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• And Jack Rohde, the district attorney from Florida, from the county, and Dr.
• from Representative Bryant and you are now accepting it from Johnson.
• Question from the back, Mike.
• from buying land here.
• Well, let me tell you where I come from. I come from a city of immigrants.

Bills: SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127, SB906, SB1229, SB855, SB703, SB1025, SB888, SB1119, SB1080, SB929, SB1355, SB2231, SB1877, SB1998, SB552, SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB2697, HB3801, HB3488, HB3477, HB3466, HB3469, HB2594, HB2564, HB2298, HB5331, HB5646, HB5247, HB5323, HB4384, HB3896, HB4014, HB3627, HB3594, HB2524, HB510, HB561, HB 1181, HB3963, HB5111, HB2785, HB1661, HB200, HB1803, HB249, HB721, HB851, HB 1128, HB1904, HB30, HB1916, HB541, HB5560, HB3071, HB5627, HB5435, HB2688, HB3045, HB3483, HB4213, HB4226, HB783, HB175, HB4735, HB5155, HB5057, HB4813, HB5339, HB5196, HB5033, HB3486, HB4211, HB74, HB4730, HB4743, HB4463, HB4139, HB4752, HB4486, HB4437, HB4426, HB4396, HB4263, HB3487, HB3418, HB2266, HB2229, HB2189, HB5224, HB5195, HB3947, HB3358, HB3370, HB3745, HB3697, HB2001, HB1968, HB3371, HB3909, HB4944, HB2284, HB4506, HB3317, HB4166, HB3913, HB1768, HB4603, HB2494, HB3099, HJR138, HB133, HB3832, HB1988, HCR34, HB3421, HB3892, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127

Keywords: foreign ownership, real property, national security, criminal penalties, civil penalties, personal information, higher education, privacy protection, governing board, institutional security, software applications, mobile devices, age verification, parental consent, data protection, app store regulation, HJR 161, Texas constitutional amendment, voting rights, non-citizen voting

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• To maintain the general revenue from from last session, but that will be a decision for the legislature
• Examples like Cybersecurity, Welding, and Healthcare, from one to sixteen programs, going from seven
• I'm not from West Texas.
• So 40% from West Texas, 30% from border counties.
• As you can probably tell, I'm not from Texas. My action is from... Belgium.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I am not prohibiting your daughter from you from taking your daughter to pride events.
• I am not prohibiting your daughter from you from taking your daughter to pride events.
• This bill is harmful, as you've heard already from this microphone from colleagues.
• They're a gift from God. So, where we all come from, They're a gift from God.
• Why are we functionally prohibiting our educators from protecting LGBTQ youth from bullying?

Summary: The House met in a late-session floor session that began with prayer, pledges, quorum, and a series of excused absences and Senate messages reporting action on numerous bills, conference committee appointments, and conference reports. Members also adopted a memorial resolution honoring Mark James Hanna, a Capitol lobbyist and advocate for nurses, and a congratulatory resolution for Rishi Tarumalasetti, an eighth-grade civics bee winner from Katy. The chamber also received and recorded a parliamentary colloquy about an unusual Senate request on SB 293, with the Chair stating the House could not recede from only part of its amendments and could not suspend the rules because the bill had not been returned from the Senate. The bulk of the session was devoted to taking up conference committee reports and related procedural resolutions, especially the state budget. The House adopted a resolution allowing the SB 1 conferees to go outside the normal bounds, then adopted the SB 1 conference report on a 107-21 vote. Debate on the budget centered on public education funding, tax relief, health care, corrections pay, and judicial compensation, with supporters calling it a responsible compromise and opponents arguing it was overly expansive and insufficient on property tax relief. The House also adopted a technical correction resolution tying judicial pay increases in SB 1 to the House version of SB 293, and members discussed at length the relationship between judicial salaries and legislative pensions. The chamber then adopted a long series of conference reports on measures covering topics such as school library review and book challenges (SB 13), SNAP restrictions on sweetened drinks and candy (SB 379), hospital price transparency (SB 331), nursing home accountability (SB 457), school district personnel compensation conflicts (HB 3372), property notice rules (HB 2011), research and development tax credits (SB 2018), and several other bills affecting elections, permits, education, and criminal justice. Most reports passed by wide margins, though some drew significant opposition, especially SB 13 and SB 379. The House also granted several Senate requests for conference committees and introduced additional resolutions to suspend conferee limits on various bills as the session moved toward adjournment.

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• uh short notice request we received from uh short notice request we received from WAM<00:01:58.920
• inmates from programs. inmates from programs.
• every year from 2006 to 2025. every year from 2006 to 2025.
• So that's a big one from there.
• So that's a big one from there.

Bills: HB389, HB1166, HB1510, HB1541, HB1605, HB1661, HB1663, HB1678, HB1769, HB1785, HB1801, HB1802, HB1815, HB1824, HB1838, HB1840, HB1853, HB1860, HB1891, HB1952, HB1960, HB1969, HB1970, HB1972, HB1976, HB2050, HB2094, HB2104, HB2158, HB2165, HB2171, HB2208, HB2246, HB2271, HB2300, HB2310, HB2315, HB2319, HB2338, HB2339, HB2343, HB2443, HB2498, HB2551, HB2599, HB2606, SB17, SB83, SB99, SB148, SB411, SB709, SB847, SB874, SB888, SB1032, SB1166, SB2001, SB2014, SB2031, SB2041, SB2050, SB2057, SB2061, SB2074, SB2075, SB2089, SB2095, SB2101, SB2102, SB2108, SB2109, SB2110, SB2125, SB2135, SB2138, SB2140, SB2146, SB2151, SB2152, SB2175, SB2203, SB2239, SB2246, SB2247, SB2253, SB2261, SB2268, SB2271, SB2272, SB2320, SB2340, SB2347, SB2353, SB2363, SB2367, SB2372, SB2376, SB2386

Keywords: HB389, uncrewed aircraft, drone, drones, UAS, unmanned aerial vehicle, misuse of uncrewed aircraft, criminal offense, felony enhancement, drone crime, public safety, police, deputy sheriff, fire department, intoxicated operation, registration number tampering, property damage, bodily injury, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package, Hawaii Revised Statutes

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• Capitol to register to testify from Houston, from San Antonio, from the Dallas-Fort Worth region, perhaps
• Donald Trump, as sent from a letter from the Department of Justice, relayed from the governor, from the
• Julie Greenewalt from Texas, from SD12, from Denton.
• It's from four.
• I've learned from Texas and learned from what we do here.

Bills: HB4

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, 997, house, all

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• uh he had just got his truck back from uh he had just got his truck back from an<00:10:23.560>
• I uh I find it odd that I just came from I uh I find it odd that I just came from Judiciary<00:44
• think the sense that I gather from think the sense that I gather from committee<01:08:29.560>
• article from article from 1990<01:53:06.040> um<01:53:06.719> and<01:53:07.079>
• in our effort to save the birds from in our effort to save the birds from those<01:59:44.679>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• My office has received calls from private landlords and from a CDC.
• My office has received calls from private landlords and from a CDC.
• And I've certainly heard from homeowners, from building inspectors, from other members of the community
• So we have revocation, suspension, but people can come back from the dead from that.
• Get money from the public, from private industry, use the grant money that Dr.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a public FY27 budget hearing at Barnstable Town Hall, with opening remarks emphasizing the Cape and Islands’ seasonal infrastructure, housing, transportation, workforce, and digital needs. The hearing began with testimony from the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, which outlined the Healey-Driscoll administration’s budget priorities for job training, apprenticeship, youth employment, reentry programs, and unemployment insurance modernization. The secretary highlighted proposed funding for the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, Career Technical Initiative, YouthWorks, reentry workforce development, and services for young adults with disabilities, along with a proposal to streamline youth work permits. Members also discussed the unemployment trust fund, the COVID assessment on employers, rising unemployment, and the need to improve DUA customer service and claims processing. Committee members asked about job seeker barriers such as child care, housing, transportation, and out-migration of young workers, as well as how to keep Cape Cod graduates and seasonal workers in the region. The administration said its strategy is to pair training with broader affordability investments and to expose students to career pathways earlier, including through middle school, early childhood STEM, YouthWorks, pre-apprenticeships, and Building Pathways. Senators and representatives also raised concerns about regional funding disparities, especially for Hampshire Franklin MassHire, and the administration said it is reviewing MassHire funding and service equity through a policy committee and statewide workforce board. On unemployment assistance, officials reported major improvements in wait times and claims processing, but said they are still working through backlogs and staffing challenges while maintaining program integrity. The committee then heard testimony from the Executive Office of Economic Development. The secretary described House 2 as a fiscally restrained budget with no new taxes or fees, while preserving core programs and using the Mass Leads Act tools to support competitiveness. EOED’s proposal included funding for the Community One Stop for Growth, rural economic development, social enterprise operating grants, regional economic development organizations, the Workforce Investment Trust Fund, Community Workforce Partnerships, Pathmaker, advanced manufacturing training, life sciences, innovation vouchers, AI initiatives, small business assistance, and tourism and live theater support. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation also testified on its FY27 request, focusing on consumer protection, licensing, banking, insurance, and public safety regulation. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• reliant on food coming from outside. reliant on food coming from outside.
• >> Questions from the senators? >> Questions from the senators?
• >> Questions from the senators. >> Questions from the senators.
• >> Questions from senators? >> Questions from senators?
• >> Questions from senators. >> Questions from senators.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• from the Forward Fund program.
• funds, but from the directly from those funds, but from the interest<00:09:15.640> that<00:09
• Chair. terms of drawing funds from that fund. terms of drawing funds from that fund.
• And uh thirdly from that, Mr. Chair, it. And uh thirdly from that, Mr.
• from this program. from this program. Um<01:34:51.960> Mr.

Bills: HF3878, HF4131, HF3796, HF4097

Keywords: airport workers, wage standards, labor rights, minimum wage, economic equity, surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, consumer rights, automated decision systems, Minnesota Statutes, suitable seating, employee seating, workplace seating, occupational safety, workplace safety, labor standards, employer requirements, chair, stool

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• From Great Barrington to Gloucester, from Lowell to Harwich, I've seen up close how our programs and
• We want to know from people who use the program, from people who benefit from the program, what are the
• These are homeless people that come from across the state from many of my colleagues' districts.
• Well, from, as I said, from the inpatient medical beds, we will move those to the East Newton Pavilion
• It's from administrators and from educators who are being challenged by parents within the community.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a Health and Human Services budget hearing in Clinton, with opening remarks from Chairs Meg Kilcoyne and Robin Kennedy, local officials, and many House and Senate members introducing themselves. The hearing focused on Governor Healey’s FY27 EOHHS and MassHealth budgets, with repeated themes of rising health care costs, federal funding uncertainty, workforce shortages, and access to care in underserved regions. Members also raised concerns about primary care shortages, rural and regional disparities, behavioral health access, maternal health, food insecurity, and the impact of federal policy changes on Massachusetts programs. EOHHS Secretary Kiame Mahaniah said the FY27 EOHHS budget totals $33.7 billion, reflecting mostly non-discretionary growth from health care costs, labor costs, caseload increases, and provider rate pressures. He highlighted targeted investments in foster care, family resource centers, maternal health, youth services, nutrition programs, immigrant legal services, and human service workforce rates, while warning that federal actions could strip roughly $3.5 billion annually from the state’s health care funding. In response to questions, he defended the administration’s cooperation with federal audits and program integrity efforts, discussed the primary care crisis, and said the state is trying to preserve core services while preparing for a more difficult FY28 budget cycle. MassHealth Undersecretary Mike Levine then described two major FY27 challenges: double-digit cost growth and the expected effects of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act. He said MassHealth’s proposed $22.7 billion gross budget includes a 7.5% increase and relies on a moratorium on new expansions plus targeted reductions, including a $1,000 annual adult dental cap, ending GLP-1 coverage for weight loss only, reducing care management to peer-state levels, and work groups to slow growth in PCA, adult foster care, and adult day health spending. Members questioned the impact on Boston Health Care for the Homeless, preventive care, and regional access; Levine said the changes are meant to preserve sustainability, that children and certain disabled populations remain protected, and that the administration will continue working with providers, advocates, and the Legislature on implementation and longer-term reforms.

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• <00:11:21.320> multiple Federal money coming from multiple Federal money coming from multiple
• <00:36:45.480> it's<00:36:45.839> it's from from employment um could it's it's from
• <01:14:02.199> a funds which I want to you know from a funds which I want to you know from
• Medicaid expansion Federal match from Medicaid expansion Federal match from 90%<02:15:01.239>
• <02:22:21.760> the just want to let you know I'm from the just want to let you know I'm from

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Division III held an informational hearing on Medicaid, Medicare, Choices for Independence, and related financing, while postponing nursing facility financing and the county cap discussion to a later date. DHHS officials Ann Landry, Jonathan Ballard, and Medicaid Director Henry Litman provided an overview of Medicaid’s role, noting it is a federal-state partnership with state-specific eligibility and benefits, and emphasizing that Medicaid is a major funding and programmatic support for other DHHS initiatives. They also distinguished Medicaid from Medicare and explained that Medicaid funding is not the same as grant funding, though some providers may also receive federal grants through other channels. The presentation focused on New Hampshire’s relatively small Medicaid program and why it differs from national averages. Officials said about 184,000 residents are covered, roughly one in seven Granite Staters compared with one in five nationally, and attributed the difference largely to the state’s higher per-capita income and older population. They highlighted that about 65% of Medicaid-enrolled adults in New Hampshire are working, that only 22% of births are covered by Medicaid versus 42% nationally, and that the state’s uninsured rate is lower than the national rate. Members asked about covered services, income limits, federal matching rates, and the names of optional eligibility groups; staff explained that New Hampshire offers the optional groups discussed, with matching rates varying by category, including 90% for Granite Advantage and certain other groups, and 65% for children above the required level. A substantial portion of the hearing covered eligibility rules and recent policy changes. Officials reviewed the history of Medicaid, including HCBS waivers, the CFI program, Katie Beckett, the Olmstead decision, the ACA, and the end of continuous enrollment after the public health emergency. They also discussed the 2023 legislative expansion of postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months and child eligibility changes. In response to questions, DHHS said it is tracking utilization and costs for the postpartum expansion and reported that many maternal deaths occur after the prior 60-day coverage period, often involving substance use disorder or suicide; they said the longer coverage is intended to improve access to treatment and prevention. The committee also walked through household-income examples, clarified that Medicaid eligibility is based on household income and categorical rules, and confirmed that Granite Advantage ends at 138% of the federal poverty level unless another categorical basis applies. No votes were taken, and the hearing remained informational.

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• We go from taxes to fees.
• If it's anything efficient, it's coming from natural gas or it's coming from coal.
• This also came from a stakeholding. Uh, we have a from a stakeholding.
• As my good colleague from...
• Uh from 6 to 10 is $40. Uh and then from 11 to 25 is going to be $80.

Keywords: 981, all

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• the wild or from other labs that have sourced them from the wild.
• now or a year from now or two years from now.
• from coming in... ...from coming in, or stalled the issue from the screwworms from coming in, you know
• from the deer.
• from the deer.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I recognize a member from coded A4.
• <00:02:53.519> Ramsey, >> recognize a member from Ramsey, >> recognize a member from
• from them. from them.
• testimony um from that bill. testimony um from that bill.
• Missing an address, missing a birth date, missing a Social Security number.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 4240, an elections administration bill, was introduced as a package of updates to absentee voting, statewide voter registration system use, early voting procedures, recordkeeping, removal of outdated statutory language, and reimbursement for municipalities and counties that administer certain special elections. The author, Rep. Freiberg, described the bill as a modernization and efficiency measure that would clarify procedures while maintaining election security. Several amendments were adopted. The A4 amendment, offered by Rep. Freiberg, was described as aligning language with the Senate and passed without objection. The A6 amendment, offered by Rep. Cosnik, would give school districts more direction on polling locations for special elections in multi-county districts; Rep. Lee raised concerns that it could affect many districts statewide and questioned whether it applied to early voting, while Rep. Cosnik said it was narrowly tailored and intended to prevent disenfranchisement. Rep. Freiberg and Rep. Lee both said they would support it as a voter-access measure despite possible costs, and it was adopted. The A5 amendment, offered by Rep. Schultz, would require the Secretary of State to provide voter information to the U.S. Department of Justice upon request for civil-rights and federal voting-law enforcement; it was debated at length, with supporters framing it as election integrity and opponents arguing it would jeopardize voter privacy and could be used by the Trump administration to pressure Minnesota. The amendment was adopted after a roll call request. The debate on A5 was especially contentious, with Republicans arguing the state should cooperate with federal efforts to clean voter rolls and Democrats arguing the DOJ had overreached, mishandled civil-rights investigations, and sought voter data without a lawful need. Members on both sides cited voter fraud, privacy, and federal-state election authority, and several speakers referenced recent DOJ actions and court disputes. The transcript ends during further discussion of the federal role in elections, with no final disposition on the underlying bill shown in the excerpt.

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• 00:13:52.079> two testimony and support from two testimony and support from two organizations<
• from your bill. Thank you. from your bill. Thank you. >> Thank<01:03:12.960> you.
• Any feedback from that?
• Mark Heninoi from R Hawaii. R Hawaii Mark Heninoi from R Hawaii.
• and from an individual in support. and from an individual in support.

Bills: HB1977, HB1764, HB1934, HB2533, HB1790, HB2181, HB1870, HB2140, HB2468, HB2358, HB1588, HB1688, HB1986, HB2030, HB2195, HB1949, HB1695, HB1950, HB2094, HB2115, HB2297, HB2336, HB2416, HB2049

Keywords: maternal health, infant health, mobile application, Medicaid, healthcare access, state programs, music education, public concerts, Hawaii State Library, cultural collaboration, music accessibility, libraries, education, reading programs, early childhood, nonprofit, community engagement, teacher retention, Hawaiian language education, special needs schools

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• >> Where would you get the seed money from >> Where would you get the seed money from
• <00:21:15.760> the have the commercial separated from the have the commercial separated from
• <00:42:02.000> Um, that auditor from the list. Um, that auditor from the list.
• for HSTA, that's 3,000 teachers from for HSTA, that's 3,000 teachers from Macaha<00:53:33.839>
• state from the 14 that are growing. state from the 14 that are growing.

Bills: HB2185, HB2621, HB2179, HB2534, HB2168, HB2427, HB2560, HB2565, HB2172, HB2298, HB2304

Keywords: sports officials, referees, umpires, athletic directors, school administrators, league administrators, coaches, assault, first-degree assault, substantial bodily injury, temporary restraining order, TRO, private counsel, Department of Education, DOE, sports safety, school sports, amateur athletics, professional sports, public schools

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• Speaker, I wish to yield five minutes to the representative from Oregon, Miss Binham.
• minutes to the representative from minutes to the representative from Oregon,<04:22:05.600> Miss
• from Nevada, Miss Titus. agents worse off.
• minutes to the representative from Nevada,<04:41:18.080> Miss<04:41:18.320> Titus.
• He will be missed. For what purpose does the gentleman from New York seek recognition? Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• keep going from that. keep going from that.
• Burnt, and then Miss What did she miss? Commissioner, Senator Clark.
• 119 I missed 192 92 Okay. 119 I missed 192 92 Okay.
• technical changes from the department. technical changes from the department.
• It will be taking<02:42:48.560> from<02:42:49.120> line taking from line taking from line

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It used to be 10, 15, 20 years ago a third from coal, a third from natural gas, and a third from oil.
• It used to be 10, 15, 20 years ago a third from coal, a third from natural gas, and a third from oil.
• It used to be 10, 15, 20 years ago a third from coal, a third from natural gas, and a third from oil.
• :55.040> from<01:32:55.520> from<01:32:56.000> Australia doesn't come from from
• from Cody. from from Cody.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Iligon, Miss Iwamoto, Miss Kahaloa, Miss Capella, Miss Kokapu-Leloy, Mr. Kila, Miss Kagawa, Mr.
• Kusch, Miss Laik, Miss Lamosao, Mr. Lee, Miss Loen, Mr. Martin, Miss Maosi, Mr. Matsumuro, Mr.
• Woodson, Kong Mr Kong Mr Kush<00:22:10.279> miss Kush miss Kush miss laik<00:22:12.320> miss
• Clerk: Alos, Miss Amato, Miss Bot, hi Amato, Miss Bot, hi, Mr. Chun, Miss Chun, Miss Cochran, Mr.
• Iligan, Miss Iwamoto, Miss Kahaloa, Miss Capella, Miss Kohokapu-Lee Loy, Mr. Kila, Miss Kagawa, Mr.

Keywords: 910, house, all