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• As Chair of this committee, I call to order the Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
• Senator<00:42:17.200> McEwen. Senator McEwen. Senator McEwen. Thank<00:42:19.360> you.
• Senator<01:33:49.080> Green. Senator Green. Senator Green.
• Senator Fateh's bill. Senator Fateh's bill.
• Senator<02:28:39.320> Green. Senator Green. Senator Green.

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• The Committee on Higher Education will come to order. Thanks, Senator Kupec.
• Uh, thank you, Chair Fateh, Senator Oumou Verbeten, and members of the committee.
• Chair, for the members of the Senate Higher Education Committee, good afternoon.
• Senator Utke. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Madam Chair and committee. I appreciate that.
• Seeing none, any final comments, uh Senator Nelson? Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members.

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• I'll call on Senator Murphy for a motion to adopt the committee reports. Mr.
• Murphy for a motion to adopt the Senator Murphy for a motion to adopt the committee<00:08:45.160>
• President, I move that Senate File 3900 in general orders be stricken and re-referred to the Committee
• Senate Resolution 72 will be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
• <00:36:21.680> committees, testify in one of our Senate committees, testify in one of our

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• Senator Friends uh Senator Nelson Senator Friends uh Senator Nelson Senator<00:15:40.839> Rasmusson
• c> and Senator Rasmusson and Senator Pappas and Senator Rasmusson and Senator Pappas and the<00:15
• That is Senator Westlin, Senate agenda.
• <00:51:37.960> So, um Senator Westlin. Senator Westlin. So, um Senator Westlin.
• If I may be excused, I'm still chairing the fraud committee, and now that Senator Limmer is here, you're

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• Senate File 4457. Welcome to the committee, Senator Johnson. >> Thank you, Madam Chair.
• > Senator Welcome to the committee, Senator Welcome to the committee, Senator Johnson.
• of this committee to fund, but hopefully within the Capital Investment Committee, Senator Pappas will
• . the Capital Investment Committee, the Capital Investment Committee, Senator<01:28:54.920> Pappas
• I miss this committee. Pleased to present Senate File 2638.

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• Senate Spotlight is produced by the Minnesota Senate and Senate Media Services.
• In every committee, you'll of course see senators, but there's another committee fixture you'll only
• In every committee, you'll of course see senators, but there's another committee fixture you'll only
• To become a Senate committee page, all you need is a high school degree or some work experience.
• And our Senate Media YouTube channel covers the Senate's committee meetings, floor sessions, and press

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Summary: This episode of Senate Spotlight focused on several nonpartisan Senate offices and programs that help lawmakers and the public understand the legislative process. It highlighted the Civility Caucus, where Republican Sen. Zach Duckworth and DFL Sen. Grant Hauschild work to build relationships across party lines, especially important in a closely divided Senate and during a bonding year that requires a two-thirds vote for infrastructure spending. Speakers emphasized that the caucus is about civility, empathy, and laying groundwork for future bipartisan work rather than guaranteeing agreement on specific bills. The program also explained how Minnesotans can track legislative activity through the Senate Journal and the fiscal review. Staff described the Journal as a public record of votes, amendments, roll calls, and other actions, useful for checking how senators voted on bills that passed or failed. The fiscal review was presented as a nonpartisan, award-winning summary of the enacted budget, with examples of how readers can find spending details by page and a discussion of plans to make the document more interactive and web-based. Viewers were also directed to the Senate website to look up senators’ contact information and to the Legislature’s bill-tracking system. Another segment covered Senate File 901, a bipartisan bill by Sen. Eric Pratt that funded an equine-assisted therapy program for first responders dealing with trauma. Testimony described how the program has helped police, firefighters, dispatchers, and correctional officers stay on the job and recover mentally, with lawmakers noting its strong support and practical benefits. The episode also featured Senate pages and interns, who described their behind-the-scenes work supporting committee meetings and learning the legislative process, and concluded with a segment on Capitol art and a new public gallery meant to inspire good government and showcase Minnesota artists.

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