid system, how to feed
• I understand the biology of the plant and how to feed the plant to make it never have any Delta-9 in

Bills: HB5

Keywords: hemp, cannabinoids, regulation, occupational licenses, consumable products, marketing, criminal offenses, labeling requirements, health and safety, 997, house, all

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• So it goes into food products, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, and all other applications.
• So it goes into food products, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, and all other applications.
• We do a survey with the state of Maine where that feeds very directly into management.
• So the science from salt marshes will feed directly into decisions on restoration and land protection
• Or if you... some guides will take you on a hunt and they'll house you and feed you while they're doing

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Um, that was where we give $177 to qualifying children for summer feeding, and that was inspired by our
• um<00:06:46.000> for<00:06:46.319> summer<00:06:46.800> for<00:06:47.440> feeding
• <00:06:48.639> um<00:06:48.800> and<00:06:49.039> that um for summer for feeding
• um and that um for summer for feeding um and that was<00:06:49.520> inspired<00:06:50.160>
• . feeding. feeding.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• into labor in communities forced into labor in factories<04:13:28.080> that<04:13:28.560> feed
• <04:13:28.960> global<04:13:29.439> supply factories that feed global supply factories
• that feed global supply chains.<04:13:30.880> Some<04:13:31.120> of<04:13:31.199> those
• <08:14:36.320> their fertilizer that they have to feed their fertilizer that they have to
• feed their constituents,<08:14:38.080> voters,<08:14:38.680> Americans,<08:14:39.680>

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

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• and, you know, the fifth one we're just not going to feed.
• <05:47:46.360> five<05:47:46.600> miles<05:47:47.000> to<05:47:47.120> feed
• <05:47:47.638> and<05:47:48.638> you we've got five miles to feed and you we've got
• five miles to feed and you know<05:47:48.958> the<05:47:49.120> fifth<05:47:49.360>
• <05:47:51.520> we're<05:47:51.718> making to feed we're making to feed we're making

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The public hearing opened on HB 728-FN, which would authorize video lottery terminals at charity gaming facilities and repeal historic horse racing licensing. Representative Om explained that the bill would convert the current historic horse racing terminals into true video lottery terminals/slot machines and change the revenue split, reducing the operator share from 75% to 70% while increasing the state share from 25% to 30%. He also noted the bill would increase the amount going to charities and other state beneficiaries. Former State Rep. Pat Brammy, who had served on the Charitable Gaming Study Commission, testified in support of the bill’s basic structure. He said a consultant’s report found historic racing machines cost facilities 12% to 18% more to operate because of totalizer and track-related fees, and that slot machines would be cheaper because there are more manufacturers and more competition. He argued that although the operator share drops by 5%, facilities could still benefit from lower operating costs, and he said the commission concluded that moving to slot machines would increase revenues to facilities, charities, and the state. He also said the bill would create a more stable stream of funding for problem gambling, since the current HHR “breakage” funding mechanism is limited and dependent on a single vendor. Brammy also discussed the commission’s concerns about market concentration in HHR machines, saying the commission found the market was dominated by only a few manufacturers and recommended legislation to address that issue under Article 83 of the state constitution. He interpreted the bill as allowing a phase-in of slot machines upon passage, with the remaining HHR provisions phasing out by January 1, 2028, and said facilities would likely transition as leases expire. Committee members asked about HHR contracts, machine programming, testing, and whether removing HHR would reduce competition; Brammy said he believed leases were likely short-term, machines are tested by a lab, and the legislature could decide whether the change is appropriate. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.