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• Um, but I, on a smaller scale, with I don't know the intent of what they're doing out there, I have,
• just<00:26:39.120> on<00:26:39.279> a<00:26:39.520> smaller<00:26:40.360> scale
• just on a smaller scale just on a smaller scale with<00:26:43.120> I<00:26:43.360> don't
• allocated to Reading Corps, which is an organization that works primarily with kindergarten through grade

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• to be offered while expanding access and opportunity for small businesses who are ready and able to scale
• and adjusted every other year by DGS to align with the CPI, ensuring that small business opportunity scale
• Though I would say that we would want to, these types of contracts should help people scale up and build
• And I think that those businesses should also be able to compete so that they can scale up and help these
• The question is whether we have a coordinated system capable of meeting the scale and complexity of the

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• They'd have a scale ticket and their permit.
• We are taking measures as well to measure the crossings with weigh in motion scales and things of that
• But it is also my understanding that you have scales there.
• There's 3 total scales.
• TCEQ to be able to come down and that we regulate these transfer facilities to make sure they have scales

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• They'd have a scale ticket and their permit, and they'd pull into one of these fuel depots.
• Since then, we've learned a lot and implemented a lot, my client has, including scales and safety officers
• We are taking measures to monitor the crossings with weigh-in-motion scales and other measures, and there
• But it is also my understanding that you have scales there. there? Yes. And you have?
• There's three total scales.

Bills: SB290, SB2949

Keywords: LP-gas, property owner notice, natural resources, gas installations, safety notification, motor fuel, fuel transport, fuel export, transloading, export fuel transloading facility, fuel terminal, terminal operator, comptroller, Texas Tax Code, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, Department of Public Safety, DPS, border security, ports of entry

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• I mean, could be looking at a scale like that? Yes, more than that.
• I mean, could be looking at a scale like that? Yes, more than that.
• I mean, could be looking at a scale like that? Yes, more than that.
• I mean, could be looking at a scale like that? Yes, more than that.
• I mean, could be looking at a scale like that? Yes, more than that.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• total capture capacity of only 50 million. tons annually when we need to be operating at a gigaton scale
• agency members to work with federal partners and stakeholders to attain geologic storage on the needed scale
• Thousands of good-paying jobs are currently being created, with hundreds of thousands more upon scale-up
• In terms of scale, 180,000 to 200,000 metric tons of CO2 are being captured.
• Source capture project to make it to that scale that you've talked about? Yeah, absolutely.

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• On page two of your amendment, you have a fee scale here for 100, 250 megawatt, 2 million... 2.5 million
• to a Department of Energy 2025 report, virtual power plants are solutions that can be deployed at scale
• generation, storage, and demand response so that these distributed resources can function like a grid-scale
• We need to be able to test some of these things on a smaller scale to ensure that it works.
• Department of Energy projects these immediately dispatchable energy resources can be rapidly scaled by

Bills: HF2928, HF2912, HF2297

Keywords: water appropriation, data centers, environmental review, energy conservation, permit application, carbon-free energy, geothermal energy, renewable energy, Macalester College, appropriation, sustainability, solar energy, pollinator programs, license plates, agrivoltaics, environmental sustainability

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• providing a predictable and stable funding stream, enabling communities to plan and execute large-scale
• aging infrastructure, developing state water and flood plan projects, and investing in large, new-scale
• their concerns about meeting the long-term water needs. and requirements for some of these larger scale
• Our city is building a large-scale municipally owned and operated desalination facility.
• ground water availability models that the Water Development Board prepares are not at El Salvador. scale

Bills: HB 1089, HB 1163, HB 1177, HB 1238, HB1318, HB1400, HB1407, HB1532, HJR7, HJR7

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• a pivotal role in transportation projects such as commuter rail expansion and the Sagamore Rotary grade

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a special recognition of Dr. Harold May, an original Tuskegee Airman. The Majority Leader highlighted Dr. May’s military service and his later career in medicine, including graduating from Harvard Medical School, working in Haiti, helping develop Boston’s emergency medical services, and founding a children’s support organization. A citation from the Massachusetts Senate was presented, and the chamber briefly recessed for photos and signatures. The Senate then adopted a resolution recognizing the legacy of Senator Mock and Mr. Pachico. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to the appropriate committees. An order was adopted for the Senate to reconvene on Monday at 11:00 a.m. Before adjournment, the Senate honored former State Representative Thomas S. Cahir, with remarks noting his long service in the Massachusetts House, leadership on transportation issues, work on commuter rail and other projects, and later service with the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority. The Senate approved adjournment in his memory, observed a moment of silence, and adjourned accordingly.

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• These are over the maximum of their grade level.

Summary: The committee reviewed several personnel and appropriation requests. Item C was a two-for-two position swap with no net increase in authorized positions and was approved. Item D, for South Arkansas College, added three net positions through a mix of growth and swap pool positions, including food service, public safety, housing, and compliance support roles, and was approved. Item E moved positions and $3 million in salary and match appropriation within Workforce Services to consolidate shared services, with no net change in positions, and was approved. The committee then considered a group of continuation items for FY27, covering previously approved growth and surrender pool positions, various differentials, hard-to-fill and on-call pay, a labor market adjustment for crime lab medical examiners, and continuation of grant-funded classifications tied to ARPA and IIJA grants across several agencies. These items were reviewed together and approved. Reports on the agenda required no action and were simply reviewed. On the supplemental agenda, the committee suspended the rules and approved OPM’s request for salary increases for 92 employees whose merit raises would place them over their grade maximums. Senator Dotson asked about several public safety medical examiner positions listed on the salary schedule, and staff indicated they were likely crime lab medical examiner roles. The meeting then adjourned.

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• These are over the maximum of their grade level.

Summary: The committee reviewed several personnel and appropriation items, including Item C, which involved a two-for-two position swap with no net increase in authorized positions and was approved after motion. Item D for South Arkansas College added three net positions through a mix of growth and swap pool requests, including food service, public safety, housing support, and compliance-related roles; it was also approved. Item E moved positions and $3 million in salary and match appropriation within Workforce Services to consolidate shared services, with no net change in positions, and was approved. The committee then took up Items F through O as continuation requests for previously approved or reviewed positions and differentials to carry into FY27. These included growth and surrender pool positions at several agencies, various pay differentials such as second-language, on-call, hard-to-fill, certification, and labor market adjustments, as well as continuation of grant-funded classifications tied to ARPA and IIJA grants and other federal grants. After no questions, the committee approved the continuations in a single motion. Under the supplemental agenda, the committee suspended the rules and approved Item A-1, which authorized salary increases above grade maximums for 92 employees due to merit increases. A senator asked about several public safety classifications listed as Med 14, 16, 14, and 15, and staff indicated they were likely crime lab medical examiner positions. The meeting then adjourned.

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• I have to say that when the Latino education task force was grading them on Martina's lawsuit, we studied

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• A fourth-grade student gave me a handwritten letter saying she's worried that ICE will take her friends
• A fourth-grade student gave me a handwritten letter saying she's worried that ICE will take her friends
• A fourth-grade student gave me a handwritten letter saying she's worried that ICE will take her friends
• But these guys are bringing up a bill about foreign infiltration in third grade math class.
• I mean, are you grade math class. I mean, are you kidding<02:41:09.120> me?

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I missed my son's fourth-grade presentation last week.
• I missed my daughter's fourth-grade presentation this last week.
• I missed my son's fourth-grade presentation last week.
• I missed my daughter's fourth-grade presentation this last week.
• I missed my son's fourth-grade presentation last week.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• There are critical infrastructure gaps that constrain this scaling, and we are missing pilot-to-scale
• And then increasing their scale.
• And this is a chicken and egg scale.
• We are scaling up to have two machines that can run commercial scale for our value-added producers.
• scale machines that can run commercial scale for<01:30:07.679> our<01:30:07.840> value

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• This measure as amended requires expulsion for students in grades 6 through 12 if the board determines
• This measure as amended requires expulsion for students in grades 6 through 12 if the board determines
• This measure as amended requires expulsion for students in grades 6 through 12 if the board determines
• /c><01:16:39.640> in requires expulsion for students in requires expulsion for students in grades
• 6 through 12 if grades 6 through 12 if the<01:16:42.160> board<01:16:42.400> determines

Keywords: 958, all

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• masked, and poorly trained immigration agents who have used parking lots as staging grounds, pepper-grade
• masked, and poorly trained immigration agents who have used parking lots as staging grounds, pepper-grade
• Before, we used to have two third grade classrooms. In my class we had 25 students.
• Before, we used to have two third grade classrooms. In my class we had 25 students.
• Before, we used to have two third grade classrooms. In my class we had 25 students.

Bills: HF3435, HF3409

Keywords: school access, school site, school district, charter school, federal agents, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, immigration enforcement, judicial warrant, student privacy, school safety, sanctuary schools, warrant requirement, federal warrant, school grounds

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• Whereas Parkside School, where Paxton is a third grade School, where Paxton is a third grade School,
• where Paxton is a third grade student, held a surprise celebration for student, held a surprise celebration
• school and colleagues, and from his own school and colleagues, and I'm talking about from uh first grade
• I'm talking about from uh first grade I'm talking about from uh first grade all the way up to seniors

Bills: SB 66, SB 317, SB 393, SB 397, SB 456, SB 614, SB 628, SB 629, SB 636, SB 715, SB 731, SB 801, SB 872, SB 905, SB 986, SB 1012, SB 1013, SB 1015, SB 1032, SB 1113, SB 1181, SB 1212, SB 1241, SB 1250, SB 1278, SB 1285, SB 1376, SB 1444, SB 1449, SB 1524, SB 1525, SB 1528, SB 1556, SB 1588, SB 1660, SB 1704, SB 1708, SB 1802, SB 1833, SB 1844, SB 1854, SB 1863, SB 1957, SB 1959, SB 1965, SB 1999, SB 2035, SB 2056, SB 2082, SB 2119, SB 2138, SB 2165, SB 2199, SB 2201, SB 2203, SB 2245, SB 2284, SB 2419, SB 2422, SB 2452, SB 2487, SB 2523, SB 2529, SB 2533, SB 2541, SB 2586, SB 2595, SB 2605, SB 2615, SB 2675, SB 2690, SB 2717, SB 2753, SB 2778, SB 2835, SB 2841, SB 2891, SB 2929, SB 2933, SB 3016, SB 3039, SB 3044, HB 912, HB 2525, SJR 3, SB 5, SB 29, SB 326, SB 494, SB 530, SB 769, SB 783, SB 963, SB 1238, SB 1271, SB 1786, SB 1967, SB 2312, SB 72, SB 616, SB 1143, SB 1172, SB 1267, SB 1273, SB 1506, SB 1759, SB 2361, SB 1, SB 260, SB 1637, SJR 36, SJR 50, SJR 63, SJR 59, SCR 12, SCR 39, SCR 48, SCR 19, SB 2023, SB 1524, SB 2422, SB 2119, SB 2753, SB 1863, SB 62, SB 666, SB 847, SB 284, SB 854, SB 1073, SB 810, SB 1505, SB 583, SB 507, SB 1434, SB 1376, SB 1772, SB 2016, SB 1163, SB 1122, SB 731, SB 397, SB 508, SB 1436, SB 287, SB 261, SB 1882, SB 393, SB 1791, SB 209, SB 2429, SB 1999, SB 511, SB 2309, SB 510, SB 1085, SB 1975, SB 2717, SB 1262, SB 636, SB 2056, SB 884, SB 517, SB 1200, SB 1845, SB 2681, SB 2199, SB 2458, SB 801, SB 2533, SB 3014, SB 3013, SB 758, SB 1013, SB 2797, SB 2076, SB 2876, SB 2284, SB 2929, SB 2595, SB 715, SB 1640, SB 1241, SB 2538, SB 1449, SB 2529, SB 986, SB 1181, SB 1359, SB 2245, SB 410, SB 1234, SB 456, SB 1012, SB 2926, SB 2138, SB 2615, SB 2972, SB 2841, SB 3016, SB 1856, SB 2035, SB 1528, SB 1373, SB 672, SB 2891, SB 1854, SB 317, SB 2539, SB 2532, SB 1250, SB 2082, SB 2203, SB 1285, SB 1959, SB 1454, SB 2520, SB 2541, SB 1708, SB 1237, SB 1844, SB 1586, SB 3039, SB 2819, SB 66, SB 629, SB 1015, SB 2342, SB 2903, SB 2933, SB 1965, SB 2477, SB 3029, SB 2605, SB 2419, SB 1957, SB 375, SB 250, SB 777, SB 628, SB 2523, SB 2367, SB 2703, SB 2608, SB 2778, SB 3044, SB 2965, SB 2521, SB 865, SB 1032, SB 2165, SB 2501, SB 2675, SB 2452, SB 2835, SB 872, SB 1212, SB 1278, SB 1588, SB 1602, SB 1704, SB 1723, SB 1833, SB 1858, SB 1946, SB 2009, SB 2177, SB 2460, SB 2785, SB 2373, SB 1660, SB 614, SB 867, SB 1608, SB 1525, SB 905, SB 640, SB 2487, SB 1698, SB 383, SB 705, SB 748, SB 1113, SB 1117, SB 1802, SB 2340, SB 2586, SB 2680, SB 2690, SB 2994, SB 2747, SB 1950, SB 913, SB 1071, SB 1086, SB 1087, SB 1483, SB 1444, SB 1553, SB 1556, SB 1703, SB 2133, SB 2297, SB 2298, SB 2622, SB 2955, SB 3059, SB 2782, SB 2781, SB 2637, SB 2633, SB 2337, SB 2334, SB 1861, SB 2043, SB 1367, SB 946, SB 945, SB 2857, SB 128, SB 571, SB 1263, SB 3058, SB 612, SB 2221, SB 2587, SB 2044, SB 2363, SB 2713, HB 1109, HB 1392, HB 22, HB 2525, HB 3093, HB 517, HB 912, HB 1130, HB 142, HB 1689, HB 2018, SB 2311, SB 1986, SB 2565, SB 2943, SB 1888, SB 2417, SB 3048, SB 3052, SB 3053, SB 3036, SB 3057, SB 3056, SB 3043, SB 3037, SB 3050, SB 3063, SB 3047, SB 3035, HJR 98, HJR 99, HB 136, HB 2884, HB 1393, HB 2730, HB 1399, HB 1244, HB 467, HB 331, HB 2559, SB 66, SB 456, SB 628, SB 1012, SB 1015, SB 1032, SB 1241, SB 1376, SB 1708, SB 1959, SB 1965, SB 2035, SB 2199, SB 2245, SB 2284, SB 2419, SB 2523, SB 2529, SB 2541, SB 2595, SB 2605, SB 2778, SB 2933, SB 3039, SB 3044, SB 1524, SB 1863, SB 2119, SB 2422, SB 2753, SB 1844, SB 2533, SR 417, SR 500, SR 501, SR 502, HCR 128, HB 23, HB 45, HB 104, HB 519, HB 748, HB 791, HB 1056, HB 1481, HB 3181, HB 3211, HB 4044, HB 4290, HB 23, HB 45, HB 104, HB 519, HB 748, HB 791, HB 1056, HB 1481, HB 3181, HB 3211, HB 4044, HB 4290

Keywords: disability, supported decision-making, legal assistance, confidentiality, access to justice, autonomy, civil rights, advocacy, monuments, memorials, public property, historical significance, civil penalties, local governance, SB 393, Sparks, Middleton, local government, political subdivision, public securities

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• the 16 states to go into schools or colleges, because this is a, you know, at SREB we do pre-K to grade
• Senator, a question: did you say that I think it's in section one that athletes of seventh and eighth grade
• 01:16:29.440> seventh<01:16:29.719> and<01:16:29.880> eighth<01:16:30.080> grade
• Representative Fleming asked whether athletes in seventh and eighth grade can move up to play high
• right now include football and soccer, kids are not allowed to play up from the seventh and eighth grade

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Primary and Secondary Education Committee met and first considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 43, a proposal tied to the Southern Regional Education Board’s crisis recovery network. Senator West and Dr. Puit explained that, for an additional $10,000 in dues, Kentucky would help create a network of 40 trained counselors in each of the 16 Southern states to provide post-crisis stabilization and psychological first aid after events such as the Marshall County shooting. They emphasized that the effort would be complementary to local and state response, would run through the school district, would not replace therapeutic services, and would allow districts to coordinate parent notifications and other protocols as usual. Members asked about parent involvement and whether pastoral counselors could participate; the presenters said local districts would remain in charge and that pastors could be included if properly credentialed. The committee then voted, and SCR 43 passed with the expression of opinion that it should pass. The committee next took up Senate Bill 207, the School of Innovation Act, with a committee substitute. Senator West described the bill as creating an optional path for districts to contract with an outside education service provider for a three-year school-of-innovation model, aimed at turning around low-performing schools or supporting other schools that want to innovate. He said the model would preserve core district functions such as transportation, facilities, and SEEK funding, while allowing waivers from certain statutes and regulations inside the school building. The committee substitute also added a high-quality instructional materials component, creating a vendor-supported repository of vetted instructional materials that KDE would still control, with testing data used to evaluate whether the materials were improving outcomes. Members questioned how the proposal differed from existing district-of-innovation law and what safeguards would exist for students. Senator West said the bill would repeal the unused district-of-innovation framework and replace it with a clearer process and guardrails, including KDE oversight, attendance rules, and authority to shut down a school arrangement for financial malfeasance. He also said the model could work with local partners, including superintendents’ associations, and could be used by magnet or other schools, not only low-performing ones. The discussion also touched on whether the bill would allow more flexibility in choosing third-party providers and whether it could support longer-term recovery and even philanthropy in schools. The transcript ends during the discussion of SB 207, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• So $44 million for ports, $300 million for grade crossings.
• So $44 million for ports, $300 million for grade crossings.
• so 44 million for ports 300 million well so 44 million for ports 300 million for<00:55:54.520> grade
• :56.480> I<00:55:56.680> would<00:55:56.880> like<00:55:57.000> to for grade
• crossing so I would like to for grade crossing so I would like to have<00:55:57.440> this<00:

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