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• , where we're not competitive, where we're not competitive, particularly<00:46:18.680> in<
• residencies are playing in developing residencies are playing in developing that<01:12:30.880>
• Um, market is competitive.
• It was a very competitive program.
• It was a very competitive<02:38:29.840> program. competitive program. competitive program.

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• Also development alone is not enough.
• development and provide small business development and access<00:06:35.840> to<00:06:36.160><
• ,<01:26:28.080> and affordable housing development, and affordable housing development, and
• <01:53:01.199> uh example, the African Development uh example, the African Development uh
• Street Council, African Development Street Council, African Development Center,<01:54:29.679>

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• And whereas, through his exemplary knowledge, humility, and competitive spirit, Jamie has earned the
• but it leaves behind so many more, including freelance writers, youth sports officials, website developers
• Thank you. ...developers, golf caddies, and even some medical doctors.
• Committee for... ...CBT revenues to the State Agricultural Development Committee for municipal planning
• A-4531 by Assembly Member Calabrese establishes alternative compliance standards for the development

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• state came together to develop state came together to develop actionable<00:04:45.759> solutions
• <00:20:43.600> of and it modeled the development of and it modeled the development of tropical
• <00:30:34.760> Le planning and sustainable development Le planning and sustainable development
• I like it we can have competition I like it we can have competition exactly<01:05:36.799> exactly
• <01:21:53.679> is really um exciting new development is really um exciting new development

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• Through competition, Ballroom created confidence.
• Through competition, Ballroom created confidence.
• Hart's leadership, Loma Linda University Health expanded its impact through the development of the San
• As president of Adventist Health International, he has supported hospitals and clinics in developing
• California depends on essential mineral resources, and those resources must be developed responsibly.

Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Members then handled a series of procedural motions, including re-referrals of several Senate bills, notices for committee hearings, and a successful motion to suspend rules so ACA 20 could be taken up later in the week. The chamber also recognized former Assembly Member Christina Garcia and later moved into a Pride Month observance. The main ceremonial item was House Resolution 115 recognizing June 2026 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Assembly Member Ward opened on the resolution, and multiple members from different caucuses spoke in support, highlighting Pride history, LGBTQ+ rights, and the contributions of LGBTQ Californians. Assembly Member DeMaio offered supportive remarks while noting policy differences, and the resolution was adopted by voice vote after 53 co-authors were added. The Assembly then held a Pride honoree ceremony recognizing 15 individuals and groups for contributions to the LGBTQ community. On the floor file, members also adopted several resolutions by voice vote after adding co-authors: ACR 187 on Men’s Mental Health Month, ACR 157 marking the 50th anniversary of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act, ACR 222 declaring Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Awareness Month, and ACR 224 recognizing Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day. Each drew personal testimony from members about the underlying issues, including suicide prevention, caregiving and dementia, mining reclamation, and harms to youth from social media. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 46 on mental health diversion by a 51-1 vote, and later adopted the consent calendar 66-0. The House adjourned until June 25, 2026, at 9 a.m.

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• Agency for International Development. Here's what they have done.
• AGENCIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. HERE'S WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
• Speaker, what most members don't realize, this is the number one economic development plan for every
• SPEAKER, WHAT MOST MEMBERS DON'T REALIZE, THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR EVERY
• other economic development projects.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Texans deserve competitive districts that reflect people, not party preservation.
• Why answer to voters when the lines are drawn to eliminate competition?
• This short-sighted development changed our lives and land long before this flood.
• It's not just developers.
• I'm the President and CEO of the Houston Minority Supplier Development Council.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• And of course, economic development. Speaking about economic development, what do we do?
• It is truly one of the most competitive job markets in our state right now.
• We need to be able to pay better and be more competitive.
• And we have to be competitive. We have...
• To developing the code. And it's not just for Navajo.

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• The intent of the program was to develop and implement policy initiatives that improved the court's interaction
• Which is not an inspiring number, I wouldn't say, but it's, it's much more competitive and much closer
• And while we've made, uh, substantial progress towards, um, paying more competitive wages, there's still
• would allow us to bridge this gap, create a mini pipeline of mitigation specialists, enabling us to develop
• to retain the staff that we have who've had the training and the experience, um, and to do so, a competitive

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• This principle drove the development of the plan.
• We need to learn from them what's happening and what we can better develop.
• Community Development Department, workforce development and trying to get folks back into the job pipeline
• And I think third to that is we need to see people with skills development lifelong.
• The development of the master plan included extensive public input from across the state.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance heard an overview of the governor’s new Career Education Master Plan and related budget items. Labor Secretary Knox described the plan as an effort to reduce fragmentation across K-12, community colleges, workforce boards, and other systems by improving statewide and regional coordination, data sharing, skills-based hiring, career pathways, and wraparound supports such as child care, housing, food, and transportation. Members asked how success would be measured, how the plan would serve disconnected youth and adults, and whether the proposed data integration would rely on Cradle to Career; the secretary said it would. The Department of Finance said it was available to answer questions on the education side. The committee then reviewed existing CTE funding and oversight. The LAO, CDE, and Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office described the major ongoing programs, including CTIG, Perkins, K-12 Strong Workforce, and Community College Strong Workforce, and noted that many programs overlap in purpose and administration. Members repeatedly raised concerns about duplication, annual applications and reporting burdens, lack of clear outcome metrics, and whether funding incentives should be better aligned to regional collaboration. CDE and the Chancellor’s Office said they support alignment and dual enrollment, and Finance and CDE said LCFF/local match dollars are part of the funding structure. The committee also discussed child care as a barrier to participation and the need for better tracking of enrollment, completion, and job outcomes. On the consolidated application proposal, Finance proposed a study directing CDE to examine whether three long-standing CTE grant programs—Specialized Secondary Programs, CTIG, and California Partnership Academies—could be streamlined into a single application and reporting process. The LAO supported reducing administrative burden but noted that the largest programs, CTIG and K-12 Strong Workforce, were excluded from the proposal even though districts most often cite them as burdensome. CDE said it did not oppose the study but warned that statutory differences may limit consolidation. Members said the proposal should better address regional coordination, multi-year funding stability, and outcome measures rather than only simplifying paperwork. Finally, the committee heard a proposal for a $5 million ongoing California Education Interagency Council. GovOps said the council would provide a neutral venue for statewide coordination across education and workforce systems. The LAO opposed the proposal, arguing that existing bodies already provide coordination, the proposal does not change agency incentives, and the council would lack authority to implement decisions. Members expressed mixed views, with some supporting a coordinating body and others questioning whether it would differ from past efforts. No votes were taken during the portions summarized here, and the committee indicated it would hold some items open for further discussion.

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• Item C of that request is employee retention and workforce development.
• When seeking new talent, we must remain competitive with other agencies. to attract the most qualified
• And keeps Texas competitive with neighboring states since receiving funding during the last biennium,
• So we'd like to spend a little money to update the resources. and also develop an electronic resource
• Agencies that we work well with to develop opportunities for training that it.

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• I needed specific professional development.
• The bill requires that, excuse me, AHCA develop rules by June 1, 2027.
• And yes, this whole goal is to increase competition.
• The great thing about this is this creates additional competition.
• And this is intended to bring in more competition, not to limit competition, but to bring in as many

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, introductions, and a moment of silence honoring service members killed in the conflict in Iran, including Florida native Captain Cody Cork. The chamber then moved through a special order calendar, taking up several bills on education, public safety, insurance, health, and local government policy. Many measures were accompanied by sponsor explanations and supportive remarks from members, often emphasizing constituent impacts, public safety, and administrative efficiency. The first major bill, SB 1062 on speech and debate education, was expanded through a delete-all amendment and passed 37-0 after extensive floor debate praising debate programs as a civic and educational tool. SB 1072 created an anti-Semitism task force in the Attorney General’s Office; an amendment clarified that criticism of Israel is not prohibited, and the bill passed 37-0. SB 1230/HB 1019 addressed PFAS “forever chemicals,” especially in firefighting foam, with phase-outs, testing, enforcement, and exceptions for certain federal, military, and emergency uses; it also passed 37-0 and was dedicated in memory of former firefighter Joe Casello. SB 1706 expanded the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program with tighter eligibility rules, and SB 186 required broader seizure-response training and seizure action plans in schools; both passed unanimously. The Senate also approved SB 598 updating funeral and cemetery regulation, SB 990 authorizing protected cell captive insurance companies, SB 554 modernizing nonprofit corporation law, SB 560 streamlining foster care medication and oversight procedures, SB 684 easing electronic signature requirements for total-loss vehicle and vessel titles, and SB 778 revising forensic client services for certain defendants with intellectual disabilities or autism. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including SB 432, SB 928, and SB 620. Most of these measures passed by votes of 36-0 or 37-0 after brief debate or no debate. The most contentious item was SB 1134 on official actions of local governments related to DEI. The sponsor argued the bill would stop taxpayer funding and promotion of discriminatory or indoctrinating DEI practices, citing examples from several counties and cities. Multiple amendments sought to narrow penalties, protect good-faith officials, and preserve local proclamations and observances, including LGBTQ Pride Month and other cultural events, but those amendments were rejected. Debate centered on vagueness, local discretion, and whether the bill would chill legitimate government activity. The transcript cuts off during questioning on the underlying bill, before final disposition is shown.

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• To the benefit of large industrial emitters who have competitiveness concerns.
• market design in the program, which says... ...that's minimum and maximum carbon prices, and I've developed
• We're thinking about infill development.
• In the TRCP program, it is a competitive capital program, right?
• So, this program, unlike the other, is not a program that is a competitive. grant program.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Madam Chair, I'm not trying to— I really would love to see us pay our people a more competitive wage,
• They fall, they develop bedsores. They don't receive the care they deserve.
• And then there's the harm we don't see right away: the infections that develop because we didn't have
• And you know, really, business thrives on competition, and there's a point.
• Are they paying competitive wages?

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• Our project development division is a division that plans, designs, and then oversees the construction
• <01:11:57.239> division<01:11:58.159> is<01:11:58.320> a project development
• division is a project development division is a division<01:11:59.400> that<01:12:00.040>
• So, did you say earlier that we have a drone program in development, or do we have several drones in
• competitive competitive prices<03:35:41.720> on<03:35:42.000> page<03:35:42.479> 17

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Summary: The Department of Safety presented an overview of highway fund and unrestricted revenue collections, focusing on the Division of Administration, the Road Toll Bureau, and the Division of Motor Vehicles. Amy Newbery explained that the main unrestricted funding sources are highway funds and general funds, with highway fund revenue of about $263 million in FY 2024 and a FY 2025 projection of $261.2 million. She said revenue growth has been modest and has not kept pace with costs, creating structural deficits that required general fund transfers of $50 million in FY 2022-23 and another $10 million in FY 2024-25 to balance the fund. Jennifer Hall described Road Toll operations, including motor fuel tax collection at the distributor level, compliance enforcement, and licensing for fuel distributors, transporters, IFTA carriers, and oil discharge/pollution control. Members asked about IFTA, dyed-fuel enforcement, the possibility of using the state forensic lab for dyed-fuel testing, and whether audit positions had been filled; the department said it recently hired a part-time fuel enforcement officer, still uses IRS testing, could explore lab testing, and had no audit vacancies. Hall also discussed factors affecting fuel-tax revenue, including gas prices, crude oil forecasts, weather, tourism, GDP, and inflation, and said FY 2024 road toll revenue was $127.5 million, above plan, with FY 2025 projected at $127.71 million. The committee then turned to DMV-related revenues. Newbery said motor vehicle registration revenue was $93.1 million in FY 2024 and is projected at $90.4 million in FY 2025, with the state share going directly to the highway fund. Members asked about the state/town fee split, the five-year registration cycle dip, the distribution of registration revenue by vehicle weight category, and the impact of electric-vehicle surcharges; the department said the five-year dip is still occurring and will fade over time, and it would follow up on the weight-category breakdown. The presentation also noted that driver-license revenues have stabilized, inspection revenues remain steady, plea-by-mail revenue was added to the highway fund in FY 2024, and general fund revenues tied to the department are relatively small and have declined as some functions moved to OPLC. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• average of those salaries as developed average of those salaries as developed by<03:13:09.200>
• budget for hiring teachers, competitive for hiring staff, competitive to attract families to move into
• <04:12:04.279> budget necessary to have a a competitive budget necessary to have a a competitive
• > competitive for hiring teachers competitive for hiring teachers competitive<04:12:07.319> for
• staff compe competitive for hiring staff compe competitive<04:12:10.080> to<04:12:10.239>

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Summary: The Education Funding Committee met to review a large package of bills, with the first four—HB 717, 742, 773, and 603—focused on special education aid, formerly called catastrophic aid. Chair Ladin explained that the committee needed to move a special education bill forward by March 4 and was trying to determine which bill would serve as the vehicle. He described the current formula and the difficulty of estimating the fiscal impact of lowering the threshold from 3.5 times the statewide average cost per pupil to a lower level, noting that DOE did not have reliable data on how many students would fall into the lower-cost bands. The committee also noted that several other bills in the package addressed SWEP and adequacy issues, and that HB 510 dealt with due process rather than funding. Mark Mello of the Bureau of School Finance testified that the department only has reliable data for special education expenditures above $70,000 per student, since claims are submitted for reimbursement at that point. He said the bureau was trying to estimate how many students might fall between 2.5x and 3.5x or 3x and 3.5x the average cost, but that the basic answer was they did not know and that any estimate would be difficult. He explained that moving the threshold from 3.5x to 2.5x would create a minimum additional cost of about $13.6 million based on existing claims, not counting new students who would enter the range. Members discussed whether districts already had the underlying data, whether a survey should be required, and how districts know when to begin tracking costs for reimbursement. The committee also discussed proration and the state’s share of special education aid. Mello explained that the current 80% state share is modeled in the formula, but the actual payment has been prorated because appropriations have not matched the statutory liability; he said the state liability was about $50 million, while the budget had provided $34 million, resulting in a 68% payment rate. HB 742 was described as a bill that would eliminate proration by paying the liability directly from the education trust fund with an overflow mechanism. Members also discussed possible alternatives such as changing the state share, using a lower threshold in a transition period, or requiring districts to submit data. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided; the committee was still in discussion and considering which bills to advance.

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• So we need to be addressing The litigation environment so that we are more competitive.
• , and you want to be competitive, or Senator Townsend to be competitive, we should also look at other
• states to be competitive.
• areas where we are competitive or strong.
• that are competitive about New Mexico, and there are some bad things.

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• We recognize the need to develop the roadways, right?
• We can do it if it developed the network, but they need to fly on.
• And so that includes testing and development of rules and regs.
• They develop a lot of local advanced air mobility plans.
• You're wanting reserve for other development needs.

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• This bill requires development... ...other environmental and community partners to support it.
• This bill requires developers and contractors to submit disclosures about their workforce development
• That include priority consideration for community economic development programs.
• developer based here in Massachusetts.
• developer based here in Massachusetts.

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Summary: The committee heard testimony on a wide range of energy bills, with much of the discussion focused on offshore wind, battery storage, solar, nuclear study proposals, and a bill to redefine clean energy. Several Barnstable-area legislators and witnesses raised concerns about offshore wind transmission infrastructure near neighborhoods, beaches, and drinking water supplies, and supported bills to create a special commission and increase local input and oversight. In contrast, environmental, consumer, labor, and clean energy groups strongly backed offshore wind expansion bills, arguing that offshore wind lowers long-term costs, improves winter reliability, reduces fossil fuel dependence, supports jobs and local supply chains, and should include wildlife protections, labor standards, and community benefits. Some witnesses and committee members noted that parts of the offshore wind legislation overlap with the Governor’s energy affordability bill, and asked for clarification on which provisions were new versus duplicative. The committee also heard testimony on battery storage and solar legislation. Two student witnesses and several industry representatives supported a bill to study grid battery storage, saying storage can reduce outages, lower peak prices, and improve grid resilience during extreme weather. Witnesses from solar and storage companies supported a broader clean energy transition bill that would expand storage procurement, create a retail-style storage program for distributed batteries, set a 10-gigawatt solar target by 2035, and streamline siting and interconnection. Committee members pressed witnesses on whether these provisions were already included in the Governor’s affordability bill and asked for a section-by-section breakdown of what was new. One witness also urged allowing developers to bond interconnection payments to reduce financing costs. Another major topic was a bill defining clean energy, especially whether existing pumped-storage hydropower should qualify for subsidies or be excluded. Supporters of the bill argued that existing pumped storage should not receive additional ratepayer subsidies because it is already built, can have environmental impacts on rivers and ecosystems, and could cost ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Opponents said pumped storage is an important reliability resource and should remain eligible. The committee also heard testimony on nuclear-energy study bills: some witnesses supported creating a commission to examine nuclear power as a reliable, carbon-free option, while others opposed nuclear study bills and argued that nuclear is costly, unsafe, and inconsistent with the state’s clean energy goals. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• what economic development is.
• So from that perspective, when we talk about economic development, we talk about economic development
• mentioned the blueprint for career development.
• On behalf of the Economic Development collaborative which houses the Small Business Development Center
• We also teach development courses.

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