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• They contribute to Social Security.
• In March, Elon Musk called Social Security the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.
• In March, Elon Musk called Social Security the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.
• No Social Security, no medical, no defense, nothing.
• And we have secured federal an end.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, June 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• So, Rural Libraries are often the only infrastructure in the towns they're in.
• Jill Dixon and Katie Anderson so that we can discuss food banks and food security efforts across the
• There are over 500 partners in the food security network that are led by those five food banks in their
• and private sectors, do you see as the most critical in the next two to five years to make food security
• And health care is not simply a community service; it is economic infrastructure.

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• Cal Account will also help survivors increase their financial security.
• than enacting CalAccount, the state should explore ways to further promote Bank On, which is more secure
• Obviously, the concept seems great, but I think that there's already an existing infrastructure.
• That's why I'm proposing that we look at creating a specific program with the existing infrastructure
• With so many people feeling out of control in our economy, another option to build economic security

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• We created a fund called the New Mexico Capital Fund for big infrastructure projects.
• Big infrastructure projects. The first generation of money was about $30 million.
• So the $50 million that would be coming out of the trust fund is to build up the infrastructure.
• But the $50 million is to build up the infrastructure based on their priorities for each region.
• We're looking at $3.8 million for a region to provide infrastructure supporting these services.

Bills: SB5, SB6, SB8

Keywords: physician residency, healthcare, rural communities, medical education, appropriation, education, medical school, New Mexico, construction, behavioral health, funding, mental health services, general fund transfer, 996, all

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• Responsible stewardship is crucial in ensuring that our economy, environment, and infrastructure remain
• These funds help put Texans back in their homes and restore critical infrastructure.
• Finance the cost of that infrastructure, get water and wastewater utilities, and drive housing costs
• It's a way to finance over time all of that infrastructure that serves and supports... 100% serving the
• Something just popped in my mind when you were talking about infrastructure and requirements and all

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• That is a problem of the tenant. security payments were delayed on a security payments were delayed on
• And I think and infrastructure issues.
• So, those are and infrastructure issues.
• density is too intensive on the use on the land and infrastructure.
• density is too intensive on the use on the land and infrastructure.

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• Two estimates were secured, with the low estimate of $299,754.26 from HBN Contracting LLC.
• Two estimates were secured, with the low estimate of $299,754.26 from HBN Contracting LLC.
• I'm Sandy Williams, executive director with the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority.
• Kentucky Infrastructure Authority. Kentucky Infrastructure Authority.
• > revolving Moving to our infrastructure revolving Moving to our infrastructure revolving fund

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Summary: The committee first received several information items, including University of Kentucky reports on medical and research equipment purchases, five school districts’ planned bond issues, and a School Facilities Construction Commission list of prior debt issues. Members then heard and approved an appropriation increase for a federally funded University of Kentucky project at the Central Kentucky Regional Airport in Richmond. The project will construct a terminal building and is tied to EKU’s airport operations and planned flight school; members asked about the public funding, the role of EKU, and possible aviation expansion, and the item was approved by roll call. The committee next approved a University of Kentucky lease purchase for an 85,000-square-foot facility at 415 West Sun Street in Morehead for $6.4 million. UK said the property, formerly the Rowan County Board of Education site, is directly across from UK St. Clair and will be used for multiple purposes; members questioned the quarterly payment structure and why the county preferred not to receive the full amount upfront, but the item was approved. The committee then heard three appropriation increases in the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet: a Fish and Wildlife pump project at Ballard Wildlife Management Area and two Lake Barkley State Resort Park repair projects. Finance staff explained the Lake Barkley increases were mainly to cover construction contingencies after bids came in close to available funding, and the committee approved the action items. Janice Thomas then presented four pool projects requiring no action: HVAC upgrades at the Future Farmers of America Leadership Training Center in Hardinsburg, geothermal and HVAC work at the Kentucky School for the Blind, a Brady Hall HVAC project at the Kentucky School for the Blind, and a renovation of Shanti Hall at Kentucky State University for the School of Engineering Technology. Members asked no substantive questions on those items. Finally, Natalie Broner presented a new CHFS lease in Wayne County and a Transportation Cabinet lease modification in Christian County. The Wayne County lease drew the most discussion, with members questioning the rent, the lack of other bids, and whether another county location might be preferable; CHFS said it maintains county-seat offices statewide and that the Wayne County site would replace an existing office. The Christian County item was described as a replacement site for driver licensing services with renovation costs largely absorbed by the lessor. Both lease items were presented for action after the discussion.

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• And this will take the form of a future digital ecosystem that securely and appropriately develops and
• architecture, providing high-performance systems that are highly available with minimal downtime, secure
• systems for the data and the workloads that comply with all of the very, downtimes, secure systems for
• Food and Security Officer.
• They secured hotel rooms for low-income households in need, including finding hotels that allowed for

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services heard an overview of efforts to streamline access to safety net programs and move toward more automatic, person-centered enrollment. CDSS, DHCS, and CalHHS described current cross-enrollment between Medi-Cal, CalFresh, and CalWORKs, including data showing high overlap among programs and a text-message outreach pilot that increased CalWORKs applications and enrollments but reached only a small share of potentially eligible people. Witnesses emphasized barriers such as differing federal eligibility rules, data-sharing limits, privacy concerns, and the need for better technology, consent management, and stakeholder engagement. Members pressed the administration on how to institutionalize these efforts across administrations and asked for concrete budgetary and regulatory steps to support “no wrong door” enrollment and automatic referrals. The committee also reviewed several chair priorities. On the proposed foster care multi-agency office, CDSS said existing coordination structures already address much of the intended work and asked to verify prior fiscal scoring. On the Employment First Office, CalHHS explained that the office’s $1 million budget was eliminated in the 2024-25 budget as part of deficit reductions, while noting that employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities remains an administration priority through existing departmental coordination. For the food insecurity proposal, CDSS said it could provide technical assistance but would need new data-sharing agreements, could not separately calculate a CFAP participation rate with current data, and would likely need until July 1, 2027, plus ongoing staffing, to complete the requested report. The mandated reporter proposal drew support for reform, with CDSS estimating low-millions in one-time training costs and ongoing costs in the hundreds of thousands. The subcommittee also discussed a guaranteed income proposal. CalHHS suggested drafting new statutory language and considering a county-administered model rather than a state-run competitive grant process to reduce administrative burden, while members and public commenters urged support for AB 661 and a study of a permanent statewide guaranteed income program. Public testimony also supported automatic enrollment, community-supporting mandated reporting reforms, and cash assistance for fire recovery. In the final items, CSD described how local nonprofit partners helped during the Los Angeles fires with food, housing vouchers, transportation, and emergency energy assistance, and explained that LIHEAP and CSBG remain important but limited tools for disaster response. CSD also said recent federal staffing cuts and possible future federal budget threats could affect LIHEAP and CSBG administration, though no immediate service disruptions had occurred and additional LIHEAP funds were expected to be released soon.

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• Item number 42 is $2 million for local public safety infrastructure and capacity building, including
• Item number 42 is $2 million for local public safety infrastructure and capacity building, including
• Item number 42 is $2 million for local public safety infrastructure and capacity building, including
• Item number 42 is $2 million for local public safety infrastructure and capacity building, including
• Our next item is item number 46, so $5 million to DFA to distribute to MFA for tribal infrastructure

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• everybody to our first select committee hearing for our Select Committee on Climate Innovation and Infrastructure
• So we'll be talking about... ...infrastructure and resiliency and some of the emerging technologies around
• We don't have the infrastructure.
• And it's particularly because of these factors: it's local, it's reliable, it's sustainable, secure.
• We did secure a State Lands Commission lease for the project, and currently we're finalizing the work

Summary: The Select Committee on Climate Innovation and Infrastructure held a hearing focused on emerging technologies for climate resilience and infrastructure. The first panel discussed the Calistoga Resiliency Center, a utility-driven microgrid that keeps the city powered during public safety power shutoffs using hydrogen fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, and liquid hydrogen storage. PG&E described microgrids as a resilience tool but emphasized that cost remains the main barrier to wider deployment. Energy Vault explained the project’s design, its ability to provide at least 48 hours of backup power on a small parcel of land, and its use of green hydrogen and battery storage to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. A Calistoga councilmember and NCPA representative also discussed the Lodi Energy Center hydrogen project, saying it could help decarbonize power generation and transportation, but that federal and state funding changes, tax credit timing, and other policy shifts have made the project difficult to advance. The Green Hydrogen Coalition supported the Calistoga model as a blueprint and urged policy changes to create demand and reduce barriers for renewable hydrogen, including addressing behind-the-meter rules and recognizing hydrogen in state energy planning. The second panel focused on water resilience and desalination, with the California Desal Association and Oneka Technologies discussing wave-powered desalination for the City of Fort Bragg. Cal Desal said California’s changing hydrology, reduced snowpack, and drought conditions make local water supply options increasingly important, but noted that conventional desalination is expensive and slow to permit. Oneka described its offshore, wave-powered system as a zero-electricity desalination technology that produces drinking water without greenhouse gas emissions and with limited land use, and said the Fort Bragg pilot is intended to demonstrate the technology under California conditions. The company and Cal Desal both stressed that permitting is a major obstacle, with the project requiring multiple agencies and a timeline far longer than in other jurisdictions. They also said the technology’s autonomous operation could improve water resilience because it does not depend on the electrical grid. The final panel featured the Climate Foundation’s marine permaculture proposal, which aims to restore kelp forests and support carbon removal and coastal food systems. The presenter said warming oceans and nutrient loss have devastated kelp forests along the California coast and argued that offshore platforms that raise and lower seaweed to access nutrients and sunlight could help regenerate ecosystems while producing food, feed, fertilizer, and carbon benefits. He said the technology has shown strong growth rates and storm resilience in other regions, but that California permitting remains a major hurdle, involving 17 state and federal agencies. He proposed a streamlined, code-based permitting approach for smaller projects and said the group is seeking matching funds to complete a first California pilot. Throughout the hearing, members and witnesses repeatedly highlighted the tension between innovation and the high cost, complexity, and length of California’s permitting and funding processes.

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• It's provided a tool that ensured I was competitive on securing ongoing purchases while also helping
• Owning farmland would allow us to invest in on-farm infrastructure like shelter, fencing, water, and
• When we buy land, we'll need to build some infrastructure or a lot of infrastructure.
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• <01:11:00.000> for integration, increased food security for integration, increased food security

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• Our projects will be safer and our infrastructure will last for generations.
• to host the our infrastructure to host the our educational<01:18:53.199> programming.
• Since 2014, we've helped Minnesota firms secure $112 million in federal funding, including just over
• represent um Guardian School Security represent um Guardian School Security systems<01:38:04.960
• impacting security across the nation.

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• in agreeance with you and what level that is we can certainly discuss, but when it comes to the security
• infrastructure.
• Yeah, safety and security. Correct, a million dollars? $100,000. I'm sorry, you're exactly right.
• Certainly, from our standpoint, moving that $100,000 into security, certainly agree with that.
• Well, all we have to do is agree to no match on the safety and security, and we'll be good.

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Summary: The conference committee for Senate Bill 2009 met to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions, focusing mainly on a $100,000 item tied to State Fair improvements. House members explained that the money was intended for facility upgrades such as locker rooms, showers, restrooms, concessions, and safety areas used by youth hockey, rodeo, and other events, and the House position remained that the State Fair should share costs on the fence and campground restroom-related work. Senate members said their priority was security improvements and argued that those safety provisions should be funded as a straight grant rather than requiring a match, though they were open to other matched items. After further discussion and a brief recess, the House proposed moving the $100,000 from the original line item into the security infrastructure funding, reducing the amount the State Fair would need to match on that project. Senate members indicated they were agreeable to that change and noted that State Fair personnel would likely prefer the money be directed to security. The committee did not take a final vote in the transcript, but members appeared to reach tentative agreement to shift the funding toward security and continue discussions on the remaining match requirement.

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• From a mechanical and electrical standpoint, we have electrical infrastructure that dates back to the
• We've got the security generally designed in to do something like that.
• in<00:12:19.600> to<00:12:19.839> do security generally designed in to do security
• Security, and House Public Information. Security, and House Public Information.
• standpoint from an for from a security standpoint from an IT<00:25:30.559> standpoint.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• On that side of the shop, there's another office that does energy reliability and security.
• On that side of the shop, there's another office that does energy reliability and security.
• <00:06:12.479> um reliability reliability and security um reliability reliability and security
• We have supplemented that with Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds, IIJA funds, to the tune of $19.5
• of the Minnesota Energy infrastructure of the Minnesota Energy infrastructure permitting<01:31:10.040

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• Our safety infrastructure should reflect that shared responsibility.
• to secure the items that I had secured.
• Tell us what you want to know.” roads, other infrastructure.
• It interacts with infrastructure and how it puts people at risk.
• One is the infrastructure, which is all the model and the system itself, computer infrastructure.

Summary: The joint Senate and House disaster preparedness and flooding hearing opened with quorum calls, prayer, testimony time limits, and remarks from legislative leaders emphasizing decorum, respect, and the goal of learning from the July 4 flood to prevent future loss of life. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows said the special session and hearings were intended to hear directly from local officials and residents, and that the state would pursue immediate and longer-term legislation and continue working beyond the current session. The committee then heard invited testimony from Kerr County, Kerrville, Kendall County, Real County, and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, followed by member questions. Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Sheriff Larry Leitha, and emergency management coordinator William B. Thomas described the flood as a sudden, unprecedented event that overwhelmed local systems before many officials or residents understood the danger. They said the county received multiple National Weather Service and IPAWS alerts, but the rain fell in remote upstream areas with limited gauges, and the flood rose too quickly for normal response. They detailed the emergency response, including dispatchers handling heavy call volumes, deputies and volunteer firefighters conducting rescues, and state and federal partners assisting. County officials said 108 people died, including 37 children, and two remained missing. They called for better real-time flood detection, stronger rural emergency management resources, improved broadband and cell coverage, and more funding for swift-water rescue and warning systems. Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring and City Manager Dalton Rice said the city had floodplain rules, emergency plans, and prior preparedness efforts, but the event exposed gaps in communications and regional warning capacity. They urged the Legislature to fund a flood warning system, whether sirens, automated alerts, or a hybrid, and asked for support for predictive weather modeling, broadband expansion, a hazard mitigation fund, and disaster recovery resources. The Upper Guadalupe River Authority said it had long funded gauges and pursued flood-warning and mitigation projects, including a new software-based flood prediction system and possible retention dams, and planned to dedicate reserve funds to feasibility studies and infrastructure improvements. Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk said his county’s emergency action plan and early alerts helped prevent deaths there, and he recommended easier access to alerting tools, a river-wide warning system, simpler grant applications, and regional coordination. Real County Judge Bella Rubio said rural counties face major challenges because of limited cell service, broadband, staffing, and funding, especially for camps and visitors along the Frio and Nueces rivers, and argued that reliable alert systems should be treated as a necessity, not a luxury. Members asked about the timeline of the flood, low-water crossings, communications failures, sirens, bridges, and funding, and several witnesses said the key lessons were better communications, better warning systems, and more investment in rural flood mitigation and emergency response.

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• I'm the State Director for the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, as well as the
• Regional water security planning and water data are essential.
• We want stability, fairness, and a secure future for all of our children.
• From water managers about securing your assets and your development, as well as securing your water and
• We are online to help secure mapping funding this year.

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• additionally physical infrastructure additionally physical infrastructure remains<01:03:09.799><
• <01:03:23.599> and violence and access to Safe secure and violence and access to Safe secure
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• annual progress data, the average fully entitled apartment building takes approximately nine months to secure
• full approval, post-entitlement permits, such as building permits, can take months or even years to secure
• Many times a project doesn't even happen because of infrastructure.
• And I think that's one of the biggest challenges that local areas have is the infrastructure.
• It would be an amazing housing development, but we just don't have the infrastructure in our rural areas

Summary: The committee first heard AB 253, by Assembly Member Ward and presented by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva, which would allow licensed third-party professionals to review certain post-entitlement permits if a local building department would take more than 30 days. Supporters, including California YIMBY, the California Chamber of Commerce, the Housing Action Coalition, the Bay Area Council, SPUR, and Abundant Housing LA, said the bill would reduce permitting delays and help housing production. League of Cities and the California State Association of Counties expressed concerns but were not formally opposed. Members voiced strong support, and the bill passed the committee 10-0 to Appropriations. The committee then held an informational hearing on California’s general plan. The first panel, led by UC Davis professor Catherine Brinkley, gave an overview of the general plan structure, required elements, update cycles, and the new PlanSearch database that makes adopted plans searchable statewide. She emphasized that general plans are long-term, locally tailored documents that integrate housing, transportation, safety, environmental justice, and other policy areas, and noted that many plans and elements are outdated. Members asked about update timelines, public participation, and whether AI tools could help with drafting and analysis. A second panel of local government representatives described the practical challenges of preparing and updating general plans, especially in rural and small jurisdictions. Speakers from Calaveras County, Sacramento, San Joaquin County, and Fountain Valley cited staffing shortages, consultant availability, funding constraints, CEQA and outreach costs, changing state mandates, and the difficulty of keeping plans aligned with local conditions and board turnover. They asked for more funding, more time, clearer prioritization, and more flexibility. A third panel from the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation explained its role in issuing general plan guidelines, technical advisories, and annual planning surveys, and said it is updating its guidance through 2027 to reflect recent housing, climate, safety, environmental justice, and open space laws. No public comment was offered, and the informational hearing was adjourned.

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• These structures have to<00:08:38.719> be<00:08:39.039> kept<00:08:39.440> secure
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• you know highway infrastructure you know highway infrastructure maintenance<00:20:19.440> cost
• <00:27:10.080> to<00:27:10.400> encourage infra infrastructure to encourage infra infrastructure

Keywords: 00:03 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:57 Capital Projects and Highway Plan 56:11 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation met to hear the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s presentation on the governor’s 2026 capital projects budget and recommended highway plan. Secretary Gray and cabinet staff first thanked KYTC snow and ice crews, local road departments, first responders, utility workers, and others for their work during a major winter storm, then outlined the capital budget request. The cabinet said its facilities are aging, with about 35% at or beyond useful life, and that limited road fund revenues led it to focus mainly on maintenance, maintenance pools, aircraft maintenance, environmental compliance, AASHTOWare upgrades, state park road maintenance, truck parking, and reauthorization of several projects, including airport work and road projects. The cabinet said the governor’s budget includes about $22.8 million in state funds for the capital budget over the biennium, plus carry-forward language for maintenance pools and project reauthorizations to avoid losing federal funds. Members asked about repeated reauthorizations, cost increases, and whether projects should be restarted as new requests after carrying over for multiple budgets. The cabinet responded that budget office policy generally allows only one reauthorization before a project must be resubmitted, and said many delays are due to acquisition or other project issues. Members also questioned the basis for increased-cost line items and the $5 million request for commercial truck parking; cabinet staff said they could provide original project cost details and that many increases are inflationary, while the truck parking project is expected to use federal funds and is a cabinet priority. The committee also discussed the decline in road fund receipts, which the cabinet attributed largely to lower motor fuels tax revenue. The presentation then shifted to the 2026 recommended highway plan. Officials said the plan covers more than 1,300 projects over six years and anticipates about $9.5 billion in federal and state funding. They said the plan is intended to maintain existing assets, advance long-term priority projects, and honor prior commitments, including the Mountain Parkway, the Brent Spence Companion Bridge, and the I-69 Ohio River Crossing. About 40% of plan funds are dedicated to existing pavements, bridges, and guardrails, and officials cited a 61% rise in highway construction costs from 2020 to 2025 as a major challenge. To help offset those pressures, the cabinet is seeking $125 million from the budget reserve trust fund for the Brent Spence Bridge and release of a federal grant condition tied to the already appropriated $150 million for the I-69 crossing. No votes were taken at the meeting.