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• , your work has no value.
• Not just incredible value to our state.
• <00:36:19.520> You Minnesota value higher education.
• You Minnesota value higher education.
• so much that happens in our uh value so much that happens in our uh value added<02:13:50.400>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• These services have a value. Those dispatch electrons have a value.
• <00:09:03.001> [snorts] of the energy value stack. [snorts] of the energy value stack.
• <00:10:03.600> Those These services have a value. Those These services have a value.
• And so dispatch electrons have a value.
• program, what actually is the net value program, what actually is the net value or<00:51:17.200>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• that we have always been and the values that we have always been and the values that<00:53:55.440
• values.
• Those values of reflect on those values.
• We may may we values into the future.
• of the opposing appreciate the value of the opposing voice. voice. voice.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <01:10:52.000> this to say how much we value this to say how much we value this partnership
• However, we value the program for the quality of horses we turn out, but also it values our mission statement
• However, we value the program for the quality of horses we turn out, but also it values our mission statement
• However, we value the program for the quality of horses we turn out, but also it values our mission statement
• However, we value the program for the quality of horses we turn out, but also it values our mission statement

Keywords: 916, all

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• Those<00:23:41.200> are<00:23:41.360> the<00:23:41.520> values.
• Those are the Those are the values.
• <03:09:08.080> of responsibility to uphold the values of responsibility to uphold the values
• We simply cannot overlook the value of deterrence and preparedness.
• <08:29:09.760> the President Trump does not value the President Trump does not value the contributions

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• <00:29:17.679> history New Hampshire has a long valued history New Hampshire has a long valued
• , We have also valued proportionality, We have also valued proportionality, restraint,<00:29:24.159
• > and values, respect, unity, and values, respect, unity, and responsibility.<04:03:58.880>
• <04:25:12.880> by children according to their values by children according to their values
• values. It's all one-sided. values. It's all one-sided.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• find a way forward to balance all of the fiscal priorities, all of the priorities of care that we all value
• And again, this isn't to say that the training that they've received isn't of importance or value.
• , but really in coordination and in complement with those values.
• And so we need to identify and implement those strategies to enhance value and efficiency that don't
• sacrifice our values of quality, access, and equity.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard budget testimony from Department of Mental Health Commissioner Brooke Doyle, who said DMH serves about 29,000 people and is facing rising demand, higher operating costs, and uncertainty about federal funding. She explained that the FY26 budget prioritizes fully funding the state-operated inpatient system, which is at 100% occupancy and often serves people transferred from Bridgewater State Hospital, while making reductions in other areas to balance the budget. Those reductions include a 50% cut to case managers, a pause on closing the Pocasset unit pending a working group on Cape access, and changes to youth and contracted services such as right-sizing IRTP and CIRT, reducing Youth PACT from seven teams to three, scaling back flex and jail diversion grants as ARPA funds wind down, and preserving the behavioral health helpline and community-based crisis services. Members from Western Massachusetts and the Cape raised concerns about access, staffing, and the impact of cuts, and Doyle said the department would continue operating IRTP services, improve the referral process, and work with stakeholders on the Pocasset review and other access issues. The committee also discussed school-based mental health, 988, loan forgiveness for workforce recruitment, and the role of co-response programs for law enforcement. Secretary Robin Lipson then testified for the Executive Office of Aging and Independence, describing a proposed FY26 budget increase of about 21% to support councils on aging, home care, elder abuse investigations, caregiver support, care transitions, and nutrition programs. She said the agency is managing rising demand, especially from the growing 80-plus population, and noted uncertainty around federal Older Americans Act funding after the federal disbursement agency was disbanded. To control costs, the office will manage intake and caseload growth in a fully state-funded home care program, but current clients will not lose services. Lipson also highlighted a new $1 million line item for local mini-grants to support age-friendly initiatives. In questions, members focused on elder scams, and Lipson said scams are increasing and the agency is working with banks, district attorneys, and public awareness campaigns. The Health Policy Commission’s Executive Director David Seltz presented the agency’s FY26 request and said the biggest challenge is health care affordability, with family premiums near $29,000 annually and many residents delaying care because of cost. He emphasized that recent legislation significantly expands HPC’s role through a new Office of Pharmaceutical Policy and Analysis, which will examine the drug supply chain and pricing, and a new Office of Health Resource Planning, which will support statewide planning around closures and access gaps. The new law also creates task forces on maternal health access and primary care, and adds transparency and oversight for private equity in health care. Members asked about pharmaceutical costs, GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, 340B, and maternal health closures; Seltz said the data show rapid growth in GLP-1 spending and that the new offices will help the state better understand cost drivers and access problems. The Center for Health Information and Analysis then began its testimony, describing its role as the state’s data hub for health care spending, utilization, quality, and affordability analysis.

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• But I also love our values: belonging, integrity, and grit.
• narrative on the value of a trade and tech school.
• The value of about $12 million a year. So we get entrusted equipment, like in diesel.
• The subsidized is about 70% if you look at those credit values amounts there.
• I think there's a real value in us going to campuses.

Keywords: 908, all

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• Our values are aligned with those states, and I felt that those were reasonable models to be looking
• The next amendment to the bill addresses how to define what the value of medical care is.
• Value of accrued medical care and related benefits.
• Value of accrued medical care and related benefits does not include any costs waived, written off, or
• It treats each patient like a revenue value unit.

Keywords: 996, all

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• So I see the value in having these types of programs.
• but something does happen, the idea that I have homeowners insurance but I don't have replacement value
• have with that is the formula that is being used by the counties when they make major assessment values
• I have had lots of people that have same property tax. assessment values.
• These investments reflect the value we have for our state of Missouri public servants and make a real

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• They're valued at 45 million.
• Valued at 45 million.
• San Miguel has 40 projects valued at 79 million.
• They have an additional 11 projects valued at 36 million that have been obligated.
• Shown are plots of TDS, sulfate, boron, and pH values.

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• It's the time value of money. It'll either work. Correct. And this budgeting is so important.
• It's the time value of money. It'll either work for you in life or against you.
• I'm Director of Government Relations for Texas Values, the largest organization in the state that stands
• As a broader goal of teaching kids the value of healthy relationships and healthy family formation that
• And I'm going to read a few examples. ...life in order to convey to students the value of the baby in

Summary: The Committee on Education K-16 heard several bills focused largely on special education transparency, school safety, and student support services. Senate Bill 1908, by Senator Zaffirini, would direct the Higher Education Coordinating Board to study the feasibility of a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements, including regional portals for healthcare clinical slots, with a report due by December 1, 2026. A representative of the Texas Nurses Association and the Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition testified in support. The bill was left pending subject to the call of the chair. The committee then took up Senate Bill 111, by Senator Hall, which in its committee substitute was narrowed to a reporting bill requiring school districts to disclose legal proceedings involving special education due process complaints when legal fees exceed $10,000, rather than capping spending. Several parents and advocates testified that districts spend large sums on litigation against families of children with disabilities and that greater transparency is needed; some senators raised concerns about unintended consequences, including possible pressure to settle cases. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1551 on automated external defibrillators in public schools, Senate Bill 865 on CPR instruction requirements for certain volunteers, Senate Bill 1032 on the Governor’s University Research Initiative, and Senate Bill 571 on school employee misconduct reporting and access to the Do Not Hire Registry; each was reported favorably after committee substitute adoption and roll-call votes. Additional bills discussed included Senate Bill 1884, which would formalize and expand dedicated staff support for the State Board of Education and give the board chair hiring authority over that staff; members questioned whether it duplicated TEA functions, while a witness argued the workload increase justified the change, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 625 would replace the current half-credit economics requirement with a half-credit in personal financial literacy; educators and advocates strongly supported making the course required, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 582 would make TEA settlement agreements in special investigations publicly available when sanctions are imposed, and Senate Bill 2600 would bar transportation fees for students living within two miles of campus unless districts do not receive state transportation funding; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2751, which would require TEA inspections of non-public special education programs to consider medical standards of care and crisis-prevention training; testimony from a program operator described severe student behaviors and the need for more flexibility, and the bill was left pending after the substitute was adopted.

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• What I have reservations about is the fact that it is trying to establish a monetary value on what has
• c><00:51:48.160> on<00:51:48.559> what<00:51:48.800> has establish a monetary value
• on what has establish a monetary value on what has already<00:51:49.440> happened<00:51:49.920
• Yes, I agree that we honor, respect, and value every person as a human being, whatever their personal
• > Yes, I I agree that we honor, respect Yes, I I agree that we honor, respect and<01:15:00.520> value

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• With a relentless commitment to helping those in need, Anne-Margaret was a valued colleague in the House
• sincere condolences to her mother, Francis Ferrante, to her family, to her house staff, and to her many valued
• friends and loved ones. staff, and to her many valued friends and loved ones.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House received a gubernatorial message returning House No. 3912, a bill to increase the Marblehead Board of Health from three to five members, with recommendation of amendment, and referred it to the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading. The House also suspended Joint Rule 12 on a petition from Megan K. Kilcoyne concerning condominium owners’ rights, sending it to the Committee on the Judiciary, and suspended Rule 7A to take up several bills reported by Steering, Policy and Scheduling. Those bills were read a second time and ordered to a third reading: House No. 138 on the definition of livestock; House No. 4437 on nutrient management and fertilizer regulation in Nantucket; House No. 4673 protecting first responders and enhancing access to behavioral health centers; House No. 4676 on tort actions for latent diseases; and House No. 4694 on increasing affordable and public housing options. The House then adopted an emergency preamble for House No. 4587, establishing a sick leave bank for a Department of Correction employee, David A. Russell. Several engrossed bills were passed to be enacted, including House No. 4149 revising the Lynn city charter, House No. 4286 authorizing an additional wine and malt beverage license in Somerset, and House No. 4439 simplifying subdivision road layout and acceptance in Marlborough. House No. 4587 was also passed to be enacted after the emergency preamble vote. The House observed a moment of silent tribute for Representative Anne Margaret Ferrante, who died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, and adopted an order to adjourn until Thursday at 10 a.m., with adjournment in her memory.

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• So do you have any plans to try to acquire that number or get a firm value on that, especially here in
• And we're going to try to get people to go to higher-value primary care and specialists.
• We're going to try to get people to go to higher-value primary care and specialists.
• We're trying to look at physicians who tend to steer toward higher-value places of care and see if we
• use higher-value facilities.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The foundation of our democracy, our chosen system of governance, is that each of us have value.
• of us have value. Each of us has a say. of us have value. Each of us has a say.
• Um, and often that shows what we value.
• Um, and often that shows what we value.
• We're arguing for the values we believe in. The values of this proposal are right.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:51:36.720> uh like $5 per thousand in value uh like $5 per thousand in value uh uniformly
• The property value as a ratio of the student population.
• Value. And couples it with a way to actually have the funds.
• And I think it was a thoughtful effort to bring history and commitment and values into the picture and
• And I think it was a thoughtful effort to bring history and commitment and values into the picture and

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Education Funding Committee Subcommittee on Adequacy and Funding Sources opened its second meeting by reviewing four retained bills assigned to it: HB 651, HB 772, HB 491, and HB 734. The chair said the goal was to compare the bills across the board, consider whether any one of them should be the committee’s recommended vehicle, and then vote on a recommendation to the full committee. He noted the bills would move out before November 21 and be taken up on the House floor in January, while related LSRs were also being developed for the coming session. Representative Ames argued that HB 651 should be the main vehicle because it would substantially raise the adequacy base and adjust differential aid categories to better reflect real school costs, including poverty, special education, and English learner needs. He described the bill as building on court guidance and said the current funding formula is far below actual district needs. He also supported HB 491 as a study vehicle to examine revenue options, saying the legislature needs informed choices about how to pay for the changes. Representative Damon strongly backed HB 651 and HB 491, citing constitutional obligations, the Conval and Rand rulings, and large projected funding increases for districts such as Claremont, Windham, and communities in the chair’s district if HB 651 had passed earlier. Representative Fellows said he has an LSR similar to HB 491 that would study existing and new revenue options using criteria such as revenue potential, administrative cost, affected groups, implementation timeline, and implementation cost, with input from revenue administration and outside agencies. Representative Papich Muller emphasized constitutional separation-of-powers concerns, reading Article 83 and saying he was not comfortable with the broad claim that “cherish” clearly mandates a specific spending level, though he said he intends to follow Supreme Court guidance. Representative Ricky read testimony from a local school board member arguing that the state already imposes many mandates on schools while providing the least funding in the country, and that HB 651 would help restore meaningful local control. No final vote or action was taken in the portion provided, though the chair had indicated the subcommittee would vote before adjournment.

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• You look in statute and you can only charge a face value. for a lottery ticket.
• That's in rule or statute right now that you can only charge face value.
• pay more than face value.
• Strategic Policy Associate for Texas Values Action. All right.
• My name is Megan Benton and I'm Strategic Policy Associate for Texas Values Action.

Bills: SB 28, SB 687, SJR 34, SCR 9, SB 523, SB 62, SB 847, SB 706, SB 869, SB 890, SB 992

Keywords: lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, SB 687, land surveyor, land surveying, surveying services, construction contract, anti-indemnity, indemnity, hold harmless, defense obligation, standard of care, professional negligence, civil practice and remedies code, local government code, governmental agency, public contracts

Summary: The meeting was a crucial session for discussing several important bills including SB992, which aims to establish a clear time frame for the Attorney General's approval on outside legal counsel for state agencies. Senator Nichols presented the bill, emphasizing its necessity for timely responses to ensure efficient legal processing. Another notable discussion centered around SB523, which seeks to allow parole and probation officers to use a business address on their driver's licenses for safety and security purposes. This bill passed favorably out of the committee, with public testimony supporting the need for such provisions due to the risks these officers face.

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• also mindset and values this place where<00:50:43.440> there's<00:50:43.599> an<00:50:
• We're just doing more of the same if the mindsets and the values and the systems are misaligned.
• We're just doing more of the same if the mindsets and the values and the systems are misaligned.
• We're just doing more of the same if the mindsets and the values and the systems are misaligned.
• <00:55:48.000> it's and say what are our common values it's and say what are our common values

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several Human Services measures focused on Medicaid access, long-term care benefits, home health reimbursement, SNAP administration, trauma-informed child welfare, and child abuse reporting. HP 702 would increase funding for Medicaid in-home services if federal matching funds are secured, and testimony from disability advocates supported the measure as needed to help people with disabilities cover medical expenses. HB 1477, described as a correction to a prior session’s mistake, would clarify that the monthly needs allowance for certain long-term care residents does not replace state supplemental payments and would raise the ceiling by $25 to fix the prior issue and by an additional $20 as a new benefit; DHS supported it with amendments, and the committee indicated it would amend accordingly. HB 713 would fund a DHS rate study for home health services, with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii strongly supporting it and describing rising labor costs, losses on Medicaid patients, and access concerns if agencies cannot keep serving Medicaid clients. HB 1099 would appropriate emergency funds to DHS after a USDA penalty tied to SNAP response times, with supporters including Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Public Health Institute, and others arguing the money should be reinvested in staffing and systems to improve access and avoid further penalties. HB 1079 would direct the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS to create trauma-informed assessments and training for Child Welfare Services staff; testimony from state offices and advocacy groups supported it, citing the Mālama ʻOhana Working Group, staff burnout, and the need for a sustainable train-the-trainer model. Finally, HB 239 would narrow when failure to provide a child’s needs constitutes abuse or neglect, but DHS raised concerns that the current wording could broaden abuse findings and leave families in poverty without a clear safety net, while the Honolulu prosecutor’s office opposed it, warning it could weaken mandatory reporting and hinder investigations of child abuse. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, though the chair said HB 1477 would be amended and several measures were left open for further questions and testimony.

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• of a particular resources and value of a particular property<00:37:06.079> and<00:37:06.400><
• Hawaii Farm Bureau supports agritourism that's value-added for farm and ranchers.
• Hawaii Farm Bureau supports agritourism that's value-added for farm and ranchers.
• at it Farm and tourism that's value at it Farm and ranchers<01:03:56.680> their<01:03:56.880>
• , through manufactured or value-added through farm tours or other activities that are tourism-related

Keywords: 910, house, all