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• Item six is the agency's maritime infrastructure program.
• I'm here to testify for the for the County Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program.
• We expanded that fund to also cover a driver's education fund. programs.
• Of our educational workforce programming.
• Instead, I was able to continue my education and even participate. pay in an in-home learning program

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• I'm the Administrative Officer for the Red Lake Chemical Health Program and a certified alcohol and drug
• as the Governor of Region 1 on the March Board, a statewide association of substance use disorder programs
• The first letter was from Robert Bob Christie, who works for the Beltrami County DWI Diversion Program
• The second section of this bill is from the Sanford Area Program for Recovery, Mindy Bruden from Sanford
• Behavioral Health and their STD program, and the Red Lake Nation Chemical Health Program.

Bills: HF2233, HF1999, HF1995, HF1614, HF2781, HF1775, HF1316, HF2127, HF2521, HF689, HF2380, HF1273

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• from Sanford Behavioral Health and their SUD programs and chemical health programs.
• The first one was from Robert program.
• Mindy Bruden area program for recovery.
• <00:18:39.840> of<00:18:40.000> this programs.
• The second section of this programs.

Bills: HF2233, HF1999, HF1995, HF1614, HF2781, HF1775, HF1316, HF2127, HF2521, HF689, HF2380, HF1273

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• The bill is important for Cameron County to address a growing infrastructure need tied to the growth
• The oversized overweight corridor program is an innovative initiative sponsored by Senator Lucio and
• The program was designed to expedite freight, international trade while improving roadway safety.
• transportation program.
• I, I know the ins and outs of these permits and, and what they do to county infrastructure.

Bills: HCR 114, HB 137, HB 283, HB 1398, HB 1960, HB 2153, HB 2431, HB 2638, HB 2699, HB 2999, HB 3208, HB 3389, HB 3413, HB 3510, HB 3642, HB 3859, HB 3974, HB 3986, HB 4142, HB 4173, HB 4174, HB 4542, HB 4605, HB 4663, HB 4731, HB 5064, HB 5216, HB 5218, HB 5332, HB 5453, HB 5577

Keywords: memorial, pedestrian bridge, Houston, Sergio Ivan Rodriguez, city council, oversize vehicles, transportation permits, Hidalgo County, port authority, highway routes, healthcare, insurance, mental health, treatment access, state funding, transportation, axle weight, aggregates, regulations, Texas law

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• We're cutting programs to help communities rebuild their infrastructure.
• We're cutting programs to help communities rebuild their infrastructure.
• We're cutting programs to help communities rebuild their infrastructure.
• We're cutting programs to help communities rebuild their infrastructure.
• We're cutting programs to help communities rebuild their infrastructure.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Members, this bill addresses a longstanding issue on the Oklahoma River by directing the Department of
• The new program will create jobs and diversify the economy in Putnam and Marion counties, which are two
• And so we would rather have it be a monitored four-year program.
• He was an educator in Putnam County for 43 years. So I've been fishing there going on 49 years.
• My mother is retired director of secondary education.

Summary: The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources heard and advanced several bills. SB 958, by Senator Bradley, would require local straw and stirrer ordinances to allow renewable, certified compostable, and marine-biodegradable products, with supporters arguing it creates standards and avoids patchwork local rules; it was reported favorably. SB 1066, by Senator Brodeur, proposed a phased restoration of the Ocklawaha/Rodman Dam area, including partial dam restoration, recreation and economic development planning, and a local advisory council; testimony was strongly divided between restoration supporters and local officials concerned about water supply, reservoir value, and community impacts. The committee adopted an amendment adding a Naval Air Station Jacksonville representative to the advisory council, then reported the bill favorably as amended. The committee also approved CS/SB 698 by Senator Martin, which would let builders proceed with home construction after applying for septic permits rather than waiting for the permit to be issued first. Testimony from builders and industry representatives focused on permitting delays, contract pricing, and the need for a glide path if DEP rules change; some senators raised concerns about the 120-day transition period, but the bill passed favorably with a technical amendment. CS/SB 1230, by Senator Harrell, would phase out PFAS-containing firefighting foam for non-emergency use, require inventory and disposal reporting, create DEP rules and a registry of alternatives, and establish grant/cost-savings support for local agencies; it was reported favorably after an amendment clarifying DEP references and penalty language. Finally, the committee approved CS/SB 1288, also by Senator Harrell, to designate a water body feature in the Jupiter Narrows area as the Andrew Red Harris Shoal in honor of a local environmental advocate who died rescuing a friend. The bill was amended to clarify the shoal identification and then reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, senators requested the record reflect additional affirmative votes on certain bills, and the committee adjourned.

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• The first program was our COVID-19 lending program, which was for businesses impacted by the pandemic
• What is the NCRN, the NORES program?
• Infrastructure needs for those sites.
• One of the best social programs is the job.
• And when it comes to what has happened with the Early Childhood Education Program and the trust, there

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• I'm a doctor of education, so I'm passionate about kids. I'm Dr.
• Aging infrastructure that we're working on replacing as we speak.
• Well, infrastructure, water included, right?
• Well, infrastructure, water included, right?
• Where is the pilot program at?

Bills: HB1523, HB2109, HB2694, HB3525, HB3898, HB4646, HB5188, HB5219, HB5320, HB5651, HB5655, HB5659, HB5662, HB5672

Keywords: aquifer conservation, Class V injection well, environmental regulation, groundwater protection, municipal water supply, temporary prohibition, water management, reservoir construction, state water plan, Texas Water Code, environmental impact, Brazoria Drainage District, commissioners, elections, vacancies, resignation, HB 3525, North Texas Groundwater Conservation District, groundwater permit, permit amendment

Summary: The Committee on Natural Resources heard House Bill 2109, which would remove certain long-proposed reservoir projects from the state water plan after 50 years without progress. Chairman Van Deaver and many landowners, local officials, timber interests, and conservation advocates testified in support, arguing that the Marvin Nichols Reservoir has burdened Northeast Texas landowners for decades with the threat of eminent domain, depressed property values, and uncertainty over homes, farms, ranches, schools, churches, and cemeteries. Supporters also said the project would flood tens of thousands of acres, require extensive mitigation, harm timber and agriculture, and that Texas now has better alternatives such as conservation, reuse, aquifer storage and recovery, and desalination. Several members expressed sympathy for the affected families and questioned whether a project could remain in the plan indefinitely without progress. Opposition came from North Texas water interests, including the North Texas Commission, Tarrant Regional Water District, and the Texas Water Association, who argued that the bill would interfere with the state’s long-term water planning process and remove needed future supply options for a fast-growing region. They said Region C faces major projected shortages by 2070, that conservation and reuse have already delayed the need for new supplies, and that reservoirs remain one tool in the state’s water-planning toolbox. TWDB staff explained the existing inter-regional conflict process and noted that the substitute would affect several unique reservoir sites, not just Marvin Nichols. After testimony, Chairman Van Deaver closed by urging passage of the bill, but the committee withdrew the substitute and left HB 2109 pending. The committee then took up House Bill 5188, a brackish groundwater bill. The author said the bill would reduce permitting burdens for wells in designated brackish groundwater production zones, and the committee substitute added requirements on monitoring, groundwater-rights ownership, and allocation of pumpage limits while removing some exclusions and export-fee provisions. Texas Wildlife Association testified against the bill, warning that the exemptions could weaken groundwater conservation districts’ ability to protect freshwater resources and surface-owner rights. San Antonio Water System testified in favor, saying brackish groundwater is a key future supply and that the substitute would help speed development of desalination and brackish projects. The Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts testified neutrally but raised concerns about reduced district oversight, especially around injection-well exclusions and the loss of export fees, and said discussions on the bill were ongoing.

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• Welcome everybody to the Oklahoma 911 Management Authority special meeting.
• A special meeting of the Oklahoma 911 Management Authority has been convened in accordance with the Oklahoma
• Not support or be neutral and also make recommendations for changes for Oklahoma House Bill 2710, Oklahoma
• The new authority would oversee all infrastructure, all radio infrastructure procurement for public safety
• And right now, our rules don't even allow us to pay for radio infrastructure or anything radio-related

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• Department of Education supporting higher education programs, as well as with the U.S.
• programs.
• Interestingly, education was one of the more negative views in terms of use of AI in education.
• Interestingly education was one of the more negative views in terms of use of AI and education people
• it goes almost without saying that a good AI program a good privacy program a good cybersecurity program

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Summary: The committee held a series of informational briefings on information management and technology issues. It first heard from ACLU representatives on data privacy, who argued that Oregon should strengthen protections against private data brokers, government purchases of personal data, reverse warrants, automatic license plate readers, and local police surveillance. They urged data minimization, limits on data sales and retention, and broader transparency and accountability measures. Members asked about practical uses of license plate readers, state sales of data, and how Oregon’s approach compares with other states; the presenters said similar proposals have been adopted elsewhere, including data minimization in Maryland and a state version of the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act in Montana. The committee then received a detailed update from the Department of Administrative Services and Enterprise Information Services on licensing system modernization for 14 boards and commissions with the most immediate need. DAS said it is seeking a shared procurement approach through an RFP that would create either one scalable system or two tiers of systems, depending on agency needs and security requirements, with contracts expected by September. Committee members emphasized the need for a more unified, user-friendly statewide login and service experience for businesses and residents, and raised concerns about small agencies “figuring it out on their own” without sufficient cybersecurity or technical expertise. EIS said it is overseeing the investment review, security and architecture review, and future implementation planning, and noted that multiple agency requests may still come back to the legislature in the next session. The committee also discussed a revised cybersecurity incident notification concept. Staff explained that the earlier bill had raised stakeholder concerns, so the co-chairs directed further interim work with the Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council and other local government and K-12 stakeholders. The goal is a narrower, voluntary “911-style” notification process that would let public bodies alert peers and potentially receive assistance after cyber incidents; a temporary voluntary process is being tested now, with a work group developing language for possible 2027 consideration. Finally, the committee heard updates from the new state chief data officer on data governance, data sharing, geospatial work, and the state transparency website, followed by a briefing on data centers from NCSL and the Technology Association of Oregon. The data officer described efforts to expand data inventories, data governance plans, data literacy, and interagency sharing, along with statewide aerial imagery, geospatial standards, and the open data portal. The data center discussion focused on national and state trends, including rapid growth in data centers, rising electricity and water demand, and legislative responses such as new rate classes, reporting requirements, and cost-allocation rules to protect ratepayers. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only.

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• The Commission on Higher Education has 55 programs across six appropriation units, but we can't easily
• Funds are to support the Alabama Colleges of Education in adapting their operations and academic programs
• The next one is a program to help with our special education shortage in the rural areas, and the thought
• is to... the rural areas, and the thought is to have a program specifically for special education students
• of this program.

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• For flood infrastructure funding, the fifth fund is a relatively new program.
• So, again, these are the workhorses of our programs, particularly with respect to aging infrastructure
• He is in Oklahoma.
• So we run the school lunch program and the school breakfast program.
• A couple more programs in Consumer Protection include the hemp program.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Recommendations for infrastructure operations include $66.1 million in all funds, a decrease of 430.6
• Airplane into Oklahoma, uh, uh, a helicopter into Seguin, another airplane into Houston, uh, that were
• There's a lot coming out of, uh, out of our, our education that are trained.
• On many of these there, and they were tied into an illegal marijuana grow in Oklahoma.
• And then what they would do is they would go to a state that's not real ID compliant, like, uh, Oklahoma

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• There's a program run out of the Pacific Northwest called the Western Resource Adequacy Program.
• That was a good education. I appreciate that background.
• Programs that have covered MS programs in some institutes, but mostly four- and two-year programs, and
• We need to support infrastructure.
• We need to ensure that our programs are age-appropriate.

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• , such as registered apprenticeship programs, pre-apprenticeship programs, or Be Pro Be Proud program
• programs and summer internship programs run by the Public Education Department.
• Thank you for offering this bill. ...summer internship program run by the Public Education Department
• or youth programs, or is this the program now?
• How does this program differ from other existing programs?

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Summary: The House Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee met with a quorum and first addressed a point of order over whether HB 270 could be heard after being taken up earlier in the Transportation Committee. The chair ruled the bill could proceed because it was assigned to this committee and had been properly noticed. The committee then heard HB 280, which would create a three-year pilot program to support paid student internships through grants administered by the Department of Workforce Solutions. Supporters said the bill would help fund internships, mentoring, and transportation, and could improve workforce development, graduation outcomes, and pathways into apprenticeships or higher education. Members asked about administrative costs, student selection, rural and tribal access, payment mechanisms, and whether public entities, land grants, and dual credit could be included. The bill sponsor and witnesses said the program would likely serve about 100 students, use a sliding-scale matching model, and allow local flexibility in program design. The committee voted due pass on HB 280. The committee then heard House Memorial 46, honoring the Hurley family and especially Major General Patrick Hurley and his son Wilson Hurley for military service and artistic contributions in New Mexico. The memorial was presented as a tribute to a family of heroes, and members expressed support. The committee voted due pass on the memorial. Finally, the committee heard HB 270, which would amend the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act to require contributions to apprenticeship and training programs on most public works projects, including road and utility work, while exempting trades without approved programs. Sponsors said the bill would close loopholes, broaden participation, and strengthen the workforce pipeline. Opposition came from asphalt, contractor, and utility groups, which argued the bill would raise costs, duplicate existing training programs, and create access problems for nonunion and geographically distant contractors. Supporters from mechanical contractors, building trades, and labor groups said the bill would improve workforce development and keep training dollars in New Mexico. After debate over the earlier Transportation Committee action and the bill’s cost impacts, the committee voted due pass on HB 270 by a 5-3 roll call.

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• Also, I think there could be an educational aspect in our high schools, too, educating the people and
• programs to associate degrees in key fields like education, business, and environmental science.
• We also have our early childhood program, where we educate and train students for that vital function
• And most of those students who get educated in these programs generally stay in the community and work
• Our career and technical education program, construction, and CDL are consistently full.

Summary: The committee met at Spirit Lake Tribe and heard an extended discussion with Spirit Lake tribal leaders and program directors about government-to-government relations with the state. Chairwoman Street and others outlined a number of concerns and requests, including taxation of tribal and trust lands, state school support for non-beneficiary students, homelessness services, Indian-managed health care, gaming/e-tabs, the Feather Alert system, industrial farming near waterways, tourism and cultural issues, and the need for more consistent tribal consultation. Committee members responded that many of these issues had previously been passed along without direct action, and several members emphasized the committee’s role in education, communication, and preparing possible legislation or resolutions for the next session. Tribal representatives also offered to provide training on treaties, IHS 638, and compact services to help legislators better understand tribal jurisdiction and billing issues. A major portion of the meeting focused on Spirit Lake Fish and Wildlife concerns, especially jurisdictional “gray areas” around hunting and fishing on the reservation, recognition of tribal licenses, and the boundary of the reservation around Spirit Lake/Devils Lake. Tribal officials said they wanted a co-stewardship agreement or MOU with the state to clarify jurisdiction, improve cooperation, and address invasive species and aquatic nuisance species. Committee members discussed whether to draft legislation or a resolution directing the executive branch and state agencies to negotiate such an agreement, and they asked for further input from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department at a future meeting. The committee also discussed county involvement in land status changes and trust land issues, with Spirit Lake leaders describing a past Benson County resolution that tried to block fee-to-trust transfers and saying it was later rescinded. The committee then heard from Benson County tax equalization director Randy Thompson, who explained how the county values land and handles tax-exempt, inundated, and fee-to-trust parcels. Members asked about the impact of tax-exempt lands on county services and discussed prior legislation that helped counties with large tax-exempt bases. The committee also received a presentation from Dr. Steven Smith of Sisseton Wahpeton College, who described the college’s programs, economic impact, and funding needs, including support for non-beneficiary students and workforce training. Members asked about expanding tribal college education into correctional settings, and Smith said the idea was worth exploring through the tribal college system. Finally, HHS interim medical services director Christoph Framing presented remotely on 1115 Medicaid waivers and the IMD exclusion, explaining current state funding mechanisms for inpatient and residential behavioral health services and the bill draft directing HHS to pursue a waiver for IMD payments.

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• There are many certifications and training programs available to learn how to perform safe repairs.
• Some body shops have what are called direct repair programs.
• Um, education. That was an education. Thank you. I appreciate that. Thank you for your permission.
• These investments enhance educational... experience and help attract and retain quality educators.
• I think it was in Oklahoma, but it was a federal case.

Bills: SB458, SB819, SB1238, SB1642, SB1643, SB1644, SB1791, SB1810, SB1824, SB1825, SB758, SB1455, SB1706

Keywords: insurance appraisal, property insurance, auto insurance, homeowners insurance, residential property, disputed loss, loss valuation, appraisal clause, appraiser, umpire, Texas Department of Insurance, TDI, insurance dispute resolution, claims adjustment, total loss, windstorm insurance, FAIR Plan, surplus lines insurance, policyholder, insurer

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• I'm the Big Game Program Director for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
• Program. They've been doing that for 16 years.
• A lot of the records from where it went, but it certainly went up into Oklahoma.
• Secondly, additional outreach and education for the livestock producers and hunters.
• Otherwise, it's just going to end up in Oklahoma or wherever else it wants to go.

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• What’s quite unique about this program is... this program is that it will be offered across a spectrum
• However, that does not mean that we are not focusing on hands-on education; our cooperative education
• programs are very strong.
• As I mentioned to you before, the global programs, it's only that program that's really online.
• One last question: the PWDI program, Sorry, the PWDI program, the Plutonium Workforce Development Initiative

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• David was born in Venezuela, immigrated to Oklahoma when he was just four years old with his parents,
• She doesn't trust him driving, so she flew and he drove from Oklahoma today.
• After David graduated from high school in Oklahoma City...
• David's primary focus during the time included EPA's program... under the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking
• The tribes are committed, the education community, the political leaders, and business communities are