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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Corps of Engineers, the Coastal Texas Project, and the Sabine to Galveston Project.
  • Army Corps of Engineers-led Coastal Texas and Sabine to Galveston Bay projects.
  • Army Corps of Engineers and included in the Water Resources Development Act, the Bolivar Gate design
  • Once the study was completed, ...we gave a copy of that study to the Army Corps of Engineers.
  • In 2019, Houston Pilots joined the Galveston Pilots in an Army Corps of Engineers study.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Tue Mar 25, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • My son is a software engineer, and he works with me a lot and helps me kind of navigate some of the issues
  • My son is a software engineer, and he works with me a lot and helps me kind of navigate some of the issues
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Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard Senate Bill 1322, SD2, HD1, a comprehensive measure revising Hawaii’s mental health code. The bill would clarify emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization procedures for people who may be mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse and deemed imminently dangerous, expand notice requirements, allow certain information-sharing for assisted community treatment petitions, and add liability protections for emergency responders and providers. The Department of the Attorney General supported the bill as a collaborative update to the law, while the Department of Health asked for a copy of provider-generated emergency transport documentation within five days for data and planning purposes. Testimony was sharply divided. Queen’s Health System, Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, HHSC, and the Institute for Human Services supported the measure or parts of it but requested amendments, including clarifying whether a second psychiatric exam is required, restoring a 72-hour rather than 48-hour stabilization window, and adjusting where patients are taken when an MEO cannot be reached. The ACLU of Hawaiʻi strongly opposed the bill, arguing it weakens due process and civil liberties, especially around involuntary commitment, assisted community treatment, emergency transport by police, and reduced procedural safeguards; it urged the committee to hold the bill and consider an interim working group. Louie E.K. of the Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center also opposed the bill, focusing on immunity from negligence, the use of police for transport, and the reduction of a three-provider review to one in state-hospital treatment orders. Other testimony included support from an individual who said the bill could improve mental health care delivery amid provider shortages, and a comment from Hawaiʻi Health and Harm Reduction Center warning that the substance use portion of the bill lacks evidence of effectiveness and could be misused. In response to committee questions, the Attorney General’s office said the measure was developed with input from multiple stakeholders, including state agencies, hospitals, the ACLU, HHSC, and IHS, and that it aims to make assisted community treatment more accessible and effective by streamlining the legal process and improving consequences for noncompliance. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources (Part I) May 21st, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • state agency assigned to render a decision or to make findings of fact and conclusions of law in a contested
  • It removes liability from operators without requiring clear science-based, engineering, environmental
  • In recent years, states like California have begun phasing out internal combustion engine vehicles in
  • In recent years, states like California have begun phasing out internal combustion engine vehicles in
  • Internal combustion engine vehicles in favor of electric vehicles, often through mandates or backdoor
Summary: The committee heard and laid out several natural resources and environmental bills, with testimony focused on balancing development, public health, wildlife protection, and regulatory authority. SB 3074 would allow the governor, lieutenant governor, and legislators to communicate in writing with TCEQ about matters before the commission, with safeguards requiring the communication to be part of the record and allowing other parties to respond; a committee substitute narrowed it to written communications about permits only, limited legislator communications to facilities in their districts, and adjusted conflict-of-interest rules. HB 3556, as substituted, would require notice to Texas Parks and Wildlife for certain very tall structures in specified coastal counties and give TPWD a limited right to seek injunctive relief if mitigation is insufficient to prevent material harm to migratory birds; supporters said it would address ignored wildlife recommendations and protect key flyways, while opponents argued the bill was too broad, singled out wind energy, and gave one agency unusually strong enforcement power. HB 49 would expand liability protections for produced-water recycling and beneficial use; supporters said it would encourage reuse of a large wastewater stream and reduce disposal pressures, while opponents warned it could shield operators from responsibility before the science and standards are mature. HB 4413 would authorize mass-balance accounting for renewable biomass feedstocks, and HB 3866 would regulate intermediate bulk container recycling facilities near homes, with a committee substitute adding a grandfather clause and making implementation contingent on funding. The committee also heard bills affecting air and energy regulation. HB 5033 would create a trigger to end vehicle emissions inspections if federal law changes to allow it; the substitute removed a Supreme Court-related trigger, and the lone public witness opposed the bill, warning it would worsen air quality and harm nonattainment areas. HB 4112 would clarify that on-site storage of high-level radioactive waste is allowed at current and future nuclear reactors and university research reactors only for waste generated at that site; the substitute clarified the language and removed an inoperative permit condition, and witnesses from environmental and nuclear groups said the clarification was needed to prevent unintended restrictions while avoiding off-site storage. HB 2440 would prohibit state agencies from using air-quality rules to ban or restrict vehicles based on energy source, including internal combustion vehicles, and no public testimony was offered. HB 4271 would require TCEQ to hold public meetings on request for composting facility authorizations; the substitute limited the requirement to future applications and was presented as a transparency measure after a denied local request and extensive public comments. Additional bills addressed landowner protections and Railroad Commission oversight. HB 3619 would require the Railroad Commission to restore surface land after plugging or replugging operations and indemnify landowners from damages tied to authorized entry; a witness supported the bill but urged fixing a separate statutory loophole that he said allowed operators to enter unrelated tracts without notice. HB 4042 would extend Railroad Commission pipeline safety and fee provisions to propane distribution systems by removing the word “natural” from the relevant definitions. HB 4426 would set a 10-year permit term for commercial surface disposal facilities, allow renewal based on compliance history, and require renewal applications 120 days before expiration. The committee took no votes because a quorum was not initially present, and each bill was left pending after testimony and discussion.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 11, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Association National Anthem Contest. Association National Anthem Contest.
  • and represent an industry that contest and represent an industry that she<00:08:39.120> loves
  • Meanwhile, the Army Corps of Engineers got a gut punch: an overwhelming case load.
  • Meanwhile, the Army Corps of Engineers got a gut punch: an overwhelming case load.
  • Meanwhile, the Army Corps of Engineers got a gut punch: an overwhelming case load.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government May 19th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • , as designated as an area of competency by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.
  • is five days, and paving and drainage engineering is eight days.
  • I'm the president of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas, representing about 450 engineering
  • At least engineers' professional liability policies won't allow for that.
  • Polical and contest the calendar is there objection, but objection so ordered.
Summary: The committee heard and left pending several local government, property tax, development, and public safety measures before later voting some of them out. Senator Birdwell explained SB 2784 for the Somerville County Hospital District, which would move the board to staggered four-year terms after a transition and was requested to be held pending until the House companion could be acted on; no public testimony was offered. HB 5084 would allow local approval for fireworks sales tied to Lunar New Year celebrations, with testimony from Hutchinson County Judge Cindy Irwin emphasizing local fire risk and the need for county discretion. HB 5534 would let county commissioners post agendas electronically instead of on a physical bulletin board. HB 4370 would expand permissible projects for certain special districts to include geothermal water conveyance systems, and HB 312 would require residential child detention facilities to enter local MOUs, report health and safety information, and conduct background checks for state-funded facilities; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 5057 would give displaced solid waste providers time to wind down after a city grants an exclusive franchise, and HB 2421 would extend the life of the Save Historic Muni District to continue work on preserving Lions Municipal Golf Course; both were left pending after supportive testimony. HB 2011 would let former owners repurchase property taken by eminent domain if the acquiring entity fails to pay property taxes for two years, and the committee substitute to SB 3065 was also laid out and left pending after a technical correction to eminent-domain language. The committee then took up additional bills on development, appraisal, and local regulation, including HB 3575, HB 4809, HB 2273, HB 247/HJR 34, HB 2464, HB 3424, HB 2013, HB 5668, HB 3788, HB 1533, and HB 23, with testimony ranging from support to opposition on issues such as appraisal procedures, historic property valuation, Galveston emergency governance, border-security tax treatment, home-based businesses, chicken covenants in HOAs, municipal utility district authority, hospital authorities’ use of assets, and third-party building review. HB 23 drew the most extensive testimony, with builders, engineers, counties, and cities split over third-party plan review and inspection authority, liability, licensing, and local code enforcement; many witnesses said the House amendments created problems and the bill was left pending. In the end, the committee voted SB 2784, SB 3065, HB 5686, HB 247, HJR 34, and HB 2011 out of committee, with the first several receiving local and uncontested calendar recommendations where applicable.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-AM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • doubt on a contested on contested facts.<00:33:15.360> So,<00:33:15.600> I<00:33:15.840
  • The truth is, ladies and gentlemen, if my race would have been contested, you could easily have just
  • what I would describe as rebuilding get what I would describe as rebuilding the<01:52:52.480> engine
  • the engine the engine 3<01:52:54.880> minutes<01:52:55.199> before<01:52:55.440>
Keywords: 916, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Feb 5th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • established in 1995 and has dedicated itself to promoting the economic members in the architectural, engineering
  • Texas House over the three several days. and whereas sacrifices were made on both sides of the Gideon Contest
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (02/04/2025)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • He said socioeconomic diversity is a really strong engine of upward mobility.
  • engine of upward Mobility<01:27:28.639> um<01:27:28.800> you<01:27:28.880> know
  • Then you really realize you do need a soil scientist or a civil engineer to help navigate.
  • <03:29:28.160> to<03:29:28.359> help scientist or a civil engineer to help scientist
  • or a civil engineer to help navigate<03:29:29.279> it's<03:29:29.439> not<03:29:29.640
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The House Housing Committee heard testimony on HB 577, a bill to expand accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in New Hampshire. The sponsor and supporters described the state’s housing shortage and argued the bill would make it easier for property owners to build ADUs by right, up to 950 square feet, either attached or detached, while still requiring compliance with building codes, septic/water limits, and other local requirements. Supporters said the measure would help seniors age in place, provide housing for young adults, caregivers, and workers, and make better use of existing property such as garages and barns. Representative Reed raised concern that removing language related to short-term rentals could allow ADUs to be used for that purpose rather than long-term housing. The sponsor said he was open to clarifying language on short-term rentals, and another witness explained that current law already allows municipalities some choice on ingress/egress requirements, while the bill would standardize that and leave the design choice to the property owner. Several supportive witnesses followed, including the New Hampshire Home Builders Association, the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, the Business and Industry Association, AARP, Housing Action New Hampshire, 603 Forward, and New Hampshire Youth Movement. They emphasized affordability, property rights, workforce housing, intergenerational living, and the need for statewide consistency. A Derry resident testified that his existing garage space could be converted into an ADU under HB 577, but current local rules prevent that because it is detached; he said the bill would let him rent it affordably. Supporters also argued that ADUs can increase property values and help homeowners cover mortgages and taxes. In opposition, the New Hampshire Municipal Association said the bill would impose a local zoning mandate, could add density pressure on already stressed infrastructure, and did not guarantee that new units would be affordable or workforce housing. No vote or final committee action was taken in the excerpt.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Army Corps of Engineers on a daily basis, including this morning as recently.
  • Army Corps of Engineers had potentially had discussions with as far as solicitations for interest in
  • Army Corps of Engineers is in the acquisition process.
  • I promise you, none of you will win a popularity contest with your constituents in the ranching world
  • I promise you, none of you will win a popularity contest with your constituents in the ranching world
Summary: The joint hearing focused on preparedness for the New World screwworm threat and brought together the House Committees on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism and Agriculture and Livestock. USDA officials, Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, and Texas Animal Health Commission leadership described the pest as a serious risk to livestock, wildlife, rural economies, and beef prices, and emphasized coordination among federal, state, industry, and Mexican partners. Witnesses repeatedly stressed that Texas is currently seeing no confirmed U.S. detections, but that recent confirmed cases in northern Mexico, including Nuevo León, remain a concern because of their proximity to the border. USDA testimony outlined current surveillance and response efforts, including more than 120 screw worm-specific traps along the Texas border and neighboring states, thousands of additional dual-purpose traps, wildlife inspections, weekly coordination with Mexico’s Senasica, and a new USDA New World Screwworm Directorate. Officials said the existing Panama sterile fly facility is maxed out at about 100 million flies per week, while a dispersal facility in Tampico is helping move flies farther north in Mexico. They also described plans for a retrofitted sterile fly facility in Metapa, Mexico, expected to come online in 2026, and a new domestic production facility at Moore Air Base, with phase one targeted for late 2026 or early 2027 and phase two adding substantially more capacity later. Members pressed USDA on timelines, production capacity, the reliability of Mexican reporting, the risk from wildlife, and whether modular or mobile facilities could be deployed faster. USDA said it is also exploring innovative technologies, including a genetically engineered sterile male fly, but that such tools still require EPA review and field validation. Commissioner Miller highlighted Texas biosecurity efforts, five permanent inspection stations, cooperation with FDA and EPA on treatments such as Exzolt, and other pest issues affecting Texas agriculture. He also noted research into fly bait and private-sector efforts to speed sterile fly production. Texas Animal Health Commission officials described extensive state preparedness work, including weekly coordination calls, field response trainings, outreach to producers and veterinarians, and a Texas Screwworm Response Team. They said Texas has trained more than 100 inspectors and other personnel, with additional trainings planned, and that the state is expanding its cattle fever tick rider program. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the hearing; the main action was the exchange of testimony and questions about readiness, surveillance, and facility timelines.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Army Corps of Engineers, Engineers developed credible plans to mitigate future water shortages; they
  • Army Corps of Engineers has helped the Panamanian Authority develop involves another basic expansion
  • Army Corps of Engineers doing a feasibility review of that project.
  • Army Corps of Engineers doing a feasibility review of that project.
  • I think the reality is the canal is an economic engine; it is also a national security engine.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I was a senior vice engineering manager and led teams of engineers in the U.S. in China, Malaysia, Japan
  • published author of peer-reviewed technical papers in physics, chemistry, and semiconductor device engineering
  • in election cases and I've been a testifying and consulting expert in multiple election-related contests
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Transportation (02/18/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • That one actually goes back to when a motor vehicle was described as something with an engine that was
  • That one actually goes back to when a motor vehicle was described as something with an engine that was
  • pre-aligned contest the state's pre-aligned definition<01:28:04.480> of<01:28:04.600> what
  • What we do is not emissions testing; it's an engine code read.
  • I even asked the gentleman during committee if there was anything that could throw your engine light
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 758, which would establish a study committee on airport operation hours and possible noise abatement measures, including whether New Hampshire should prohibit departures between midnight and 6 a.m. The sponsor said the committee would examine the pros and cons and consult stakeholders. The Bureau of Aeronautics testified neutrally, noting that New Hampshire has 25 public airports, 12 with federal funding and grant assurances that may require them to remain open during those hours, and that cargo operations, including at Manchester, commonly occur overnight. Members also discussed existing noise abatement programs and how mitigation is determined by noise contours and FAA funding decisions. No vote was taken; the chair closed the hearing after testimony. The committee then heard House Bill 489, allowing voluntary emergency workers to use rear-facing blue lights on private vehicles when responding to emergencies. The sponsor said the bill corrects an oversight in existing law, would not cost the state or towns money, and would improve visibility and safety, especially in rural areas. Supportive testimony from a volunteer responder emphasized that blue lights help cut through fog, snow, and nighttime conditions, and that the bill would only add a single rear-facing blue light to existing red, amber, and white emergency lighting. The New Hampshire State Police opposed the bill, arguing that expanding blue lights to private vehicles would confuse the public and desensitize drivers to blue lights, which are associated with law enforcement. The hearing closed without action. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 533, which the sponsor and State Police clarified is actually two separate changes: one authorizing civilian automotive equipment inspectors to assist with vehicle inspection work, and another expanding language in motor carrier enforcement to include new entrant safety audits and compliance reviews. The State Police explained that civilian inspectors are hired and trained through the department and that any findings of state-law violations would be referred to troopers; they also said the new motor carrier language was requested to satisfy federal audit concerns about right of entry. The New Hampshire Motor Transport Association said it had no position if the civilian inspectors were not doing commercial truck inspections, but would oppose the bill if they were. Members asked about the difference between audits and compliance reviews, and the State Police said audits are for newer carriers and are non-enforcement, while compliance reviews look for violations. The chair then closed the hearing on HB 533. After a brief reset, the committee opened House Bill 594, which would repeal an alternate definition of “way” for the driving-after-suspension statute. The sponsor said the change was requested by the Department of Justice. Representative Erica Leon opposed the repeal, explaining that the prior language was intended to avoid criminalizing people who mow lawns or perform similar work near property edges while suspended, but she worried the repeal could create a loophole allowing driving on places like highway medians. Members questioned whether the issue was limited to mowing or broader vehicle use on property edges, and Leon said she would work with agencies to clarify the language so it protects lawful mowing without allowing misuse. No vote was taken in the portion provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 3rd, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • We use outside engineering; we don't have the staff on hand to be able to do that.
  • We rely on city engineers.
  • We may not even get a reply back in 30 days from our engineer.
  • We all use third-party engineering out there and hire consultants and other consulting engineers. ...
  • So, those are the primary reasons why we came down here to contest the bill.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is crucial as our region continues to grow and our port continues to serve as a major economic engine
  • It is one of the most advanced, overbuilt, and engineered for overweight traffic.
  • another bus camera vendor, has been accused of stealing Bus Patrol's intellectual property to reverse engineer
  • ...reveals simply another enforcement racket designed to take advantage of driver confusion and engineering
  • And so we encourage them to exercise due process and contest those violations. And we afford that.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 6, 2026 - AM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • required to use all Wyoming engineering required to use all Wyoming engineering firms<02:07:45.760
  • that we we look at those engineering that we we look at those engineering architectural<02:09:04.000
  • So, the FBI won't process background checks for rodeo contestants.
  • They're not included in the contestants.
  • Uh if you choose to do the contestants.
Keywords: 916, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (01/28/2025)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • c><00:24:27.559> gas windmills uh have uh diesel or gas windmills uh have uh diesel or gas engine
  • engine engine on<00:24:29.399> board<00:24:29.919> in<00:24:30.080> order<00:24
  • She asked for help understanding the language that says, “In any contested case before the commission
  • involving contested energy and environmental matters.
  • proceedings under RSA 541a and contested proceedings under RSA 541a and contested cases<04:44:58.160
Keywords: 1189, house, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 17, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • where it requires the state engineers where it requires the state engineers office<00:22:17.120>
  • Senator Pearson. we the state engineers office we felt we the state engineers office we felt that<00:
  • <00:35:25.680> office reason why the state engineers office reason why the state engineers
  • state engineer and Mr. Brown? state engineer and Mr. Brown?
  • engineer dictate the minimum lot size. engineer dictate the minimum lot size.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Governmental Oversight, Select Jun 4th, 2026

Governmental Oversight, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • and perhaps the most pertinent to your exploration of the lawsuit issue, is a list of all of the contested
  • and perhaps the most pertinent to your exploration of the lawsuit issue is a list of all of the contested
  • Well, this one is being contested, et cetera, et cetera.
  • That cost that developer a whole lot of money in wait time and engineering fees.
  • That cost that developer a whole lot of money in wait time and engineering fees.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, the Great Lakes are both an ecological and economic engine for our nation.
  • <06:21:30.798> for<06:21:31.040> our ecological and economic engine for our ecological
  • and economic engine for our nation.<06:21:31.520> It<06:21:31.680> is<06:21:31.840>
  • the 2025 Ohio best journalist contest the 2025 Ohio best journalist contest sponsored<07:21:52.798
  • <07:22:52.478> of industrial sites into engines of industrial sites into engines of economic
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Dean of the School of Science, Engineering, and Technology. Under his leadership, St.
  • obtaining a massage therapy license if they have been convicted of infringing— her to plea of no contest
  • HB 2488 by Bell of Kaufman. to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas Workers' Compensation
  • Labor Code allow the Division of Workman's Compensation to hold contested case hearings virtually via