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• I'll never forget his powerful words. I'll never forget his powerful words.
• Because it takes away their power.
• This will be a roll call vote. other source. There's nothing in this other source.
• That is simply because we have power.
• <06:35:55.280> and illegitimately consolidating power and illegitimately consolidating power

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Trans people are beautiful, powerful, wonderful, brave people.
• Trans people are beautiful, powerful, wonderful, brave people.
• Trans people are beautiful, powerful, wonderful, brave people.
• Trans people are beautiful, powerful, wonderful, brave people.
• scapegoating trans people as the source scapegoating trans people as the source of<02:41:35.760>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 148, with the chair limiting testimony to two minutes and asking for no outbursts so the committee could get through eight bills that day. Representative Kofalt, the prime sponsor, said HB 148 was the same as last year’s HB 396, which passed both chambers but was vetoed by the governor. He explained the bill would allow, but not require, separation by biological sex in bathrooms, locker rooms, houses of correction, and certain athletic competitions, leaving local school boards and administrators discretion to set policies. He argued the bill was meant to address safety and privacy concerns and cited a Milford incident and concerns in several school districts as examples of why local flexibility was needed. Committee members questioned the lack of a definition of “biological sex” and how the bill would be applied. Kofalt said he did not think a definition was necessary because males and females are generally understood, and he said the bill would give local policymakers latitude to make practical rules. He also said the bill was intended to address situations where people might misuse transgender claims to access spaces inappropriately. In response to questions, he said he was aware of issues in Kearsarge, Milford, and Mascoma school districts and had heard of discomfort in the State House, though he did not know all the details. Several opponents testified that the bill would discriminate against transgender and non-binary people and create enforcement problems. Executive Councilor Karen Hill said the bill would roll back New Hampshire’s anti-discrimination protections and conflict with the state’s Live Free or Die values. Alice Wade, a trans woman, said she had used women’s restrooms without incident and argued the bill would invite invasive enforcement and harassment. Representative La Selig said the bill was discriminatory and that bathroom concerns were being confused with unrelated harassment by cisgender males. Betsy Harrington supported the bill, citing a girls’ soccer game at Kearsarge that she said was disrupted by a boy playing on a girls’ team. Rosie Emer and her child testified against the bill, saying bathroom restrictions would increase anxiety and risk for trans and non-binary children. Stephen Scaer and Wendy Stallings supported the bill, arguing sex is biologically fixed and that excluding males from female spaces should not require genital inspections. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• out how we can get as broad a source out how we can get as broad a source list<00:21:30.960>
• They are not going to put into effect any changes to how they do their source list yet.
• I think the source of funding was very imaginative on the part of the author.
• > was<02:32:21.359> very the source of funding was very the source of funding was very
• Um for a family Way and other sources.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But now we're taking away the funding source of it.
• <01:03:52.720> of we're taking away the funding source of we're taking away the funding source
• This is so powerful. Uh, and Mr.
• You need to understand what you're doing, and we will do everything in our power.
• There was only a correction in funding source; that is all we did there.

Keywords: 916, all

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• rather than create new public policies that are in conflict with the constitutional separation of powers
• And back in 2010, you could easily put a capital stack, which is all of the sources, 2010, you could
• easily put a capital stack, which is all of the sources that are needed to put a financing transaction
• But these days, so many different sources are needed.
• For grantees that receive other sources of funding, we have staff that are out there.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Committee on Director Nominations met to consider Ruby Dylan Williams for Director of the Arizona Department of Housing. Chair Jay Kaufman opened with remarks about the committee’s role in scrutinizing nominees’ commitment to faithfully executing state law. Williams, who has served in housing roles since 2020 and as interim director since March 2025, described her background in both public service and the private sector and said her priorities would be expanding housing supply, preserving housing stability, and improving technology-driven operations and transparency. Members questioned Williams extensively about department oversight, fraud prevention, auditor general findings, homelessness policy, budget priorities, and the cost of affordable housing programs. She said the department had strengthened internal controls, added verbal verification steps for wire transfers, increased site inspections and grantee monitoring, and was tracking 68 performance metrics. She also defended the use of LIHTC and other federal housing programs as key public-private tools, said the department was working on a real-time homelessness data system, and explained that if state funding were cut, staffing would likely be reduced before core programs. Several members pressed her on past fraud and audit findings and on whether the department had been sufficiently proactive in preventing them. Public testimony was overwhelmingly supportive. Developers and industry representatives praised Williams’ experience, her knowledge of housing finance, and her role in streamlining the qualified allocation plan and improving the department’s responsiveness. They argued that her leadership has helped attract investment and increase housing production in Arizona. After debate, the committee voted 3-2 to recommend Williams’ confirmation to the full Senate, with Senators Kavanagh and Shope voting no and Senators Bravo and Ortiz voting yes.

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• for the, for the Hazelwood students, but the designated tuition set asides are not necessarily the source
• So those would be sort of another source of, um, funding for, for needy students as well.
• Tuition or other institutional sources.
• We just need to give them the knowledge and the power to do that. Um, I'll close with this.
• Many big companies are now wanting sustainability assurances. to validate their sources.

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• for the for the Hazelwood students that the designated tuition set-asides are not necessarily the source
• Tuition or other institutional sources.
• We just need to give them. the knowledge and the power to do that. I'll close with this.
• Many big companies are now wanting sustainability assurances to validate their sources.
• So, we need public confidence in our food, and to do so, there needs to be... to be a source for which

Bills: HB3032, HB3434, HB3574, HB5339, HB5646

Keywords: nursing education, clinical sites, health facilities, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, legislative study, healthcare training, tuition, financial assistance, higher education, public institutions, student support, nonresident students, Texas Education Code, resident tuition, scholarships, regenerative agriculture, grants, sustainable farming, soil health, bioremediation

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• This system represents the single largest source of revenue for the Highway Fund.
• source of revenue for the highway fund. source of revenue for the highway fund.
• Currently, the existing training building is undersized and reliant on generator power, which limits
• And the power lines are off to the side.
• And the power lines are off to the side.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• power-wise in those that are elected. power-wise in those that are elected.
• Judges should not their realm of power.
• I yield back. conditions to restore power. This past conditions to restore power.
• itself is effectively a regulatory power itself is effectively a regulatory power grab<00:46:08.079
• And after power destroying us all.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• In 2021 and again in 2023, laws that were intended to provide Floridians access to all energy sources
• It's like We are taking the power from their hands and we are giving it to the Schools of Hope.
• a charter school administrator or direct support organization from expending funds, regardless of source
• specifics that the teaching of human embryologic development must be based solely on information source
• So when we look at the other bills that we've seen regarding giving charter schools more power, less

Bills: SB 5, SJR 3, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972, SB 365, SB 1786, SB 5, SJR 3, HB 14, HB 43, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 106, HB 18, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972

Keywords: dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, licensing, reciprocity, regulation, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, interstate agreements, tax exemption, intellectual disability

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• We're not eliminating any source of funding.
• In fact, the enumerated powers to the. Federal government, they're usually regarded as 19.
• But for the purpose of our debate, we'll say there are 19 enumerated powers.
• Once again, the Tenth Amendment, the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
• Education is not mentioned in the constitution, and it tells us that those powers are enumerated to the

Bills: HB4028, HB4075, HB4077, HB4074, HB4076, SB1221, SB1921, SB2118, SB1932, SB2134, HCR1025, SB1432, HCR1024, HCR1022, SB1122, HB4029, HB4063, HB4073, HB4078, SB1936, SB44, SB237, SB248, SB1360, SB985, SB1204, SB1239, SB1307, SB2143, SB1428, SB1390, SB1400, SB1405, SB1732, SB1832, SB1859, SB1989, SB2018, SB1427

Keywords: tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, water resources, appropriations, funding, state treasury, infrastructure projects, emergency act, emergency management, disaster relief, pandemic response, state appropriations, HB4074, Health Care Workforce Training Commission, Health Care Workforce Revolving Fund, health workforce, health care workforce

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• Senator Brantley: Many funding sources for these that you specifically mentioned.
• This particular office would have distinct powers and duties and would serve as a support agency to the
• This office would not have subpoena power. It would also not have the power to fire employees.
• You also said that there's no subpoena power in this office.
• There is absolutely subpoena power in this office. On page 4.

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• A SUNSET PROVISION IS NOT AN EXERCISE OF POWER BY AN AGENCY.
• IT IS NOT LIKE AN ANNEXATION OF REGULATORY POWER BY AN AGENCY.
• A SUNSET PROVISION IS MUCH CLOSER TO A DISAVOWAL OF REGULATORY POWER.
• IT'S ALSO NOT A DISAVOWAL OF REGULATORY POWER AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS LONG AS
• THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION, A SMALL DIFFERENCE RELATED TO THE LOW-QUALITY WATER SOURCE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And most of this difference comes in funding sources.
• This was fully with Housing New Mexico funds and other leveraged sources.
• So it gives an example of some of the leveraging sources that come into that.
• You'll see on the right-hand side there the various funding sources.
• We don't have, as you know from our funding sources, we don't have 41 million.

Bills: SB48, SB64, SB100

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• Registration fees are another. source of our revenue.
• So nutrient management plans, any kind of nonpoint source sources isn't something that falls within our
• But the only regulatory activity we have is related to point sources, not nonpoint sources.
• And if I could just have you clarify what a nonpoint source is a nonpoint source that would be really
• it's any source of contamination into the water that doesn't originate from a point source.

Keywords: 914, all

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• You're reducing potentially your largest revenue source.
• So in the early 1970s, Congress decided it wanted to try to rebalance power.
• With its perceived diminished appropriations power with the president and take a more active approach
• Apparently there was probably a previous reconciliation where a different party in power slipped through
• The power of society that rely on at least partially federal funding and grants.

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• The committee substitute adds that a public utility agency does not have the power of eminent domain
• The Edwards Aquifer is the primary source of water in Medina County.
• This bill, to the extent of provisions it has, are good and the additional powers it clarifies are good
• this bill is unnecessary because groundwater conservation districts under today's law have enough power
• It's powerful enough. It's punitive enough as it is.

Bills: HB 4530, HB 4931, HB 5559, HB 5560

Keywords: water rights, Texas Water Trust, water bank, environmental conservation, water quality, instream flows, aquifer, water injection, Edwards Aquifer, environmental regulation, groundwater, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water conservation, drought, utility regulation, water use restrictions, Public Utility Commission, civil penalties, drought contingency, environmental protection

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• Home is a very powerful word.
• Home is a<00:13:59.040> very<00:13:59.360> powerful<00:13:59.880> word.
• When you've had a a very powerful word.
• Again, thinking out of the box, it’s another source of housing.
• And that's a really powerful moment that I'll never forget when I did that.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Let's speak truth to power. Let's end this. notion that is merit-based.
• I like the message speaking truth and power, you know, as I was standing here and reflecting on what
• never met us or understand our needs felt entitled to take programs that, for many of us, were life sources

Keywords: education, curriculum, HB178, diverse history, equity, testimony, higher education crisis, representation

Summary: The meeting was characterized by impactful discussions focused primarily on education and the representation of diverse histories in Texas's curriculum. Notably, Representative Christina Morales advocated for HB178, a bill aimed at ensuring that all Texas high school students have access to Mexican-American and African-American studies as part of their graduation requirements, moving from elective-only status. This bill garnered support from both sides of the aisle, highlighting a cooperative effort to improve educational equity in Texas. Several representatives shared personal stories reflecting on the importance of inclusive education, showcasing the bill's far-reaching implications for students' sense of identity and history.

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• Also, we need to require vertically licensed businesses to be a source for products from independent
• to the things they need because the plaintiffs want to hold the process up, and that's where their power
• I farm for a living and I have a big cooler on my farm, and I know what my power bill is.

Bills: SB185, SB194, SB72

Keywords: veterinary medicine, veterinarian-client-patient relationship, prescription refills, animal care, regulatory compliance, agriculture authority, eminent domain, property rights, tax exemption, agriculture center, medical cannabis, cannabis license, integrated facility license, Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, AMCC, medical marijuana, dispensary, cultivation, processing, license appeal