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MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Tourism Mar 11th, 2026
Special Committee on Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- She's a junior at the University of Missouri-Columbia studying journalism and came down to visit with
- Top 10 or top 15 ranking in terms of visitation.
- And so we're able to track some level of visitation using that.
- Another way we look at visitation is through Visa credit card spending.
- But for the most part, those good neighbor states are driving the bulk of our visitation and spending
Summary:
The Special Committee on Tourism met in executive session and approved three House bills: HB 2307, designating Missouri Military Academy as the official military academy of Missouri, passed 10-0; HB 3264, designating Kansas City as the barbecue capital of Missouri, passed 10-0; HB 1960, naming the smooth chanterelle the official state mushroom, passed 9-1; and HB 3074, establishing William Lacey Clay Senior Day in Missouri, passed 10-0. After the executive session, the committee opened a public hearing on HCR 36, which would designate June 3 as Josephine Baker Day in Missouri. The sponsor and a witness described Baker’s St. Louis roots, international entertainment career, service in the French Resistance, civil rights work, and her significance to Missouri heritage and tourism. Committee members voiced strong support and asked questions about her legacy, including her adopted children and her role as a model for Black women and civil rights advocacy.
The committee then heard a presentation from Stephen Fouts, director of the Missouri Division of Tourism, on the state’s tourism marketing efforts and economic impact. He said tourism generated more than $21 billion in economic impact, over $18 billion in direct spending, and supported more than 307,000 jobs, with more than 43 million visitors in the last fiscal year. He outlined the division’s marketing strategy, including the Mo character campaign, cooperative marketing grants for local DMOs, the Meet in Missouri Fund, film incentives, and major event promotion tied to the World Cup, Route 66 Centennial, and America 250. He also reported strong returns on marketing investment and discussed sports tourism, youth sports, and the importance of the cooperative marketing program to local communities.
A major topic of discussion was the possibility of significant budget cuts to tourism. The chair and several members argued that tourism is a major economic driver and said they would oppose deep reductions, with multiple members offering to sign a committee letter or otherwise advocate against cuts. Members asked how reductions would affect marketing, sports tourism, and the cooperative marketing program; Fouts said large cuts would likely reduce co-op funding proportionally and could harm local partners. No final action was taken on HCR 36 during the hearing, and the meeting adjourned after testimony and discussion.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And with her this morning visiting us is her sister, Louisa Garcia, and niece, Adalita Blan.
- And with her this morning visiting us is her sister, Louisa Garcia, and niece, Adalita Blan.
- And with her this morning visiting us is her sister, Louisa Garcia, and niece, Adalita Blan.
- And with her this morning visiting us is her sister, Louisa Garcia, and niece, Adalita Blan.
- And with her this morning visiting us is her sister, Louisa Garcia, and niece, Adalita Blan.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Consumer and Public Affairs Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:59 pm
House Consumer & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Bill, I've also visited that. You have. And you know what? Thank you.
- And then in terms of the visits, Madam Chair, I mean, I have worked in schools.
- But if someone was coming to visit, that's how we got our rooms vacuumed by having the big wigs come
- to visit.
- So the fact that it looked pretty and lovely when an announced visit happens isn't reality.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- They're given home visits maybe once a month, sometimes once every two weeks.
- It's something they won't be able to get in 30 minutes or 45 minutes at a home visit.
- They won't be able to get in 30 minutes or 45 minutes at a home visit.
- Thank you. get to visit for just a few minutes at get to visit for just a few minutes at pickup<00:24
- </c> rich history of of the Cities I visited rich history of of the Cities I visited and<01:22:25.719
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cabo Verdean Cultural Center Jun 21st, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- We will do visits to other cultural institutions. We will bring speakers.
- We will do visits to other cultural institutions. We will bring speakers.
- I actually... ...site visits and listening sessions across key communities.
- And this will be one of the places that I suggest we go visit.
- We can go visit folks, and folks can be involved in a number of different ways.
Summary:
The Cabo Verdean Cultural Center Feasibility Commission met to continue its work toward making recommendations to the Legislature on establishing a cultural center in Boston. The chair reviewed the commission’s mandate, upcoming monthly meetings, site visits, listening sessions, and the plan to eventually hire a consultant for the feasibility study. Members also discussed the importance of capturing the broader 200-plus-year Cape Verdean history in Massachusetts, especially in light of Boston’s 250th anniversary and Cabo Verde’s recent 50th independence anniversary.
A major portion of the meeting focused on reviewing and narrowing a list of potential additional commissioners. Members discussed the need for geographic, sector, and generational diversity, and several commissioners raised concerns about overrepresentation from New Bedford and the need to include people connected to other Cape Verdean communities such as Brockton, Boston, Wareham/Onset, Taunton, the Cape, and Haverhill. Testimony and comments emphasized including people with skills in arts, culture, history, construction, philanthropy, law, education, museum curation, and community organizing. Members also discussed whether to use a slate, an inventory of skills and regions, or individual votes, and whether abstentions should be treated as “reserve your rights” instead.
The commission voted to appoint three individuals: John Cruz, former State Senator Vinny deMacedo, and Angelo Lopes Barbosa or a designee from the Center for Cape Verdean Studies at Bridgewater State University. The body then voted to pause the remaining commissioner appointments until the next meeting and directed the chair and staff to create an inventory of candidates by skills, region, and other relevant criteria. Members also agreed to add two newly suggested names—former Brockton City Councilor Tina Cardoso and Maria Gomez-Pena—to the candidate list. The chair said the next meeting would be scheduled for January, and the meeting adjourned after the commission approved the motion to adjourn.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Winter is always a slow season, and our hotels, restaurants, and retailers count on us to promote visitation
- And our hotels, restaurants, and retailers count on us to promote visitation during these slower periods
- of those advertising opportunities, leaving us to only promote summer, which is already a higher visitation
- travelers and families on a budget looking for easy and relatively inexpensive road trips or those visiting
- I could visit the sacred spot and visit my ancestors.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts, and Cultural Development held a hearing on October 21, opening with a moment of silence for former committee chair Senator Edward Kennedy. Chairs Senator Paul Mark and Representative Sean Garballey then heard testimony on several bills related to tourism funding, arts infrastructure, public art, Native heritage, and a choreographer laureate.
A major focus was legislation to require earlier distribution of regional tourism council grants from the Tourism Trust Fund, with testimony from regional tourism leaders from North of Boston, Metro West, Cape Cod, and Senator Joan Lovely. Witnesses said delayed grant allocations make it difficult to plan fall, winter, and shoulder-season marketing, and they argued that an October 1 or September 1 deadline would help preserve tourism’s economic impact without increasing appropriations. They cited tourism’s role in jobs, tax revenue, and regional economic development, especially for smaller and less prominent tourism regions.
The committee also heard strong support for the Creative Space Act and the PLACE Act, which would help municipalities preserve affordable creative workspace and create a public art funding mechanism tied to state construction projects. Testimony from MassCreative, MAPC, arts organizations, muralists, and local arts leaders emphasized loss of workspace, displacement of artists, and the economic and community benefits of public art. Additional testimony supported bills to protect Native American heritage by preventing the sale of funerary and sacred objects in public or nonprofit collections, and a bill to establish a first-in-the-nation choreographer laureate of the Commonwealth. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the committee adjourned after public testimony concluded.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, visiting from Chicago is my mother-in-law, Maxine Farbus.
- </c><00:07:52.240><c> Uh</c><00:07:52.600><c> visiting</c><00:07:53.160><c> from</c> introduce family
- Uh visiting from introduce family.
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
FULL INTERVIEW: Prioritizing Infrastructure Projects | Senator Sandy Pappas Mar 27th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But maybe I'll see you there, you know, just visiting. Just visiting. That's right. All right.
- ,<00:15:21.680><c> you</c><00:15:21.760><c> know,</c><00:15:21.920><c> just</c><00:15:22.079><c> visiting
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- >> Just<00:15:22.800><c> visiting.</c><00:15:23.279><c> That's</c><00:15:23.519><c> right.
- </c> >> Just visiting. That's right. >> Just visiting. That's right.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cabo Verdean Cultural Center Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- of the commission that I think is important to highlight: that we'll have monthly meetings, we'll visit
- When we visit these cultural institutions, whether they're in Rhode Island or Massachusetts, we're going
- When we visit these cultural institutions, whether they're in Rhode Island or Massachusetts, we're going
- And then we have some visits.
- I think it's super important to actually visit the cultural institutions that are here locally or maybe
Summary:
The commission met to continue work on planning a Cape Verdean Cultural Center in Massachusetts, with a focus on finalizing membership and preparing for a feasibility study. After roll call and introductions, members reviewed and unanimously approved the November 25 minutes. The chair described the commission’s mandate, including monthly meetings, cultural institution visits, listening sessions, and hiring a consultant to conduct the feasibility study. Members also discussed the historical importance of the project in light of Cape Verde’s 50th anniversary of independence and the 250th anniversary of the United States.
A major portion of the meeting was devoted to a draft nomination criteria document for expanding the commission. The criteria emphasized geographic, generational, gender, and sector diversity, along with needed expertise in areas such as arts and cultural programming, history, museum work, architecture, fundraising, nonprofit governance, higher education, language preservation, community organizing, economic development, legal issues, and communications. Members highlighted several organizations and institutions as important designees, including Bridgewater State’s Pedro Pires Institute, Mili Mila, the Schooner Ernestina Morrissey Advisory Board, and the New Bedford Whaling Museum. The criteria document was amended to explicitly include Cape Cod, and then approved unanimously.
The commission then reviewed a slate of 16 additional nominees to fill the remaining seats, discussing gaps in legal expertise, Taunton representation, and other regional needs. Members noted that some nominees could also support a separate Cape Verdean associations body rather than serve on the commission itself. After discussion, the body approved forming a three-member nominating committee consisting of the chair, Commissioner Monica Vega, and Commissioner Manny Lopes to narrow the list and report back. Commissioners also agreed to schedule another meeting later in the month to vote on final appointments, and the meeting adjourned after those action steps were set.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 12th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I was very honored to visit Gongju in 2022 to formalize that partnership.
- I was very honored to visit Gongju in 2022 to formalize that partnership and to look at how we can better
- He is remembered by those who knew him, including his son, who was supposed to visit him before the fire
- was described as a man of God who, while stationed at Camp Pendleton, frequently came back home for visits
- Adrian's visit His visit that weekend was focused on just that, not knowing that it would be the weekend
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 106 by Senator Choi, which designates January 13, 2026 as Korean American Day in California. Senator Choi and many members spoke in support, highlighting the history of Korean immigration, the contributions of Korean Americans in business, public service, culture, education, health care, and civic life, and the significance of Korean American communities across the state. Several members also shared personal and district-specific examples, including Koreatown, the Korean Friendship Bell, Pachappa Camp in Riverside, and Korean American organizations and businesses affected by the recent wildfires. The resolution was adopted on a 38-0 roll call vote.
After the vote, Senator Choi introduced Korean American guests visiting the chamber, including the Consul General of Korea in San Francisco and other community leaders. The Senate then returned to motions and committee announcements, including notices that the Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee and the Human Services Committee would meet after adjournment. Senator Smallwood-Cuevas also requested that SB 626 be removed from the inactive file and returned to the Assembly for amendments.
The remainder of the session was devoted largely to adjournment memorials. Senator Umberg honored Monica Lynn Martinez-Hays, a longtime legislative staffer and artist. Senators Pérez and Allen jointly memorialized the 19 people who died in the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires, describing the devastation, the community’s recovery, and the names and lives of many victims. Senator Menjivar also asked for adjournment in memory of Marine Corps Sergeant Adrian Carrillo, who died in a December traffic collision. The Senate announced its next floor session for Friday, January 16 at 9 a.m. and then recessed.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 216, 14 January, 2026; 1:30 PM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- of those agencies that we're working with are the Department of Health, Department of Agriculture, Visit
- But what I know of right now is Laurel, Moss Point, Perry Central, Port Gibson, Raymond High School,
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- issue again, they still have to go every four years and see a doctor, incur the cost of that medical visit
- My neurologist released me from his care on October 2009 with no follow-up visits required.
- My neurologist released me from his care on October 2009 with no follow-up visits required.
- visits required however because<00:04:14.040><c> of</c><00:04:14.200><c> the</c><00:04:14.319><c> way
- and I have to take up for a office visit and I have to take up the<00:04:50.919><c> valuable</c><00:
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Feb 26th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you all for visiting us this morning, and I know my call Thank you all for visiting us this morning
- members of Congress and leaders of civil rights, labor, and women's movements who worked the phones, visited
- members of Congress and leaders of civil rights, labor, and women's movements who worked the phones, visited
- For six months, she taught students about global women's issues, often going ashore with them to visit
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized several guests, including students from Florence High School’s Law Academy, a fourth-grade class from Holy Spirit School, and Brigadier General Nick Brown of Marine Corps Installation West/Camp Pendleton. The chamber also handled routine business, including a motion to remove AB 1389 (Rubio) from the inactive file.
The main floor action was on two gubernatorial appointments. Andrew Rakestra was confirmed to the Board of Environmental Safety by a vote of 28-0, and Indira Cameron Banks was confirmed to the Civil Rights Council by a vote of 28-8. Senators also announced upcoming budget subcommittee meetings on resources/environmental protection/energy, health and human services, judicial branch funding and court facilities, and state administration/general government.
The Senate then took up adjourn-in-memory tributes. Senator Archuleta honored Yoshi Nakamura, a World War II veteran, educator, artist, and community activist whose life included service in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and decades of teaching in Whittier and at Rio Hondo College. Senator Blakespear honored Dr. Rosemary George Strayley, a longtime international development and women’s rights advocate who served in the Peace Corps, worked with major global institutions, and co-founded Run Women Run. The Senate expressed condolences and agreed to memorialize both individuals.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- They're both from Beijing, but Ming is actually visiting from Guangxi Province, just five minutes away
- Tonight, they'll be visiting Hawaii Island.
- Tonight, they'll<00:02:50.879><c> be</c><00:02:51.040><c> visiting</c><00:02:51.360><c> Hawaii</c><00
- </c><00:02:52.480><c> So</c> they'll be visiting Hawaii Island.
- So they'll be visiting Hawaii Island.
Bills:
SB2169, SB2263, SB2360, SB2359, SB2031, SB2796, SB3090, SB3091, SB3092, SB2120, SB2593, SB2751, SB2135, SB2024, SB2872, SB3179, SB2308, SB2392, SB2470, SB2398, SB2902, SB2841, SB2436, SB2806, SB2691, SB2824, SB2645, SB2384, SB2697, SB3153, SB3156, SB888, SB2423, SB2746
Keywords:
business competitiveness, economic development, DBEDT, Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism, business climate, regulatory reform, permitting, economic ranking, state ranking, top 10 states, business climate improvement working group, business revitalization task force, CNBC America’s Top States for Business, Hawaii business climate, workforce development, infrastructure, cost of doing business, tax competitiveness, labor unions, private sector
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Working Group 1/15/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Family Home Visiting, WIC, pregnancy team, etc. You have the health care access fund.
- </c><00:03:38.560><c> Wick</c> families um Family Home visiting Wick families um Family Home visiting
- on to child and family health, these programs include things like administering grants for home visiting
- on to child and family health, these programs include things like administering grants for home visiting
- visiting visiting programs<00:31:26.600><c> um</c><00:31:27.080><c> administering</c><00:31:27.679><
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine research security risks posed by foreign nationals from countries of risk working at the Department of Energy¿s National Laboratories and necessary mitigation steps. Feb 20th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm currently a visiting fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and previously served as
- The standards, the norms, expectations for visiting researchers, postdoctoral scientists, and students
- Barr, who has the final word on allowing such a foreign visitor to visit his or her lab?
- our labs and zero have visited, of Americans, have visited their labs.
- And with regards to money, visits, financial support, all of that has to be there if you're going to
Keywords:
national security, Department of Energy, foreign espionage, security protocols, Chinese Communist Party, national laboratories, research security
Summary:
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee convened to address pressing issues related to research security risks at the Department of Energy, focusing specifically on foreign nationals' access to sensitive information. The meeting highlighted the increasing threats posed by espionage from the Chinese Communist Party, which has sought to infiltrate U.S. national laboratories and exploit American research for military purposes. Discussions included the importance of tightening security protocols to safeguard national interests and maintain technological advantages. Witnesses provided insight into historical contexts and current vulnerabilities, emphasizing that without proper measures, the gaps could jeopardize national security.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Human Services Committee Apr 14th, 2026
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- That means repeated paperwork, repeated doctors' visits, and repeated delays.
- As noted, social workers will still schedule visits in person once a quarter, or if there's ever any
- By making these changes, we hope the visits are more youth-led.
- And so I took in little babies, and we would have to do visitation.
- I visit my brother every week, once a week. I go there and I visit my brother.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- They shift costs to the ER visits, hospitals, missed school, work, and emotional trauma.
- Even then, ICE and DHS agents refused to leave the room during attorney visits, preventing confidential
- per recipient per year, and additional acupuncture... 24 acupuncture visits per recipient per year and
- additional acupuncture visits when medically necessary.
- per recipient per year and additional acupuncture visits when medically necessary.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- There are now companies that provide kits to families that do telehealth visits at their home.
- , having an exam room with the equipment, with not a little, to ER visits and inpatient admissions.
- I know that CMS is coming to visit at the end of May, coming to Idaho.
- They're planning to be here on the 27th and the 28th for a site visit.
- And then one of those days they want to go to a rural community and go visit some rural providers and
Summary:
The Rural Health Transformation Committee met to receive an overview from Department of Health and Welfare Director Juliet Sharon on Idaho’s Rural Health Transformation Program, created under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Sharon explained the $50 billion federal program, Idaho’s application timeline, the state’s ranking and award amount, and the five broad initiative areas in the approved plan: technology and access, innovative care models, workforce development, chronic disease and behavioral health, and rural infrastructure/partnerships. She emphasized that the funding is tightly overseen by CMS, with required reporting, compliance checks, sustainability plans, and the risk of losing funds if Idaho does not obligate money or meet milestones on time. She also outlined the state’s plan to hire a 12-person temporary team and to use a mix of RFPs and competitive subgrants, with monthly reporting to the committee and a shared information space to track solicitations, rubrics, and awards.
Committee members questioned several parts of the plan, especially scope-of-practice issues tied to the application, the use of telehealth funding, workforce retention, and the survey process used to shape the application. Representative Tanner asked whether the state could continue pursuing scope changes for dental hygienists and physician assistants and whether legislative action could affect funding outcomes; Sharon said the state would continue to evaluate those policies, but that compliance, timely spending, and performance would be the main factors affecting funding. Representative Healy raised concerns about the survey’s heavy use of “other” responses and about telehealth spending, arguing some telehealth uses may not be practical for specialty care. Representative Manwaring requested a shared drive for real-time data and asked for raw survey results and dollar-based funding caps. Sharon agreed to provide follow-up information, including survey data and additional details on funding limits.
Chris Jones of Catalyst Policy Group then presented broader policy observations and examples from other states. He praised Idaho’s application, urged the committee to keep the focus on patient-centered rural access, and highlighted ideas such as community health workers, remote patient monitoring, rural training pipelines, value-based care networks, and telehealth models that reduce staffing needs and improve sustainability. He also cautioned against relying on social determinants of health funding, noted the importance of rural training and partnerships, and praised Idaho’s 3.5% tribal set-aside. The committee ended by agreeing to set up a shared information hub with LSO, to expect follow-up materials and possible solicitation drafts soon, and to tentatively plan its next meeting around CMS’s Idaho visit on May 28.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- You have Kylie, who's the one that actually texted me the other day and said, "Can we come visit you?
- </c><00:09:29.440><c> And</c><00:09:29.560><c> so,</c> said, "Can we come visit you?"
- And so, said, "Can we come visit you?"
- </c> here to visit with me today. Absolutely. here to visit with me today. Absolutely.
- Ann Benfield is here visiting us from MedStar in St. Mary's Hospital. We are happy to have her.
Summary:
The Senate opened with an invocation by Father Mark Bilek of Westminster, introduced by the Senator from the 42nd District and praised by members for his community service and Lenten message of reconciliation. The prayer was journalized. The chamber then recognized several guests, including interns, family members, a shadowing student, and the doctor of the day, Dr. Ann Benfield, before moving to floor business. A scheduling note indicated a light floor agenda, with committee work later in the day and a longer floor session expected the next day.
The Senate considered several second-reading committee reports and moved multiple bills to third reading, generally without objection. These included House Bill 229, increasing Maryland Transportation Authority bond capacity from $4 billion to $5 billion; House Bill 266, allowing resource-sharing revenues to support state communications infrastructure, with an amendment conforming it to Senate Bill 85; House Bill 472, extending and adjusting the theatrical production tax credit; House Bill 607, setting constitutional officers’ salaries; House Bill 810, creating a study on blockchain-based lease recordation verification with an amendment adding the Maryland Blockchain Association; House Bill 1095, granting a Calvert County property tax credit for former tobacco barns; House Bill 1142, creating a task force on county and municipal revenue structures; and House Bill 1165, addressing apprenticeship program accountability and completion. The Senate also advanced Senate Bill 956, authorizing the Maryland Transportation Authority to waive portions of video tolls or civil penalties on delinquent accounts, with a sponsor amendment.
Members briefly joked about April Fools’ Day during the proceedings, but the chamber continued to adopt reports and amendments without recorded opposition. At the end of the session, leaders announced committee schedules for the afternoon and the next day, including Finance, Triple E, Budget and Taxation, and Judicial Proceedings meetings. The Senate then held a quorum call, confirmed 45 members present, and adjourned until Thursday, April 2 at 10:00 a.m.