Video & Transcript Research : 'testimony'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We had public testimony yesterday, and there will be no additional public testimony.
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testimony. - We will now additional public testimony.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Please be respectful of others' time and keep your testimony limited to a three-minute time frame.
- If not, we'll proceed to testimony. Chair calls Kate Stoops. Thank you.
- Thank you for your testimony.
- I want to kind of think about, and we'll follow up with some written testimony after this.
- Thank you for your testimony. All right.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- For anyone wishing to provide testimony today, please remember that you must first register on any of
- Step over his testimony, but he is somebody who has seen this firsthand.
- No further questions, we'll proceed to testimony. Thank you. Chair calls Megan Morrow.
- Appreciate your testimony. Thank you very much. She calls Wendy Uptane.
- Appreciate your testimony. Sure call uh Fedora Glasso.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You may hear testimony claiming this bill's requirements are more stringent than requirements in this
- I'm also prepared to testify that I have, uh, testimony from board members, uh, of these institutions
- You will likely hear testimony from various groups and people representing water districts who will oppose
- So my testimony today is going to be on the bill as it is written.
- Uh, Mary Alice, um, I appreciate your testimony and, and thank you for working with the bill author.
Keywords:
HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Task Force on Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance 12/3/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
WY
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- Appreciate your testimony.
- Um I think there was some testimony<00:43:16.720>
earlier, testimony earlier, testimony earlier - Any additional testimony? Any online testimony? can access it.
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testimony? additional testimony? additional testimony? - Any public testimony? All right. We'll close public testimony. All right.
Keywords:
First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- at limited time uh so if testimonies at limited time uh so if testimonies could<00:31:26.440>
- If you can make your way to the testimony table and to your bell.” testimony table and to your bell testimony
- Miss Larson thank you for your testimony Miss Larson thank you for your testimony uh<01:28:47.040
- . testimony thank you committee thank you testimony thank you committee thank you all<01:29:58.520>
- Thank you all right thank you for your testimony.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We have some remote, uh, testimony in between.
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- thank you for your for your testimony. thank you for your for your testimony.
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today <01:47:18.880>and take testimony such as today and take testimony
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
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that'd record and begin your testimony that'd record and begin your testimony - So go ahead and begin your testimony.
- It's a Zoom testimony, so Mr.
- Please identify yourself for the committee and proceed with your testimony. Mr.
- questions thank you for your testimony questions thank you for your testimony um<00:47:00.079>
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/25/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- If you could please state your name for the record and begin your testimony.
- If you could please state your name for the record and begin your testimony.
- new concepts and not necessarily repeat other testimony, and limit your testimony to two to three minutes
- Eric Van Kik if you have additional testimony, and then we have testifiers on Zoom. Thank you.
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Identify yourself Begin your testimony.
- Anyways, thank you for that testimony. Thank you for that testimony.
- Anyways, thank you for that testimony. Anyways, thank you for that testimony.
- Uh you do >> Thank you for that testimony.
- Thank you for that testimony. Thank you for that testimony.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- . testimony. testimony.
- Thank you very much for your testimony.
- Thank you very much for your testimony. Thank you very much for your testimony.
- I would say based on the 62J report and the testimony from Mr.
- I would say based on the 62J report and the testimony from Mr.
Keywords:
nudification technology, image rights, privacy protection, sexual exploitation, cybersecurity, recreational camping, utility fees, electricity charges, consumer protection, energy policy, health insurance, insulin, step therapy, diabetes, patient care, prescription drugs, pet shops, animal welfare, dog sales, cat sales
VT
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- After some testimony, the Senate removed that phrase, at email or telephone, that we had added, but it
- According to testimony, the permanent.
- We took testimony from the bill.
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So, came up afterward during testimony. - So, came up afterward during testimony.
Summary:
The House first took up S. 298, the Vermont Voting Rights Act. Members explained the Senate’s further proposal of amendment, including changes to language about how the State Ethics Commission may respond to ethics inquiries, a directive for the Secretary of State and Ethics Commission to work out a shared process for the candidate financial disclosure form by January 30, and a technical PAC-related wording change. The committee reported an 11-0-0 vote in favor, and the House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment.
The chamber then suspended rules to take up S. 328, the omnibus housing bill, and heard detailed committee reports from General and Housing, Ways and Means, and Appropriations. The bill addresses common interest community resources, a service-supported housing advisory council, expansion of the 10% for Vermont program to 12.5%, an off-site construction accelerator pilot, VHFA’s rental housing revolving loan program, special assessment districts, municipal housing planning requirements, and several reports on housing-related issues. Ways and Means described revenue impacts from the cash-balance expansion and revised the off-site construction pilot and loan program language; Appropriations removed a section already included in the budget and adjusted advisory council per diem funding. The House adopted the amendments, ordered third reading, suspended rules to place the bill in all remaining stages, passed it in concurrence with proposal of amendment, and messaged the action to the Senate forthwith.
The House then suspended rules to take up S. 197, relating to payment reform for primary care. The House Health Care Committee recommended a strike-all amendment, saying the health care system is in crisis, premiums are rising, access to primary care is limited, and clinicians are burdened by documentation and administrative work. The committee vote on its amendment was 10-0-1, and the bill was also referred to Ways and Means and Appropriations because of fiscal implications. The transcript cuts off as the House was beginning consideration of the bill.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Senate and Governmental Affairs May 27th, 2026
Senate & Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Your signature is an affirmation that the testimony you give is true.
- Courtney, thank you so much for your testimony and your willingness to serve.
- Great job on your testimony.
- Great job on your testimony.
- I know that there's been testimony here.
Keywords:
sales tax, exemptions, credits, rebates, uniformity, legislative rules, fiscal report, constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, delegates, state election, ratification, Louisiana, public meetings, broadcast, transparency, government accountability
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so with that said, students begin your testimony.
- And welcome spectators and testimony.
- And if you remember the testimony to my original bill, there was a lot of reticence.
- Um thank you for your testimony<00:47:24.000>
last <00:47:24.359>Monday. - Um the 250th is testimony last Monday.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cost-benefit analysis requirement 3/24/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- State your name and proceed with your testimony. >> Thank you. Uh, my name is Graham Owens.
- State your name and proceed with<00:03:10.000>
your <00:03:10.720>testimony. - with your testimony. with your testimony. >> Thank<00:03:11.680>
you. - Owens for your testimony, not just your testimony, but your conservative think tank.
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Summary:
The committee took up House File 936, an author’s bill requiring cost-benefit analysis before agencies move forward with major rulemaking. Chair Nash moved the bill, the A2 author’s amendment was adopted, and the bill was then discussed as amended. The sponsor said the goal was not to eliminate rulemaking, but to require agencies to “show their work” by analyzing costs, benefits, and assumptions before rules are adopted.
Supporters, including representatives from Americans for Prosperity and the Pacific Legal Foundation, argued the bill would improve transparency, uniformity, and accountability in rulemaking. They cited federal and other state models, especially Virginia, and said similar requirements already exist in several states. They also pointed to public support for requiring cost-benefit analysis and said the bill could help agencies avoid costly or poorly thought-out regulations, reduce litigation risk, and improve legislative oversight through notice to committees and publication of preliminary and final analyses.
Several members raised concerns. Representative Luger Nikolai said cost-benefit analysis is already part of existing law through SONARs and that the legislature, not agencies, should be the first line of review; she also worried the bill would force dollar valuations on qualitative factors such as accessibility. Representative Craft said the bill could allow unelected officials to negate policy choices already made by the legislature if benefits do not exceed costs. Representative Fryberg said the bill appears to require full analysis even for minor housekeeping rules and may overemphasize dollar-based benefits. Chair Nash and supporters responded that the bill is meant to impose a uniform check on agencies and that many current rules already operate without sufficient legislative oversight. The discussion ended with members expressing both support and opposition, and a roll call was requested, though no final vote was included in the excerpt.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (03/04/2025)
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- testimony thank you for your testimony testimony thank you for your testimony and<04:12:12.199><
- Thank you for your testimony and taking questions.
- Thank you for your testimony and taking questions.
- Thank you for your testimony and taking questions.
Summary:
The committee met in a work session on several environmental bills, beginning with HP 152, which would prohibit the sale and use of adhesive-based rodent traps. Members discussed whether the bill should be amended to allow professional pest control use while restricting retail sales to the public. Testimony and member comments focused on animal welfare concerns, the relative humaneness and effectiveness of glue traps versus snap traps, consumer education, enforcement difficulties, and whether the bill should instead be limited to professionals. No vote was taken on HP 152 during the discussion.
The committee then turned to HB 171, establishing a moratorium on new landfill permits. Representative Gruber distributed an amendment shortening the proposed moratorium from five years to three years as a compromise. Members supporting the moratorium said it would give the Department of Environmental Services time to update rules and reflect recent landfill-siting reforms, while opponents argued that three years was too long, could tie the hands of a future legislature, and might be difficult to pass in the Senate. Others noted the House, Senate, and governor had each discussed different lengths of moratorium, making the bill a likely bargaining position in later negotiations.
Throughout the landfill discussion, members emphasized that the three-year version was intended as a middle ground between a one-year proposal associated with the governor and a six-year Senate bill. Several members said the moratorium reflected years of bipartisan work on solid waste and landfill policy and would help create time for new rules to take effect. The transcript provided does not show a final committee vote or other action on HB 171 during this segment.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Your signature is an affirmation that the testimony you give is true.
- Your signature is an affirmation that the testimony you give is true.
- Thank you guys for your testimony.
- So thank you for your testimony. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. All right.
- So thank you for your testimony. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. All right.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Insurance met on May 6, 2026, and first reported HB 1241 favorably. That bill, by Chairman Furman, requires insurers to check with DCFS before paying certain insurance settlements to determine whether the recipient owes delinquent child support, and to withhold and remit arrears if found. DCFS explained that Louisiana already has intercepts and other collection tools, but no current mechanism for insurance settlements. Senators raised concerns about notice to obligors and about liability if insurers fail to withhold, but the bill was advanced without objection.
The committee then heard HB 870, which would require health insurers and PBMs to cover lower-cost generic or biosimilar drugs when available and to use utilization management no more restrictively on those drugs. Supporters said the bill would improve access and lower patient costs by using wholesale acquisition cost as the comparison point. Opponents, including Louisiana Blue and the AFL-CIO, argued that WAC ignores rebates and net cost, could force plans to cover higher-cost biosimilars first, and could increase premiums and disrupt ERISA and fully insured plan design. The committee adopted a technical amendment set and then a second amendment set that added notice and reporting requirements tied to net cost calculations, and HB 870 was reported favorably as amended.
Several other bills were moved with little or no opposition. HB 1176, concerning Medicare Advantage coverage for integrative cancer treatments such as cold cap therapy, cryotherapy, and acupuncture, was amended to change the effective date and then reported favorably. HB 1196, dealing with colorectal cancer screening follow-up colonoscopies, was also amended and reported favorably. HB 1162, a consumer protection bill requiring DOI to verify that a contractor named on a first-party property damage check is licensed in Louisiana, was amended and reported favorably. HB 826, which modernizes insurance referral rules to allow referrals by email or website address, was reported favorably. The committee also heard HB 1151 on insurer investment limits and solvency protections, and HB 1236 on pharmacy reimbursement and copay maximizer programs; both drew substantial testimony and concern, especially over retroactivity, PBM cost allocation, and whether copay maximizers shift costs to patients, but the transcript cuts off before final action on HB 1236.
MN
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- Why don't you go ahead and proceed with your testimony?
- to this testimony. to this testimony. Welcome,<00:07:54.240>
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- Um next on the testimony list Thank you.
- Um next on the testimony list is<00:26:03.200>
Jason <00:26:03.640>Bratton.