Transcript Highlights:

• PM, no information in response to oversight requests, no attempt to work with Congress on thoughtful
• Congress limit the president from firing people.
• You can't have Congress go on strike. You cannot show up. You can't have our employees show up.
• So it's voted on by Congress and it has some permanence.
• Very clear. us at OMB, we will be sending a rescissions package, at least one, to Congress.

Committee: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Keywords: nominations, Scott Cooper, Eric Ulan, federal workforce, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, accountability, collective bargaining

Summary: The committee convened to discuss the nominations of Scott Cooper for Director of the Office of Personnel Management and Eric Ulan for Deputy Director at the Office of Management and Budget. This meeting highlighted the critical roles both positions play in managing the federal workforce, which comprises over two million civilian employees. Concerns were raised regarding the current administration's approach to federal employment, citing issues like mass firings and the undermining of collective bargaining rights. Members expressed the need for better accountability and transparency within the federal system, emphasizing the importance of attracting talented public servants.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:11:21.040><c> on</c> highest civilian honor from Congress on highest civilian honor from Congress
• It's not representatives in Congress.
• ,</c><00:45:18.560><c> what</c> that she then reveals to Congress, what that she then reveals to Congress
• </c><04:04:34.560><c> of</c> article one branch of the Congress of article one branch of the Congress
• </c> of wildlife. is important that Congress of wildlife. is important that Congress come<04:52:44.240

Bills: HJR139 , HB1958 , HR556

Keywords: balanced budget, federal government, amendment, taxation, government spending, impeachment, federal judge, judicial misconduct, abuse of power, high crimes and misdemeanors, Charles R. Breyer, Judge Breyer, Northern District of California, U.S. District Court, House resolution, National Guard, Los Angeles, executive power, separation of powers, constitutional crisis

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• The House Select Committee on Congress Redistricting will come to order.
• It's critical that we have women in Congress and more women in Congress.
• But we have strict rules in Congress.
• Running for Congress.
• Congress ignores its constituents.

Committee: House Congressional Redistricting, Select

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><02:09:59.440><c> by</c> gas we're backing it up in Congress by gas we're backing it up in Congress
• </c><02:34:13.840><c> to</c> serious enough for Congress to serious enough for Congress to thoroughly
• </c> you know fting on members of Congress you know fting on members of Congress and<02:50:27.439><c>
• </c><03:01:58.239><c> and</c> references to the 118th Congress and references to the 118th Congress and
• </c><04:13:46.640><c> my</c> sent us here to do last Congress my sent us here to do last Congress my

Bills: HR919 , HR579 , HR177

Keywords: HIV, AIDS, public health, World AIDS Day, bipartisan support, uterine fibroids, fibroids, leiomyoma, women's health, reproductive health, pelvic pain, abnormal uterine bleeding, infertility, miscarriage, hysterectomy, Black women, Hispanic women, health disparities, awareness month, screening

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> Americans need real action by Congress Americans need real action by Congress to<00:17:19.760><c
• After Congress make good trouble.
• </c> that were already designated by Congress that were already designated by Congress to<00:18:51.360
• Four years ago, Congress violence.
• </c> Congress has passed. Congress has passed.

Bills: HB2913 , HR518 , HB8646 , HR1336 , HCR84

Keywords: Ukraine, support, foreign affairs, military aid, international relations, agriculture, funding, food safety, nutrition, pest management, House resolution, procedural resolution, Rules Committee, Rule XIII, clause 6(a), waiver, supermajority, same-day consideration, reconciliation, budget reconciliation

Transcript Highlights:

• regard to election registration or documentation, but Congress has not done that.
• . to run the process with oversight from Congress.
• Congress found was needed for other public health-related tasks and issues.
• That money is continuing to flow into Washington, as Congress intended.
• states as directed by Congress.

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:33:48.640><c> to</c> Americans are calling on Congress to Americans are calling on Congress to
• </c><02:23:36.560><c> from</c> distinguished member of Congress from distinguished member of Congress
• Speaker Pelosi Congress, we win.
• </c> He has to consult with the Congress. He has to consult with the Congress.
• </c><04:20:33.840><c> People</c> politicians in Congress. People politicians in Congress.

Bills: HB4758

Keywords: home electrification, taxpayer subsidies, energy efficiency, rebate programs, public law repeal

Transcript Highlights:

• 07:21.840><c> fulfill</c><00:07:22.240><c> these</c> time in Congress to fulfill these time in Congress
• </c> but it must function as Congress but it must function as Congress intended<00:21:03.200><c> as</
• </c> this bill by voice vote last Congress this bill by voice vote last Congress and<03:32:11.680><c>
• </c> any books from the Library of Congress. any books from the Library of Congress.
• </c> Congress, this is a resource for us. Congress, this is a resource for us.

Bills: HR1286 , HR1263 , HB1578 , HR1364 , HB2201 , HB1823 , HB1815 , HR1147 , HR217 , HB1701 , HB1453 , HR1223

Keywords: trade policy, tariffs, trade enforcement, workers rights, labor standards, environmental standards, Buy America, domestic content, offshoring, manufacturing jobs, factory closures, family farmers, small business, supply chains, dumping, countervailing duties, antidumping, trade agreements, USMCA, investor-state dispute settlement

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• </c><00:04:13.840><c> with</c> 30,000, we'd have a Congress with 30,000, we'd have a Congress with thousands
• It does not bypass Congress.
• </c><00:21:02.320><c> HR33</c> legislature and Congress. HR33 legislature and Congress.
• Let it go to Congress.
• Let it go to Congress. Tell our for all. Let it go to Congress.

Committee: House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• When Congress passed the Revised Electoral Count Act, it interacted with Arizona law in ways that Congress
• When Congress passed the Revised Electoral Count Act, it interacted with Arizona law in ways that Congress
• When Congress passed the Revised Electoral Count Act, it interacted with Arizona law in ways that Congress
• When Congress passed the Revised Electoral Count Act, it interacted with Arizona law in ways that Congress
• There is a bill in Congress to support that and make it federal law.

Summary: The meeting covered a long list of House bills, mostly on third-read consent calendars, spanning appropriations, elections, education, public safety, water, taxation, and criminal law. Early discussion focused on HB 2148, which would give the legislature authority to appropriate non-custodial federal funds, described by the sponsor as a transparency measure. Other measures discussed included HB 2091 on insurance-related assessment limits, HB 2122 on reciprocity for BTR-related professions, HB 2138 clarifying firefighter workers’ compensation coverage, and HB 2008 barring public school libraries from using public money to pay library professional associations. HB 2110, removed from consent, would allow school governing body members to pray at meetings, with members noting Supreme Court precedent supporting such prayer. Several bills addressed school safety and parental rights. HB 2142 would create a School Safety Center at the Arizona Department of Education and allow up to 10% of school safety program funds for administration, with supporters citing an audit and lack of oversight. HB 2249 would expand the Parents’ Bill of Rights to require notice if a school employee facilitates social transitioning of a minor and to provide broader access to educational records, with penalties discussed for violations. HB 2074 would add mandatory reporting for anyone in a medical facility who knows a partial-birth abortion is occurring, and HB 2144 would allow child support calculations to begin during pregnancy based on a confirmed pregnancy test and related DNA testing provisions. The committee also took up election-related measures. HB 2022 would make permanent changes tied to the federal Electoral Count Act, including moving Arizona’s primary earlier to preserve military and overseas voting access, while keeping petition dates valid and preserving existing deadlines for candidates. HCM 2001 urged federal designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, and HCM 2002 supported a separate congressional effort involving CARE and related federal review and designation processes; members debated the distinction between direct designation and a request for federal investigation. HCR 2001 proposed a constitutional amendment to limit voting to U.S. citizens, require government ID to register, prohibit foreign contributions, and end early voting by the Friday before an election. Water, land use, and tax bills were also reviewed. Measures included HB 2024 on snowpack augmentation as a water supply development project, HB 2029 and HB 2030 tightening how Water Conservation Grant Fund money is used, HB 2053 appropriating $100,000 for updated stormwater recharge mapping, HB 2096 expanding revolving fund uses to address cesspools, HB 2097 capping groundwater withdrawal in irrigation non-expansion areas, and HB 2116 funding potential Colorado River litigation. On the tax side, HB 2016 would remove late-filing penalties when no tax is due, HB 2104 and HB 2105 would protect agricultural property owners from repeated reclassification and require notice of inspections, and HB 2289 would update truth-in-taxation examples to reflect higher home values. The committee also heard bills on criminal penalties and other matters, including HB 2043 on felony murder involving an unborn child, HB 2045 on discharging a weapon near a vehicle, HB 2131 and HB 2132 on weapons trafficking and fentanyl penalties, and HB 2062 authorizing a Buffalo Soldiers memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza.

Transcript Highlights:

• This Congress.
• </c> for the Constitution, but Congress must. for the Constitution, but Congress must.
• </c> what is this Congress doing about it? what is this Congress doing about it?
• And this Republican Congress Congress Congress shrugs.<01:11:32.159><c> The</c><01:11:32.400><c> majority
• </c> such as heird solutions in Congress. such as heird solutions in Congress.

Bills: SCR12 , HR276

Keywords: Congressional Gold Medal, Army Rangers, World War II, ceremony, Emancipation Hall, colorectal cancer, Hispanic community, screening disparity, awareness, healthcare access, health education, chronic illness, cancer research, colon cancer, rectal cancer, cancer screening, Hispanic health, Latino health, racial disparities, health equity

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• air, land, and water. and water while doing so within the boundaries of the legal authority that Congress
• I'm currently, and if confirmed, inbound by the laws that Congress has established. and cannot.
• Senator, Congress sets EPA's budget.
• I think this whole Congress is under the influence of the oil, coal, and gas industry.
• Legislation has to be passed by Congress to be able to make E15 all-year-round permanent.

Committee: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• When I came to Congress, I life.
• And no, the passed in Congress.
• Congress and only Congress has the authority to pass laws and to appropriate funds.
• Congress and only Congress has the authority to pass laws and to appropriate funds.
• Congress and only Congress has the authority to pass laws and to appropriate funds.

Bills: HR881 , HB1503

Keywords: immigration, law enforcement, ICE, border protection, violence, security threats, forced organ harvesting, trafficking, human rights, organ donation, sanctions, international law

Transcript Highlights:

• to control Congress?
• to control Congress?
• to control Congress.
• The new member of Congress, Ms.
• The question is: will the Congress act? What will the Congress do?

Bills: HR35

Keywords: Delta Sigma Theta, sorority, anniversary, community service, historical recognition

Transcript Highlights:

• The Constitution does give Congress the power to override our rules as to federal.
• The Constitution does give Congress the power to override our rules as to federal.
• Congress found was needed for other public health-related tasks and issues.
• That money is continuing to flow into Washington, as Congress intended.
• states as directed by Congress.

Summary: The House State Government & Tribal Relations Committee held a virtual work session focused first on federal actions affecting elections. A representative from NCSL reviewed recent U.S. Supreme Court and pending cases, including a redistricting/Voting Rights Act case and a case on whether mailed ballots received after Election Day can be counted. She also discussed a Trump executive order directing USPS to draft mail-ballot rules, the federal SAVE system’s expanded use for voter list maintenance, DOJ requests for unredacted voter rolls, and reduced federal election-security support. Committee members asked about proof of citizenship requirements, whether DOJ requests are compulsory, and how federal election funding and grants may be changing. The Attorney General’s Office then described Washington’s litigation challenging two election-related executive orders and DOJ’s lawsuit seeking unredacted voter registration lists. State lawyers said courts have already enjoined parts of the executive orders, including documentary proof-of-citizenship requirements and voting-system changes, and have upheld Washington’s ballot-receipt deadlines so far. They said DOJ’s voter-roll demands have been rejected by multiple courts and that Washington’s position is that state law limits disclosure of sensitive voter data. Members asked about the legal basis for DOJ’s requests, the risk of immigration-enforcement use, and whether attestation on registration forms counts as proof of citizenship; the office said it does under state law and that no evidence of mass voter-fraud problems in Washington has been shown. Deputy Attorney General Todd Bowers then gave a broader overview of the Attorney General’s federal litigation, saying Washington has filed 61 cases since January 2025, often with other states, and has had notable success obtaining preliminary injunctions and favorable summary judgments. He highlighted cases involving election rules, environmental and energy disputes, public health funding, student loans, housing, and data privacy, and said many challenges involve executive-branch conditions added to congressionally appropriated funds. He also described a growing number of federal audits and inquiries directed at state agencies. Finally, Office of Equity Director Megan Matthews discussed how federal actions are affecting state and local equity work, community organizations, and public confidence. She said the office is coordinating more closely with the Attorney General, governor’s office, other agencies, and local governments through the immigration subcabinet, while also working on data privacy, Keep Washington Working compliance, and community outreach. Committee members asked about the office’s human-trafficking work and how it is encouraging agency compliance; Matthews said the focus is on clearer guidance, technical support, and consistent expectations across agencies. The committee adjourned after the presentations and questions.

Transcript Highlights:

• Now we had this conversation in 1974 here in Congress.
• Agreements cannot happen and Congress cannot function without that level of trust.
• Congress seems to not care about a budget.
• And potentially escape the process that Congress has intended?
• I've recently reintroduced a bill in this Congress that I introduced last year.

Committee: Senate Senate Budget

Transcript Highlights:

• This is a bill that's in Congress.
• The only reason the legislation exists in Congress is because Congress is frustrated that the executive
• And this postcard will then urge Congress to pass a bill that, if passed by Congress and enacted by the
• Are you willing to petition your member of Congress to do that?
• We're talking about HCM 2004, urging Congress to repeal the NVRA.

Committee: House House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee convened with roll call, member and staff introductions, and a review of amendment deadlines and decorum rules. Members also suspended the committee rule on late-distributed amendments to allow consideration of a Kolodin amendment. The chair then moved to the agenda bills, beginning with HCM 2001, a memorial urging Congress and the President to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization and asking Arizona agencies to monitor related organizations. Testimony on HCM 2001 was sharply divided, with supporters arguing the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR are linked to terrorism and Sharia law, and opponents calling the memorial discriminatory, unsupported by evidence, and an attack on Muslim civil rights organizations and free speech. The committee voted 4-3 to pass HCM 2001 out of committee. The committee then heard HCM 2002, which urges a federal review of CAIR for possible foreign terrorist organization designation and supports related congressional action. Testimony again split along similar lines: opponents, including CAIR representatives, a veteran, and community members, said the measure was scapegoating, lacked legal basis, and would stigmatize Muslim communities; supporters cited the Holy Land Foundation case, FBI concerns, and alleged ties between CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Hamas. After debate, the committee voted 4-3 to pass HCM 2002 out of committee. Following a brief recess, the committee took up HB 2009, which would prohibit committees primarily organized to influence constitutional amendments from accepting foreign national contributions and require disclosure of out-of-state funding. The sponsor said the bill was intended to improve transparency and keep constitutional initiatives focused on Arizona voters; members discussed whether the measure should apply to all ballot initiatives and how donor verification would work. HB 2009 was also approved 4-3. The committee then began HCR 2001, a proposed constitutional amendment on election procedures, including citizenship requirements for voting, limits on foreign contributions to candidate and ballot measure campaigns, government-issued ID requirements, and changes to early voting and mail ballot rules. The committee adopted a late amendment after procedural discussion, and the sponsor described the resolution as a broad election-security reform modeled on Florida. Members raised concerns that the proposal could reduce access, increase lines, and create confusion for mail voters, while the sponsor argued it would improve security and voter confidence. The transcript cuts off during this bill’s discussion, before final action is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• I hope it drives the public to demand Congress finally do something. Senator Blackburn.
• When you consider five bills got out of this committee last Congress, and over the last few years Congress
• Why are not the laws that Congress has had on the books regarding exploited crimes working?
• That this Congress gave parents the ability to do that.
• But I just say again, there is nothing more important than this Congress can do.

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Keywords: child safety, Big Tech, CSAM, legislation, online exploitation, bipartisan, social media

Summary: The committee meeting focused on the pressing issues surrounding child safety online, with a particular emphasis on recent legislative efforts aimed at curbing child sexual exploitation and harmful content accessible through social media platforms. Senators engaged in a heated discussion regarding the implications of Big Tech's lobbying efforts against vital bills such as the Stop CSAM Act and the Kids Online Safety Act. Noteworthy testimonies highlighted real-life impacts of online dangers, including tragic cases of child exploitation and drug-related fatalities linked to social media interactions. The bipartisan nature of the committee's commitment to address these issues showcased a collective determination to make the digital environment safer for the younger generation.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's happening for the federal delegation to Congress.
• It's happening for the federal delegation to Congress.
• Congress in Washington, D.C.
• The SAVE Act's currently in Congress and hasn't been enacted.
• "It's just essentially a letter to Congress. Correct.

Committee: House Special Committee on Redistricting

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> This happened yet again after Congress This happened yet again after Congress passed<00:18:56.320
• </c> gone because Republicans in Congress gone because Republicans in Congress want<00:26:06.000><c>
• Congress funding that enables cruelty. Congress must<00:55:52.160><c> act</c><00:55:52.400><c> now.
• </c> Congress in history and I reserve. Congress in history and I reserve.
• , and reclaim it for Congress.

Bills: HB7194 , HB3377 , HB7211 , HB7148 , HR1032

Keywords: Medal of Honor, valor, Army, Nicholas Dockery, military service, James Capers Jr., Vietnam War, acts of valor, military recognition, military valor, John W. Ripley, Marine Corps, appropriations, omnibus, consolidated appropriations, fiscal year 2026, FY2026, federal spending, budget bill, defense appropriations