Video & Transcript Research : 'border wall'
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TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Opening Ceremonies of the 89th Legislature Jan 14th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- District 140, Armando Lucio Walle. District 141, Simphronia Thompson. District 142 Harold V.
- Outside of these walls, families, neighbors, and communities put aside their disagreements to protect
- We have provided more money to help secure our border.
- Notice the paintings and the composites on the wall, the generations who came before us.
- Whether your district is urban or rural, coastal or border, your constituents sent you here to ensure
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We border Canada, we border Lake Superior, and we have a great workforce need that has been unmet in
- On the other side of the wall, there's an eagle in the middle holding these two walls apart.
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He's <00:53:16.840>in <00:53:17.040>kind the wall and all. - He's in kind the wall and all. He's in kind um um um combat<00:53:19.120>
gear. - And on the other side of walls apart.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, February 12, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Customs and Border Protection, with over 25 years of experience securing the border.
- country from dangerous legal border country from dangerous legal border evasion<07:40:31.080>
- high-speed chases in our border high-speed chases in our border communities<07:40:56.718>
I'm - Our border must be secured.
- Grothman, for 30 minutes. border this sends a message to border this sends a message to traffickers<08
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We went to over 50 cities, border to border, and we heard community after community saying that they
- And so the inclusion in the affordable bonus section for workforce housing border to border will make
- <01:03:50.559>
that housing border to border will make that housing border to border will - Larsson—folks that are looking to help develop housing border to border all across the state—but are
- Larsson—folks that are looking to help develop housing border to border all across the state—but are
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-01-28 (4:30PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, maintenance of borders... Yes, sir. Thank you.
- It provides... ...our borders.
- Customs and Border Protection National Targeting Center, and U.S.
- Of the open Biden borders.
- Their job is literally to defend our borders.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, pledge, quorum call, approval of the journal, and adoption of the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for the day. The chamber then took up House Bill 1B, the immigration bill, and members were told they would have one opportunity to question the sponsor on both the House version and the anticipated Senate changes. Representative McClure described the bill as a major immigration-enforcement package creating a chief immigration officer housed in the Department of Agriculture, an Office of State Immigration Enforcement, a local law enforcement grant program, a state immigration council, and new penalties and enforcement tools. He also outlined anticipated Senate language, including stronger 287(g) participation requirements, enhanced penalties for unauthorized aliens, a mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses, and additional coordination with federal agencies.
The bill drew extensive questioning from Democrats about due process, constitutional issues, school and workplace impacts, and the treatment of people whose immigration status changes over time. Members asked about birthright citizenship, TPS, asylum seekers, pretrial detention standards, the lawful basis for detaining someone based on suspected status, and whether teachers, social workers, school resource officers, and even children could be required to cooperate with immigration enforcement. McClure and Representative Garrison repeatedly said the bill would require cooperation with federal authorities, that status determinations would be handled under existing court procedures, and that the Senate death-penalty language was intended to fit within Hurst by requiring a jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was an unauthorized alien. They also said the bill did not provide DMV funding, did not address teacher shortages, and included appropriations such as $25 million for the local law enforcement participation incentive program and broader funding for enforcement and training.
Several amendments were considered. Representative Chambliss offered an amendment to protect schools, churches, and places of worship from enforcement activity; supporters argued it would preserve trust in sacred and educational spaces, but the amendment failed. Representative Escamani offered an amendment to preserve in-state tuition for Dreamers; supporters emphasized the educational and economic contributions of Dreamers and the hardship of higher tuition, but that amendment also failed. The debate ended with no bill vote in the excerpt, but the House completed the amendment votes and continued consideration of the immigration measure.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 13, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Border Patrol agents or other law enforcement agents at our border.
- Border Patrol agents or other law enforcement agents at our border.
- Border Patrol agents or other law enforcement agents at our border.
- So-called border wall materials were sold off, and razor wire was removed under President Trump's leadership
- acting in support of the Border Patrol within 100 miles of the international border.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Our goal must be to make America energy independent inside our borders in perpetuity.
- <00:26:47.679>
in independent inside our borders in independent inside our borders in perpetuity - It secures our border by finishing the wall, funding mass deportations, and giving our agents the resources
- It's more than just closing the border, although we have to do that.
- It's more than just closing the border, although we have to do that.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee 2nd Revision: Agenda Revised: 10:30 a.m. Ethics Commission
A&B General Government Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas has utilized them on the border and their border issues.
- But The role that they're used in Texas is to support the Texas National Guard on the border mission.
- So, they're not directly related to border operations.
- Alex has a great experience in and relationships with some of the people in Wall Street.
- We hit $708, we hit the wall, we took $40, then we took $50.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Jeff Backer says he represents the western part of the state that borders North Dakota
- backer represent the western<00:02:50.599>
part <00:02:51.280>that <00:02:51.400>borders - <00:02:51.760>
North <00:02:52.040>Dakota western part that borders North Dakota western - part that borders North Dakota South<00:02:52.680>
Dakota <00:02:53.159>just <00:02:53.440 - <01:42:22.159>
and the doors and taking down the walls and the doors and taking down the walls
Summary:
The committee met for a Health and Finance Policy hearing, began with member and staff introductions, and noted that Representative Keeler was participating as a non-voting member. The chair outlined committee rules on decorum and then introduced the day’s first agency presentation from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), with Commissioner Cunningham appearing to present the department’s budget priorities.
Commissioner Cunningham described MDH’s broad public health role and emphasized that public health is underfunded relative to health care, with significant reliance on federal dollars. The department’s main budget request was for infectious disease prevention and response to offset anticipated federal funding losses. MDH also outlined several fee increases tied to public water systems, wells, licensing and certification, assisted living and health care facilities, HMO regulation, food/pools/lodging inspections, radioactive materials, X-ray equipment, and asbestos abatement. The commissioner said these changes were needed because costs, workload, and regulatory complexity have increased, while many fees have not been updated in years.
MDH also presented budget-neutral proposals, including continuing the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Advisory Committee, converting the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force into a standing advisory committee, restoring some local and tribal public health cannabis and substance misuse prevention grants, creating direct American Indian Health Special Emphasis Grants, reauthorizing the State Trauma Advisory Council, and extending firefighter PFAS biomonitoring work. The department also requested an operations adjustment for rising employee, insurance, fuel, utility, and legal costs, and referenced additional Clean Water Legacy Fund proposals. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided. Representative Bierman then offered supportive comments, praising MDH’s work and backing the funding and fee proposals, especially the restoration of local public health prevention grants.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- there are now more than 24,000 names counted among America's fallen law enforcement heroes on the walls
- America's fallen law enforcement heroes on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
- SB 1157, appropriation, fencing border high crossing areas. ATT, MABS.
- The Senate Rules, Federalism, Finance, Military Affairs, and Border Security will not be meeting on Monday
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and routine journal and guest items, then moved into the Committee of the Whole to consider bills on the calendar. The main substantive item was SB 1106, a tax conformity bill tied to federal tax changes. Senators debated it extensively, with supporters arguing it would provide tax relief, certainty for taxpayers filing returns, and pro-growth benefits for workers and businesses, while opponents said it would reduce state revenue, favor wealthier taxpayers and corporations, and should be handled in broader budget negotiations. Several senators also objected to provisions they said were added late, including child care, senior deductions, and education-related tax credit language. The bill was ultimately passed in open session by a vote of 17 ayes, 12 nays, and 1 not voting, and was transmitted to the governor.
After SB 1106, the chamber adopted the Committee of the Whole report and then heard a proclamation in support of law enforcement, read by Senator Bolick and signed by Senate leadership. The proclamation cited officer safety, assaults, fatalities, and mental health concerns, and called for continued support, equipment, training, and resources for law enforcement. Senators spoke in favor of honoring police and “backing the blue.”
The Senate also handled routine floor business, including a message from the House, transmission of SB 1106 to the governor, and a long list of first-reading bill introductions and committee references covering topics such as public safety, health and human services, education, finance, elections, immigration, border issues, and appropriations. The meeting concluded with committee announcements and adjournment until Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Other - PSCOC Apr 22nd, 2026
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- the other four projects for Estancia Albuquerque and Hatch, again also highlighted within that red border
- You'll see a significant shift in Albuquerque and Hatch, again also highlighted within that red border
- The original award included replacement of the roof, exterior wall finishes, A systems-based project
- The original award included replacement of the roof, exterior wall finishes, site drainage and fire alarm
- language change amending the current system-based award language to include lighting, ceiling, and wall
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Fifty Six - Wednesday, April 22
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- For us to do the trigger law is because we have two metros that share a border with two other states.
- Because unlike Arizona, we have a large amount of population that borders two states that are both on
- And we are a very unique state that we have a metro on both borders.
- Louis on one border and we have 25 to 30 percent of the... ...of the folks in Illinois that drive into
- Let's get my warm welcome for Emma Walls and Taylor Stone. Welcome to the House.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal, and a long series of introductions recognizing student groups, interns, visiting families, and guests, including the Tipton Lady Cardinals girls basketball state champions, FCCLA and FBLA students, Missouri Rural Water Association members, and legislative assistants. Members also highlighted Earth Day and National Arbor Day by promoting free tree seedlings from the Department of Conservation.
The chamber then considered several committee reports and moved to third reading on House Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bills 3068 and 3049, a broad public safety package. Supporters described it as a vehicle for multiple bipartisan provisions, including driver’s education, human trafficking training for paramedics, psilocybin trials, intoxicated driving accountability, fire and life safety updates, AI restrictions, and protections involving explicit images of children. Opponents objected to anti-trans language and argued the bill was overly broad and constitutionally problematic. The bill passed 117-10 with 17 present.
The House also passed Senate Bill 914, dealing with lateral fields and moving from perk tests to soil analysis, by a vote of 108-34 with one present, after supporters said it would help keep sewage out of rivers and drinking water. Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1142, a Secretary of State measure on certificates of good standing for series LLCs doing business in other states, passed 142-0 with one present.
Members then took up House Bill 1758, a daylight saving time trigger bill. The sponsor and many supporters argued it would protect Missouri from neighboring states forcing a switch to permanent standard time, help tourism and outdoor recreation, and reduce health and safety problems associated with changing clocks. Opponents favored permanent standard time instead, citing research on circadian rhythms, health effects, school bus safety, and energy use, and some questioned the bill’s federal-law implications and state sovereignty issues. Debate was ongoing when the transcript ended, with no final vote shown on that bill.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- the border and to travel<00:41:25.080>
in <00:41:25.200>from <00:41:25.360>a <00 - Also, when things are happening in our own hospitals, when we're told that a gentleman ran into a wall
- Also, when things are happening in our own hospitals, when we're told that a gentleman ran into a wall
- Also, when things are happening in our own hospitals, when we're told that a gentleman ran into a wall
- Also, when things are happening in our own hospitals, when we're told that a gentleman ran into a wall
Summary:
The committee met to approve the April 7, 2026 minutes and then held a hearing on the economic impact of Operation Metro Surge and related ICE enforcement activity. Testifiers described broad effects on cities, small businesses, workers, and schools, and several speakers voiced support for House File 4477, which would create a targeted state relief program for affected businesses and communities.
Metro Cities said member cities reported unexpected burdens on public safety, public works, emergency management, and other local services, and its board adopted a policy supporting state assistance for those costs. Northstar Policy Action presented data arguing the operation contributed to higher unemployment, reduced hours, lost wages, and business losses, including a reported $106 million in lost wages from reduced hours and an estimated $18 million per week in taxpayer costs. St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said the city incurred nearly $1 million in direct costs and estimated small businesses lost about $16 million per week, with major drops in foot traffic and sales, especially among immigrant-owned neighborhood businesses.
Other testimony emphasized impacts outside the metro area and on specific communities. Georgia Gallardo of Kerkhoven Cattle Butcher said rural small businesses also suffered, citing reduced sales and weekend traffic. The Minnesota Council of Latino Affairs reported that Latino-owned businesses support thousands of jobs and have seen sales declines of 40% to 90%, while WomenVenture and the Minnesota CDFI Coalition said CDFIs were seeing urgent demand for flexible relief and described businesses delaying hiring, reducing hours, or pausing expansion. Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruly said federal agents’ conduct during the surge undermined trust, created public safety concerns, and led to overtime and other local costs, while also noting he supports federal immigration enforcement in principle.
Fridley Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Lewis said the district lost 112 students since December, still had 72 not returned, and had to rapidly create a virtual learning option for students who did not feel safe attending in person. Across the hearing, witnesses argued the disruption was statewide, not limited to Minneapolis-St. Paul, and that state relief was needed to prevent business closures, job losses, and longer-term damage to communities.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Postsecondary Feb 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES THERE WAS COASTLINE THE BORDERS THE PACIFIC ATLANTIC, THE GULF THE GREAT
- MARINE SCIENTISTS WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE COASTAL RESILIENCE AND THEY TALK ABOUT BUILDING A WALL
- BUT IF YOU PUT A WALL THERE YOU TAKE OUT ALL THE AESTHETIC VIEWS WE HAVE.
- HOW ABOUT THINKING ABOUT A WALL THAT HAS NANO PROBE SO WE USE THE WALL WHEN WE NEED IT AND WHEN WE DON'T
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, you know, I live in Keane right on the border between Vermont and New Hampshire.
- You can drive 10 minutes across the border and pick this up.
- <01:05:23.920>
So, across the border and pick this up. - So, across the border and pick this up.
- <01:21:31.040>
will problem, but the stuff on the walls will problem, but the stuff on the
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 2nd, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- , looking to crush dissidents against their regimes within our borders.
- ... for the CCP is not the border between China and the rest of the world, but the border between the
- And therefore, this is induced trafficking across borders.
- For the border security, last April, when Biden trying to pass the law to enhance the border security
- They say nothing because they use border security as a political weapon.
Bills:
HB17, HB34, HB41, HB 118, HB 119, HB 127, HB 128, HB 129, HB 130, HB132, HB133, HB17, HB41, HB118, HB119, HB127, HB128, HB129, HB130, HB132, HB133
Keywords:
foreign ownership, real estate, national security, designated countries, Texas property law, lobbying, foreign adversaries, compensation prohibition, transparency, civil penalties, higher education, foreign adversary, research security, trade secrets, academic partnerships, HB 128, sister city, sister-city agreement, international exchange, municipal diplomacy
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/08/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- I look at these two boys sneering at something on my classroom wall.
- Or is this banning a rainbow pride sticker on a door or a poster on a wall?
- This would clarify walls are classified.
- All of whom work behind the walls and have direct daily contact with inmates.
- the borders of New Hampshire. the borders of New Hampshire.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I have a question, yeah, so your... to support Haw wall farm management to support Haw wall farm management
- They're really working at the pre-border and border ports of the focal areas of biosecurity, and they
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Protection should look to the Border Protection should look to the Border Protection - <01:18:05.960>
Protection where its mission is Border Protection where its mission is Border
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Apr 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Despite the direct border proximity, the dynamic economic, public health, environmental, and cultural
- California communities border Mexico, and I am proud to carry this legislation, which would serve as
- As Samara Gonzalez, I appreciate my colleagues' sentiments, as my district also borders Mexico on the
- I also have a border district.
- I was learning to understand and to apply what I was learning beyond the classroom walls.
Summary:
The Assembly Higher Education Committee met with a quorum and first approved a consent calendar containing AB 341, AB 1098, and AB 1316, sending those measures to the Human Services, Judiciary, and Appropriations Committees respectively. The committee then heard AB 977, which would require CSU to audit surplus land and work with California tribes to identify three regional burial sites for Native American remains that cannot yet be repatriated. Supporters, including tribal leaders and archaeology groups, said the bill is needed to honor ancestors and address the large number of remains still held by CSU; CSU said it is committed to repatriation but had no formal position. The bill passed to Appropriations on a 5-0 vote.
Members also heard AB 1093, creating a California-Mexico higher education exchange program, and AB 1035, expanding the California College Promise to cover tuition for students pursuing community college bachelor’s degrees. AB 1093 drew support for strengthening cross-border educational and economic ties, but some members raised concerns about border-region sewage problems and the bill’s budget implications; it was held for later consideration. AB 1035 received strong support from community college leaders and faculty who said it would help low-income and first-generation students complete workforce-focused bachelor’s degrees, but several members questioned whether it would stretch Prop. 98 funding and whether the state should prioritize broader affordability concerns. AB 1035 passed to Appropriations on a 3-2 vote.
The committee next approved AB 922, which would let the University of California keep access to federal criminal-history information for hiring background checks, avoiding delays and added costs if statutory authority is required. UC said the bill is needed to maintain safety and hiring operations, and it passed to Public Safety on a 5-0 vote. AB 1346, protecting military dependents from losing in-state residency status because of family travel, also passed unanimously to Military and Veterans Affairs. AB 1212, allowing UC to use low-income housing tax credits to build affordable housing for faculty and staff on UC land, drew support from UC and labor groups but opposition from members concerned about preferential access to public resources; it was held for later action. Finally, the committee approved AB 500 and AB 684, both aimed at increasing transparency around UC admissions policy changes and UC BOARS decision-making, sending AB 500 to Education and AB 684 to Governmental Organization, each on 5-0 votes. The hearing then moved on to AB 1122 on dual enrollment, with the author and witnesses presenting the bill as a way to expand college access for high school students.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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and <01:32:26.000>I <01:46:54.000>who grams of fentanyl over the border who grams of fentanyl over the border - The Senate, the people on the other side of the wall know that it's time to give parents the right to