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• In an action brought by or against—so that would— Brought by or against.
• And it would also require the respective boards of registrars to base their actions on the information
• We represented one individual who was the son of two ministers and who was in prison for a violent Class
• A offense, which was robbery first but Class A, which was robbery first, but he was denied parole.
• years, and we would like for it to be restricted to just the first denial, which means somebody with a Class

Bills: HB202, HB42, HB146, HB492, HB285, HB7, HB454, HB42, HB7

Keywords: law enforcement, immunity, civil liability, use of force, recruitment, bail reform, cash deposit, judicial discretion, criminal justice, Alabama law, youthful offender, capital murder, public safety, victims' rights, juvenile offenders, delinquent acts, juvenile court, nonfelony offenses, water safety offenses, illegal immigration

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• Who you are, you want to take a class in school, you want to learn about your history, of course you
• We have different weight classes.
• In high school football in Minnesota, we have classes ranging from nine-person all the way to 6A.
• Are we to ignore the feelings and actions?
• If there is no objection, we will take action on these motions first.

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• , what kind of class would you like to teach?
• I also coach track and cross country, so I think I could teach a running class as well.
• I believe the Trump administration is going to perhaps use executive action to dismantle the U.S.
• <00:02:30.040> to perhaps uh use the executive action to perhaps uh use the executive action
• <00:52:52.160> size Minnesota um and then class size Minnesota um and then class size reduction

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee met to hear a Minnesota Department of Education presentation on federal education funding and the potential effects of federal actions on those dollars. Chair Kunesh framed the discussion around concerns about threats to the U.S. Department of Education and noted that federal funds make up about 10% of Minnesota’s education budget, or roughly $1.4 billion. Senator Lang pushed back, emphasizing that 90% of school funding comes from state and local sources and urging the committee to focus on state mandates and how to pay for them. New member Senator Clark introduced himself and said he would teach ethics or running if he were a teacher. Department staff explained that federal education dollars are divided between entitlement/formula funds and competitive/discretionary grants. They said Minnesota receives federal money through established systems and that the department is seeking clarity about how federal changes might affect the flow of funds, oversight, and program administration. They also outlined Minnesota’s legislative review process for federal funds, which includes several pathways such as the governor’s biennial budget, supplemental budget submissions, legislative advisory committee review, and expedited review processes when needed. The presentation then focused on ESEA Title funding, especially Title I. Staff said Title I is one of the largest federal education programs in Minnesota, with about $200 million in current funding, and supports 476 local education agencies. They described how funds are allocated through Minnesota’s North Star accountability system and Compass support structure, based on measures such as poverty, graduation rates, and state assessment performance. Examples of allowable supports included professional development, attendance initiatives, reading curriculum, training, and peer coaching. Senators asked whether executive action could affect these funds and whether the money flows directly to districts or through the state; staff responded that they would avoid speculation and would continue explaining the different funding streams and oversight structure.

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• You have your waiver and postponement. an August 7th action date, the other's an August 7th action date
• I've already classes in New Hampshire.
• You have to have a class every year, but you can get two classes in one year right before you renew your
• <01:36:06.560> I education class. I know that. Okay. I education class. I know that.
• every year, but you can get have a class every year, but you can get two<01:36:20.320> classes

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and consent calendar, then took up several rule items. For Department of Safety rule 2611, DMV leadership explained the rule had been under development since January but needed to be updated to reflect a new statutory change and to align the rule with RSA 266. Members discussed narrowing the rule to road-safety items rather than automobile inspection provisions, and the department said it would issue a new public notice and hold another hearing. The committee voted to grant a waiver and postpone the item until the October 15, 2026 meeting. The Board of Active Puncture Licensing item 26-47 was postponed one month at the agency’s request so it could incorporate OS feedback, with no waiver needed. The Insurance Department’s claim settlement rule 25-234 and related item 26-78 drew more extensive discussion over waiver language. Committee members objected that the proposed language gave the commissioner broad discretion to set waiver periods without clear criteria, while agency counsel argued the rule already contained standards and that the language allowed temporary waivers. After discussion about consistency, permanency, and the need for clearer documentation, the committee voted to postpone 25-234 with a waiver and to postpone 26-78. Finally, the committee considered Health and Human Services rule 2690, which sets SNAP certification periods for a pilot demonstration authorized by SB 499. Staff explained that federal changes now require the age threshold for the 36-month certification period to be 65 instead of 60, and that the agency had been directed to make the change by August 12. Agency staff said the rule needed to be updated to match federal direction, and members generally agreed. The committee discussed whether the federal citation was sufficient and whether the rule should reference the law change directly, but no final objection was raised in the portion shown.

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• First, the bill expands the list of prohibited extraordinary collection actions to include a large health
• Second, this bill adds a requirement that any party taking action to collect medical debt must disclose
• polling place, the Department of Elections Office, or a meeting of the Board of Canvass, and any action
• And then we would also have to prove that the ultimate intent behind that action is not somebody who's
• So any violence, be that speech or action, toward any of the voters or the workers, would be covered

Summary: The Senate received House communications listing numerous House-passed bills, substitutes, amendments, and concurrent resolutions, and then took up committee reports and a consent calendar. Consent Calendar 65 passed unanimously with 20 yes votes and included Senate Resolution 26 recognizing Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, House Concurrent Resolution 131 on apprenticeship programs for school-based mental health professionals, House Concurrent Resolution 137 on mathematics instruction review, and House Concurrent Resolution 148 on a statewide menopause education strategy. Later, Consent Agenda N also passed with the required two-thirds vote and included a large group of bills on evidence and witnesses, Family Court jurisdiction, theft by impersonation, realty transfer tax, auto insurance practices, child services and educational services, STD prevention, agricultural and forestry matters, menstrual disorder materials, a Smyrna charter change, massage/body work, dry needling, and lead poisoning screening. Several substantive bills were debated and passed. Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 314, modernizing Delaware’s rape shield law and clarifying how courts handle evidence of prior false sexual assault allegations, passed 21-0. Senate Bill 347, a cleanup bill to the Medical Debt Protection Act that expands prohibited collection actions and requires disclosure when a collector is a large health care facility, also passed 21-0. House Bill 300, creating a statewide Title IX coordinator in the Department of Education to support compliance and data collection for interscholastic athletics, passed after debate; Senate Amendment 1 to the bill, which would have required athletes to compete according to biological sex, was defeated 6-14 with one absent, and the underlying bill then passed 20-0 with one absent. The Senate also passed House Substitute 1 for House Bill 84, which limits mandatory employee attendance at meetings where employers convey political or religious views, after questions about employer, union, and exemption coverage; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 301, which clarifies criminal penalties for violence, threats, and intimidation at polling places and election-related sites, passed after discussion of what conduct it would cover; House Bill 63, addressing fireworks disclosures and related regulation, passed 19-2 after senators discussed enforcement and impacts on veterans, children, and pets; and House Bill 348, updating the electric vehicle rebate program to give DENREC more flexibility and expand eligibility, passed 16-5. The chamber then recessed until the next day.

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• HCR 79 by Chairman Butler memorializes Congress and the United States Forest Service to take such actions
• The group doesn't can be eliminated from hunting because we weren't a protected class for one thing.
• eliminated from hunting. group doesn't can be eliminated from hunting because we weren't a protected class
• It also provides technical support and enforcement action for parishes who are seeking to manage problems
• conduct a hearing and receive input from relevant agencies and stakeholders to review the climate action

Summary: The House Natural Resources Committee met with a quorum and took up a series of hunting, wildlife, environmental, and property measures. It reported favorably HCR 79, which urges Congress and the U.S. Forest Service to allow deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, after testimony emphasizing the cultural importance of dog hunting and opposition from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation, which supported only the wounded-deer recovery component. The committee also reported favorably SB 419 on using pre-charged pneumatic devices during primitive firearms season, SCR 29 creating a study committee on Atchafalaya Basin water quality, and SB 111 setting black bass and crappie bag and size limits in the basin, with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries saying it would continue sampling and monitor impacts. Members then approved SB 174 transferring state property in Caddo Parish from Louisiana Tech University to the Caddo Parish School Board, SB 189 prohibiting intentional release of fuels or chemicals for temperature-affecting purposes, and SB 99 modernizing DEQ communications to allow optional electronic notices. They also reported favorably HCR 54 requesting a federal study of flooded corn and migratory waterfowl behavior, and HCR 94 requiring annual boating safety reports from Wildlife and Fisheries; witnesses supported the reporting idea and suggested adding a 10-year average for context. The committee next approved HCR 104, which asks the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Louisiana Geological Survey to study collection and access to subsurface data, with LSU’s Greg Upton describing ongoing modernization of core samples, well logs, and 3D subsurface mapping. It also passed SB 331, which temporarily removes a section of the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act for five years to allow work on the lower Pearl River; conservation groups opposed the bill, warning about precedent, flooding, erosion, and habitat impacts, while the author said the measure was narrowly tailored to address severe silting and channel problems. Finally, the committee created a task force on illegal dumping in HCR 85 after amending its membership, adopted a substitute for HR 216 to authorize a committee hearing on the 2022 Louisiana Climate Action Plan, and reported favorably HCR 87 supporting a U.S. senator’s migratory flyway correspondence and SB 505 revising the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund grant process and related tank requirements.

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• We spoke earlier today on the House floor, and now you will see a subcommittee in action.
• We spoke earlier today on the House floor and 32 now you will see a subcommittee and action. 33 Let's
• It doesn't cover things like intentional class skipping or things that we know even students with autism
• It doesn't cover 244 things like intentional class giving are things that we know 245 even students with
• But I saw this bill because of direct actions I did as a child that we are seeing...

Summary: The Student Academic Success Subcommittee met with a quorum and heard four bills, beginning with HB 423 on school elopement plans for students with autism or other elopement risks. The sponsors described the bill as a statewide framework for school elopement response plans, immediate parent notification, campus search procedures, and staff training. Public testimony from parents, disability advocates, and a teacher emphasized the dangers of elopement and the need for standardized procedures; members from both parties spoke strongly in support. The bill was reported favorably by a 15-0 vote. The committee next considered HB 1253, which allows coaches to use limited personal funds, up to $15,000 per athletic team per year, to support student-athletes with food, transportation, and physical rehabilitation services. An amendment added guardrails, including that the coach be a school employee, clarified the scope of athletic associations covered, and refined the rehabilitation language. Members discussed the bill as a way to help students in need while avoiding recruiting concerns, and the bill passed favorably 14-0 after the amendment was adopted. HB 1091 addressed dental screenings for K-12 students in districts that voluntarily offer them. The bill requires advance written notice to parents and an opt-out process, and clarifies that screenings are informational only, with any findings sent to parents rather than compelling treatment. An amendment added the language to student welfare provisions as well as school health services. Public testimony from dental and health advocates supported the measure, and the bill was reported favorably 14-0. Finally, the committee heard HB 765 on child care and early learning services. The bill expands before- and after-care options for certain school-based preschool programs without requiring a child care facility license, removes a flu brochure inspection requirement, bars insurance cancellation based on providing child care, creates a professional recognition program, and establishes a child care tuition fund. Two amendments broadened the bill to public and nonpublic elementary schools and created the Brighter Futures fund concept. After debate, the bill passed favorably 13-1, and the meeting adjourned.

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• THE BILL MAKES AN UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE FOR AN EMPLOYER TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST APPLICANT EMPLOYER
• WHEN POWERED AS AN EMPLOYEE HAVE TO REQUIRE AN ACTION FROM THEIR BOSS? >> Sen.
• ANY ORGANIZATION WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST A GOVERNMENT. >> THEY WERE TAKING CARE
• VERSION HISTORY BY STRIPPING LOCAL POWER TELLS WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE THE VOICES DON'T MATTER.
• THIS BILL IS LIKE THE ACTIONS OF RETALIATION OR IN OPPOSITION TO JUSTICE. >> WE HAVE MIKE AND CAITLIN

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We're the Corona Class. We're the Corona Class. And we are built different.
• Because the Corona Class, we did a campaign behind Zoom screens.
• Tribal-state relations is an action, and this caucus is required to continue to do that and maintain

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: Representative Keeler delivered an emotional farewell speech reflecting on her six years in the House, describing her experience as part of the “Corona Class,” her first day in the chamber, and the challenges of campaigning and governing during the pandemic and after George Floyd’s murder. She emphasized that she came to the Legislature as a mom and community member committed to doing good, and said her work focused on representation, Indigenous visibility, mental health, homelessness, and helping families and children who lacked stable housing or support. She thanked colleagues, staff, and allies for their support, especially Chair Gomez, Melissa, her legislative staff, and others who helped advance work such as the Pathway Home Act and efforts to prevent homelessness. She also spoke about the importance of allyship, tribal-state relations, and the need for more Indigenous and queer voices in public office, saying Minnesota is better because of their presence and urging others to make room for more diverse leadership. Keeler closed with advice to colleagues and future legislators to care for themselves, find common ground across party lines, keep greater Minnesota and remote testimony in mind, and continue working together. The speech ended with thanks to her family, including her children, and a statement that it was time to rest, followed by applause.

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• of our teachers and school personnel, not only just in word, but this would allow us to show it in action
• , actually, because of the question that you posed, for my case at least, in the junior and senior class
• And if you think about it, if you have a graduating class of 600, it's almost impossible for one BRACE
• I think we had four or five full-time just for the senior class.

Bills: S0920, S1036, S1216

Keywords: mathematics education, career pathways, applied algebra, college readiness, technical education, school counselors, educational standards, certification requirements, evaluation criteria, professional development, public school personnel, salary adjustment, performance salary schedule, cost-of-living adjustment, school administration

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met with a quorum present and first temporarily postponed SB 920 on mathematics education. The committee then took up SB 1216 on public school personnel compensation, sponsored by Senator Rodriguez, which would give districts more flexibility in educator pay by restoring meaningful cost-of-living adjustments for teachers with direct student contact, allowing recognition of relevant advanced degrees, and removing rigid performance-pay caps. Several senators spoke in support, emphasizing teacher retention, compensation, and education as a state investment. The bill was reported favorably on a unanimous roll call vote. After a brief recess, the committee considered CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, sponsored by Senator Calatayud, to address counselor shortages by removing certification barriers tied to classroom teacher requirements. The sponsor and supporting testimony described recruitment and retention problems, high counselor-to-student ratios, and the need for counselors to focus on student academics, mental health, and college/career readiness rather than administrative duties. Public testimony came from students, educators, and school personnel who described limited access to counselors and the impact on student well-being and college planning. Committee members broadly supported the bill while noting that counselors are often overburdened and that additional support personnel, including BRACE advisors, may also need attention in the future. Senators also discussed broader efficiency measures and the need for schools and colleges to improve access to guidance services. CS/SB 1036 was reported favorably by unanimous vote. At the end of the meeting, members recorded their votes on the two bills, and the committee adjourned.

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• But it's a world-class industrial...
• Middle-class jobs, high-paying middle-class jobs, at the extent that they've shut us down up here.
• It's a world-class bike trail.
• We are a community action agency of New Mexico, one of six, and these action agencies are more than just
• This year, it grew from just one group of patients in a four. class cohort to two of those same class

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• It's to elicit other action. It's the step along the way.
• It's to elicit<00:04:44.400> other<00:04:44.800> action.
• It's the step along elicit other action. It's the step along the<00:04:46.320> way.
• Amendment 6 creates a new class of commercial management service providers registration, kind of like
• Amendment 6 creates a new class of commercial management service providers registration, kind of like

Bills: HB0086

Keywords: county officials, election code, misconduct, removal, government accountability, 916, all

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• And if there's action in Washington that is going to further restrict the flow of back into California
• The executive orders and administrative actions taken to date threaten insolvency.
• If you strip children of the ability to learn in school because they're hungry or because their class
• So you have sort of a massive collective action problem if that's.
• and individuals and businesses would face penalties from the federal government for that type of action

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• >> It is. >> And does it still contain references to class one and class two? >> No. No.
• , they may have class one and class two, they may not. >> Okay.
• class one and class two? class one and class two? >> No.<02:13:27.520> No.
• ,<02:13:38.400> they<02:13:38.560> may have class one and class two, they may have
• class one and class two, they may not. not. not.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Um, the conflict of interest part of the way we're seeing it too is that, um, in actions like DHS, DHS
• Um, the conflict of interest part of the way we're seeing it too is that, um, in actions like DHS, DHS
• on reading the actually teach a class on reading the rules<00:18:31.280> and<00:18:31.440>
• There were legislative actions changed last year that are not on it.
• There were legislative actions changed last year that are not on it.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Children and Families Committee met with a quorum, approved the January 21, 2025 minutes, and then focused on child care shortages and the pressures facing family child care providers across Minnesota, especially in Greater Minnesota. Chairing members noted the issue affects both rural and metro areas and introduced testimony from Cindy Cunningham, a St. Paul family child care provider and public policy chair for the State Association for Family Child Care. Cunningham argued that family child care is in crisis despite state investments, saying provider numbers continue to decline and that the system is not working. She raised concerns about food reimbursement tiers, special licenses that may not qualify for the family child care food program, the need for supplemental support for lower-tier programs, and the burden of upfront grant spending and delayed reimbursement. She also said providers receive little financial benefit for their own children in care and described a recent DHS decision affecting supervision of providers’ own children as an example of poor communication. Her broader message was that unclear, inconsistent, and poorly implemented licensing rules are driving providers out of the field. She recommended implementing the Office of the Legislative Auditor’s recommendations, improving DHS communication with both licensors and providers, updating public guidance and training materials, and considering more direct county funding and support for family child care. She also suggested reevaluating support for certified centers and other state-funded programs that she said operate under different standards. Committee members thanked her for the detailed testimony and said they wanted to follow up with her. The committee then moved on to letters and additional testimony from providers around the state, with members emphasizing the goal of identifying specific regulations that are hindering child care startup and continuation.

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• And so they are running those classes as people in those areas receive those court orders to attend classes
• They're taking the four required graduate-level classes.
• So those are for graduate-level classes, which means the tuition and fees for graduate-level classes
• I know you just had an excellent ceremony for a graduating class.
• So I'm interested in... ...with these causes of action if we don't have a policy.

Summary: The committee heard budget presentations and took executive recommendations on several Department of Human Services divisions, including Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health Services; Children and Family Services; County Operations; Developmental Disability Services; and Medical Services, with most divisions showing little or no significant change in total appropriations. Staff and agency witnesses repeatedly explained that many large appropriations are maintained for flexibility, federal matching requirements, or contingency needs, even when actual spending is much lower than the authorized amount. Members also raised concerns about staffing vacancies, long-vacant budgeted positions, and the use of excess appropriation authority across DHS. In Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health, members questioned federal funding levels for mental health and substance abuse grants, the status of senior centers and Meals on Wheels, the Medicaid tobacco settlement program, community alcohol safety grants, and the veterans mental health grant. Agency officials said federal block grants are largely committed, that senior center funding had been delayed by shutdown timing but was now back on track, that the tobacco settlement program had been moved internally within DHS, and that the veterans mental health appropriation remains unfunded. Senators also criticized the adequacy of support for seniors and asked for more detail on how transportation, meal services, and local contributions are funded. In Children and Family Services, members asked about rising appropriation levels, foster care and adoption subsidies, professional fees, the number of children in foster care, and the Children’s Trust Fund. DHS said increases reflect added flexibility for residential treatment, adoption subsidies, and prevention services, while the foster care population has remained fairly steady at about 3,400 children. The Children’s Trust Fund was described as supporting primary prevention programs such as Baby and Me and community schools, and members asked whether it could be administratively combined with other efforts. Questions also covered TANF subgrants, with DHS explaining that it had reduced outside subgrants after discovering over-obligation and was rebuilding reserves. In County Operations, members focused on the summer EBT program, SNAP employment and training, the farmer’s market program, and the state’s TANF reserve position. DHS said summer EBT is still being funded through temporary appropriations because it is a newer program, SNAP employment and training is largely federally funded and may expand under a pending policy change, and TANF reserves were drawn down after prior over-obligation but are now being stabilized. In Developmental Disability Services, members asked about vacancies, human development center staffing, facility construction funds, and the Booneville work program, and DHS said the program has reopened and staffing recruitment continues. In Medical Services, members asked about FMAP, the Our Kids B CHIP program, school-based Medicaid reimbursements, nursing home distress funds, and several large appropriation lines that far exceed actual spending; DHS said these are maintained for claims payment, nursing home receivership contingencies, and other flexibility needs. Each division reviewed was adopted by executive recommendation after questions concluded.

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• The 500% of the poverty level, which would be middle class. cut off of a firefighter and a teacher with
• So I don't think we want to remove the middle class from an opportunity to be able to have a fighting
• Let's say it's the investigation. arm or let's say it's class wallet to handle the transactions, they
• Members, in section 29.368 see there's a provision that allows governmental action if the government
• Okay, and all this does is it opens ESAs so that working-class families will give up of their child,

Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SB2, SR29, SB2

Keywords: Maverick County, recognition, economic development, Texas Senate, community celebration, 1185, senate, all

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• everything we normally would do except the bills will not be in front of us, and there will be no action
• there<00:01:45.719> will<00:01:45.880> be<00:01:46.040> no<00:01:46.280> action
• c><00:01:46.640> taken<00:01:47.119> on<00:01:47.439> those there will be no action
• of 101 and have a senior class of 130.
• district because I'm bringing in a class district because I'm bringing in a class of<00:55:38.640

Bills: HF957, HF877

Keywords: education, mandate relief, school funding, local control, state laws, fund transfers, 1183, house

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• But is there not an automatic backstop that doesn't require legislative action?
• I mean, where the need is, is a poor and the middle class.
• Why am I going to treat two different classes of people unequal in a system where we have the availability
• I mean, if we're going to classify people, then we can just make a whole class of people that...
• If we're going to classify people, then we can just make a whole class of people that are ineligible.

Bills: SB241, SB145

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

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• How will this work logistically as far as timing with other classes that they have to teach et cetera
• Okay, Kiera Nixon speaking for the Equal Ground Action Fund. Tell us about your boy.
• You just got called out on TV for falling asleep in the back of the class. You need to screenshot.

Keywords: 999, senate, all