Transcript Highlights:

• Nevertheless, um, I was struck in updating some materials that I put together 10 years ago on broadband
• persistent high cost of deployment combined with the low customer density, and the cost of services and materials
• Uh, the service is currently in beta testing across the country.
• Um, if, if there are any written materials that need to be distributed to the, uh, members of the committee

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• <00:10:08.000> about<00:10:08.320> lead<00:10:08.600> and informational material
• about lead and informational material about lead and therefore<00:10:09.360> were<00:10:09.480
• 3:45 that afternoon, the fire department was dispatched to our building, evacuating everyone and testing
• 35.000> evacuating<00:31:35.920> everyone<00:31:36.480> and<00:31:36.640> testing
• building evacuating everyone and testing building evacuating everyone and testing them<00:31:37.080

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Again, the trucks that move our food, that move our materials around the state, this would be devastating
• Again, the trucks that move our food, that move our materials around the state, this would be devastating
• Um, categories, you know, you might take the test sometime and see how your child, up to some of the
• /c><01:21:56.239> might<01:21:56.400> take<01:21:56.560> the<01:21:56.719> test
• you know, you might take the test you know, you might take the test sometime<01:21:57.520> and

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• is an important part of assessments, and we should probably revisit a list of such tests that we might
• is an important part of assessments, and we should probably revisit a list of such tests that we might
• that that the uh the body material that that the uh school<04:04:41.080> funding<04:04:41.439
• I was around when we used... based on the T the test um results and based on the T the test um results
• That's how I think we should be measuring outcomes, along with those testing scores.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a work session focused on school funding formulas, adequacy aid, and special education aid, with the chair outlining a schedule for the next several Tuesdays and noting that the committee would likely need multiple executive sessions to narrow down the bills. Members discussed the FY 26 formula, including base cost, differentiated aid, extraordinary needs grants, hold harmless provisions, and the roughly $28 million in excess statewide education property tax (SWP) funds that are not currently returned to the state under the existing formula. The first bill discussed was HB 137, which would allow excess SWP funds to remain with the local municipality for school and municipal purposes. Representative Spilsbury argued the issue is fundamental and suggested the state should require excess funds to be remitted back to the state, while Representative Damon said the bill appears to codify current practice and may be unnecessary, especially given possible court action. The discussion then shifted to a related bill from Representative Fellas that would redefine SWP as local money rather than state money and keep the current adequacy aid numbers revenue-neutral for now. Representative Fellas explained that SWP was created in 1999 after the Claremont lawsuit as part of the state’s effort to show increased school aid, but that it effectively labeled part of the local property tax as state money without changing property tax bills. She argued the state should not be tapping local property tax revenue and said her bill would preserve the current distribution while removing the SWP tax label, with future work possible on a different measure of local capacity such as income, home values, or poverty rate. Members also referenced prior discussions of fiscal capacity aid, relief aid, and other formula changes as part of the broader effort to restructure school funding.

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• Additionally, gaps on standardized test scores are similarly large and continue to increase.
• due to its relevance of courses material due to its relevance of their<00:31:17.720> lived their
• including materials tax books and<00:39:58.079> professional<00:39:58.480> development
• 21:44.960> your requested ahead of time to offer your requested ahead of time to offer your test
• Teachers and school leaders in local communities around the state can absolutely add content, materials

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• This past July, when the tsunami was headed towards us, our state of readiness was stress tested.
• Our mission is to give second chances to both people and material.
• <02:08:55.360> from opportunity. uh we divert materials from opportunity. uh we divert materials
• reclaimed thousands of tons of material reclaimed thousands of tons of material from<02:09:12.960
• Uh the goal of uh reuse wise material.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: This joint informational briefing focused on Act 310 grants and aid, with committee members hearing one-minute testimony from organizations first in person and then by Zoom. At the outset, the chairs explained there would be no Q&A during the briefing and asked testifiers to focus on how federal cuts were affecting their work. The meeting was organized by registration number and included both neighbor island and Oʻahu applicants. Testimony centered on organizations seeking state support to offset federal funding losses or anticipated reductions. Health and social service providers described impacts from Medicaid, SNAP, ACA subsidy, Title X, and other federal changes, including Aloha Care, Community Clinic of Maui, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, West Hawaiʻi Community Health Center, Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center, Hawaiʻi Youth Services Network, Alcoholic Rehabilitation Services of Hawaiʻi, and Kokua Kalihi Valley. Other groups highlighted losses affecting food security, housing, disaster preparedness, and climate resilience, including the Kohala Center, Feeding Hawaiʻi Together, Hawaiian Lending and Investments, Dynamic Community Solutions, and the Pacific Tsunami Museum. Several arts, youth, and education organizations also testified, including Hawaiʻi Literacy, Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony, Honolulu Theatre for the Youth, Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaiʻi, Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi, Kids Hurt Too Hawaiʻi, and US Vets, each requesting funding to preserve programs and staffing. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing. The only action was procedural: the chairs moved through the applicant list, limited testimony time, and then transitioned from neighbor island in-person testimony to Oʻahu and later Zoom participants.

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• So is there data on, uh, like this, the test trips?
• But the fentanyl strips, the test, the other testing equipment, the syringe exchange, there is data on
• But the fentanyl strips, the test, the other testing equipment, the syringe exchange, there is data on
• But the fentanyl strips, the test, the other testing equipment, the syringe exchange, there is data on
• But the fentanyl strips, the test, the other testing equipment, the syringe exchange, there is data on

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Ballet Ribbons in uh B Valley Ribbon Mills in Bali, PA, manufactured a 3D woven material, super strength
• ,<00:20:24.880> super manufactured a 3D woven material, super manufactured a 3D woven material
• members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material
• <02:05:09.119> their At Pokeagan State Park, students tested their autonomous low-profile
• <02:10:07.199> and tariffs on building materials and tariffs on building materials and reinstating

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, April 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:45:00.680> adverse be found to have no material adverse be found to have no material adverse
• to be generated, and that expert report will then determine whether there will or will not be a material
• to be generated, and that expert report will then determine whether there will or will not be a material
• provide joined with Karen seeri uh to provide some<01:12:54.520> additional<01:12:54.880> test
• <01:12:55.199> testimony<01:12:55.760> from<01:12:55.960> the some additional test

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So not only are these platforms failing to moderate harmful anti-LGBT material that violates their policies
• They discussed HIV prevention and testing, knowledge, stigma, advocacy, MSM culture.
• a home-based HIV self-testing kit, and adjusted odds of 11.
• community without peers, the intervention participants were more likely to report recent HIV self-testing
• one another, appeared associated with positive health behaviors like increased HIV prevention and testing

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational hearing on the impact of social media on LGBTQ+ youth, focusing on benefits, risks, and possible safeguards. Chair members framed the discussion around the tension between protecting young people from addictive design, harassment, hate speech, exploitation, and mental health harms while preserving access to affirming resources, community, and crisis support that many LGBTQ+ youth rely on online. Members emphasized that the hearing was meant to inform future policy rather than relitigate prior bills, and several members of the LGBTQ+ Caucus attended or participated. The first panel featured lived experience and advocacy testimony from Madi Roby of Alliance for Trans Youth Rights, Shea Gardner of LGBT Tech, and Casey Pick of the Trevor Project. Roby described social media as essential to exploring identity, finding trans language and safety information, and connecting to Trevor Project resources during a family crisis, while also acknowledging online hate and bullying. Gardner argued that lawmakers should regulate harms more precisely rather than impose broad age-based exclusions, warning that account bans and age-gating could cut off access to community, privacy-protective pseudonymity, and crisis resources. Pick testified that LGBTQ+ youth are more likely than peers to attempt suicide, that social media can be both a lifeline and a risk, and that Trevor Space and other moderated online spaces can improve mental health and reduce isolation; she also cautioned against policies that would push youth into less visible, less moderated spaces. Committee members questioned the witnesses about algorithmic feeds, addictive design, age verification, and whether platforms should be required to do more to protect youth. Several lawmakers distinguished between personalized feeds and addictive features such as infinite scroll and autoplay, and asked for more targeted prescriptions. Witnesses generally supported stronger privacy protections, limits on data collection and use, better reporting and moderation tools, digital literacy, and design changes that reduce harmful engagement patterns without eliminating access to community. The discussion also touched on the loss of LGBTQ-specific 988 services at the national level and the importance of maintaining alternative support pathways. The second panel presented research from Common Sense Media, UC Irvine, Hope Lab, and LGBTQ+ Health Australia. Researchers reported that LGBTQ+ youth often arrive online with higher depressive symptoms and limited in-person support, encounter homophobic and transphobic content at high rates, and may self-censor because of fear of harassment. At the same time, many said social media helps them feel less alone and find affirmation. Dr. Sean Young emphasized a harm-reduction approach, noting that online environments can be designed to support health and that policymakers should measure whether restrictions actually reduce harm or simply displace it. Dr. Amy Green echoed that social media is both harmful and supportive for LGBTQ+ youth, underscoring that the policy goal should be to make youth safer rather than less visible online.

Transcript Highlights:

• Committee materials, as always, are posted online, and there are some copies out front for the public
• Committee materials, as always, are posted online, and there are some copies out front for the public
• <00:12:46.639> and the testing and the testing and we<00:12:48.639> also<00:12:48.959
• <00:14:45.519> and right away so the proper testing and right away so the proper testing and
• that I'm going to have to order to test that I'm going to have to use<01:08:16.880> an<01:08:

Bills: HF3465, HF3782, HF4075, HF391, HF3946, HF2976, HF3350

Keywords: theft, vulnerable adults, public safety, penalties, Minnesota statutes, chemical irritants, law enforcement, transparency, building owners, tenant rights, notification, remediation, firearm restrictions, domestic violence, court orders, criminal convictions, firearms prohibition, gun surrender, order for protection, protective order

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• Then, and only then, if you pass that test, are you allowed to go in a lake.
• Then, and only then, if you pass that test, are you allowed to go in a lake.
• are you allowed to go in a that test are you allowed to go in a lake<00:35:13.200> you<00:35:
• I provided in the materials a photograph from Amazon.
• I provided in the materials a photograph from Amazon.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Also, you have a base budget document handout, I believe, in your materials.
• I can offer the material. I can bring the horse to water, but I cannot make him drink.
• So those are things, those are material things we can do in Florida.
• So those are things, those are material things we can do in Florida.
• And that curriculum has been tested with several cohorts of students at FSU at the College of Social

Summary: The committee held its first meeting of the session and received an overview of the Higher Education Appropriations budget from staff director Tim Elwell. He explained the committee’s broad jurisdiction over universities, state colleges, district workforce programs, vocational rehabilitation, blind services, student financial aid, private colleges, and the Board of Governors, and reviewed key budget concepts such as local funds, funds per FTE, performance funding, and the distinction between the total appropriation and the recurring base budget. He noted that higher education is funded largely through state and local sources, with substantial flexibility compared with other state budgets, and that the base budget is heavily weighted toward lump-sum allocations to the public systems. The committee then heard a presentation from the University of South Florida’s Florida Center for Cybersecurity (Cyber Florida), led by retired Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie and USF representative Mark Walsh. They described Cyber Florida as a statewide cybersecurity platform created by the Legislature in 2014 to support education, research, workforce development, public policy, and community engagement. McKenzie emphasized the growing cyber threat environment, Florida’s leadership role, and several funded initiatives, including K-12 outreach, workforce training, a cyber range for county governments, critical infrastructure assessments, grant development, and public conferences and outreach. Members asked about public cyber awareness, the lack of a national cyber defense strategy, school district participation in Cyber Launch, and which counties are most at risk; McKenzie said smaller counties with limited cybersecurity staffing are generally more vulnerable and offered to provide follow-up information. Finally, the committee heard from the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities at the University of Central Florida, led by Dr. Drew Andrews, along with program and parent representatives from participating institutions. Andrews explained the center’s role in coordinating Florida’s postsecondary comprehensive transition programs for students with intellectual disabilities, supporting program development, distributing grants and scholarships, and monitoring outcomes. He reported that the state now has 33 approved programs at 35 institutions, including universities, state colleges, and technical colleges, and that scholarship and grant funding has grown significantly. He said student retention is about 88 percent, many graduates are employed, and median hourly earnings have increased over time. A representative from Southeastern University described how the center’s support helped build and sustain SEU Link, including a new third-year employment-focused option for students.

Transcript Highlights:

• remarkable and positive effect on students' academic, social, and emotional outcomes, including higher test
• <00:05:57.280> scores,<00:05:57.680> more including higher test scores, more including
• higher test scores, more compassion<00:05:58.400> for<00:05:58.639> others,<00:05:59.199
• <00:24:03.360> for materials and information services for materials and information services
• material into the record on HR 3427. material into the record on HR 3427.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, September 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're needing more professional fees for promotional testing.
• We do promotional testing every other year, and this is the year that we would do the testing. ...for
• professional fees for promotional testing.
• We do promotional testing every other year, and this is the year that we would do the testing.
• in the administration of those testing on the DL examiner side of the house ...of those testing on the

Summary: The committee heard a series of Arkansas Department of Human Services budget presentations and questions, beginning with the Secretary’s Office and then the Division of Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health Services. Staff described the divisions’ appropriations, funding sources, and major programs, including senior centers, Meals on Wheels, mental health grants, substance abuse treatment, community alcohol safety, the Medicaid tobacco settlement program, and crisis stabilization units. Members raised concerns about flat or limited funding for senior services, the use and tracing of federal block grants, the lack of a funding source for the veterans’ mental health grant, and the mechanics of the community alcohol safety and treatment programs. The committee also discussed patient benefits funds at state facilities, transportation for senior center clients, and whether some special-language appropriations or fund balances should be revisited. Executive recommendations were adopted for the divisions considered. The committee then reviewed the Division of Children and Family Services and the Division of County Operations. Questions focused on foster care growth, adoption subsidies, professional fees tied to staff training and onboarding, vacancies, the Children’s Trust Fund, and TANF subgrants. Members asked about the reduction or elimination of TANF funding to child advocacy centers and other subgrantees, and DHS explained that prior reserves had been spent down and that the department was now trying to live within the annual TANF block grant and rebuild reserves. County operations questions also covered summer EBT, SNAP employment and training, the farmers’ market program, and the expected impact of a federal SNAP administrative match change, which DHS estimated would increase state costs by about $24 million annually, with roughly $18 million affecting the current year because the change begins October 1. Executive recommendations were again adopted. Finally, the committee heard from the Division of Developmental Disability Services and the Division of Medical Services. DDS testimony covered vacancies, staffing shortages, human development center construction and repairs, the reopening of the Boonville work training program, and funding for infant infirmary and child/family life programs. Medical Services testimony covered the Medicaid program, the current FMAP rate, the Our Kids B CHIP program, Medicaid payments to schools, nursing home distress funding, and large appropriation lines used to provide flexibility for claims and potential facility closures. Members asked for more detail on school Medicaid payments, reserve balances, and why some appropriations were much larger than actual spending. In each division, the committee moved and adopted Executive REC after questions concluded.

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• It's called a standardized test, either the statewide assessment or a standardized test that's nationally
• It's called a standardized test, either the statewide assessment or a standardized test that's nationally
• It's called a standardized test, either the statewide assessment or a standardized test that's nationally
• We don't make value judgments on what the... test either the Statewide assessment or test either the
• <04:24:05.199> and parents who use standardized tests and parents who use standardized tests

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Division 2 work session first took up HB 506, a bill dealing with the return of seized firearms. Members discussed how the measure would shift background-check processing for firearm returns through the Department of Safety, while the physical firearms would still remain with local police unless State Police had taken custody. The department said the bill would change which cases come to it, and members clarified that the bill concerns the background-check decision rather than possession of the firearms. The committee then voted OTP on HB 506 FN by a 7-0 roll call. The committee next discussed HB 671, establishing a kindergarten literacy readiness program. Department of Education staff explained that the bill grew out of a COVID-era Waterford contract that provided home-based early literacy support for families using federal relief funds, at a cost of about $600,000 per year, but that the program ended when those funds expired. Members raised concerns that the bill’s $1 appropriation was not realistic, that the prior program lacked sufficient outcome data, and that the references to ESSA tier-one benchmarks were unclear. The department said it was conducting a broader literacy needs assessment and updating the state literacy plan, including data from the zero-to-five range, K-5, and dyslexia-related work. Waterford representatives described the program as an early-literacy, pre-K readiness service for children ages zero to five, originally designed to work in homes with computers and internet provided where needed, and later expanded in some settings such as daycares and pre-K classrooms. They said the program used assessments at the beginning and end, had served hundreds of children, and was intended to support family engagement and kindergarten readiness. Despite that testimony, members remained concerned about funding and the lack of clear results, and one member moved to retain the bill for more information. The discussion ended with the bill retained rather than advanced.

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• That, emerging through these long weeks of trial and testing, we may discern what You would have us learn
• I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the record along with extraneous material
• I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the record along with extraneous material
• I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the record along with extraneous material
• I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the record along with extraneous material

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Amir Spinoza, Material Movers, lifelong resident of Fresno, and I oppose AB 1425.
• Delilah Clay, on behalf of the California Construction and Industrial Materials Association, in opposition
• Delilah Clay, on behalf of the California Construction and Industrial Materials Association, in opposition
• burns people's skin and eyes, and 19 chemicals or more total that are in the air that we've already tested
• Many industries still rely on fossil fuels for their high-temperature processes to make materials and

Summary: The committee heard several climate, environmental, and housing bills. AB 1425, dealing with pit dewatering near the San Joaquin River Parkway, drew extensive testimony. The author and supporters argued the bill was needed to protect the river, groundwater, floodplain conditions, tribal and cultural resources, and public access from a proposed mining project near the river. Opponents, including Cemex, labor representatives, and industry groups, said the bill would bypass the CEQA process before it was complete, threaten jobs, and create uncertainty for an existing operation. Members questioned both sides about hydrology, blasting, dewatering, and the adequacy of the ongoing environmental review. The bill was moved, but several members expressed concern about preempting CEQA and some did not vote or voted no. AB 881, which would allow California to move forward with carbon capture and sequestration pipelines, was presented as a way to advance state climate goals and capture federal funding. Supporters, including SMUD, labor, and industry groups, said the bill would help deploy carbon capture safely and preserve jobs. Environmental justice opponents supported stronger safety direction and warned that CO2 pipelines pose serious risks and that the state should not move ahead without clearer standards. The bill received a due-pass recommendation to Appropriations. AB 1207, on the cap-and-trade allowance price ceiling and the social cost of carbon, was presented as a science-based update to California’s climate policy. The author and EDF said the bill would keep the program aligned with current economic and climate data and protect it from federal political interference. It received broad support and a due-pass recommendation. AB 1106, creating a coordinated network of air quality incident response centers, was also approved after testimony about wildfire smoke, toxic emissions, and the need for better real-time monitoring during disasters. AB 28, the Landfill Fire Safety Act, focused on the Chiquita Canyon landfill fire and related health impacts in Castaic and Val Verde; residents described serious illnesses and contamination concerns, while landfill and county representatives warned about costs and asked for more study. The committee nonetheless advanced the bill with a due-pass recommendation. The committee also heard AB 357, which would speed Coastal Commission review of student and faculty housing projects, with supporters citing student homelessness and opponents urging caution but acknowledging the need for more housing; the bill was presented and discussed, with the committee emphasizing the need to balance housing production and coastal oversight.

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• The gentleman from Kentucky asked unanimous consent to insert extraneous material in the record on H.R
• And so our police officers have to find it, get it tested, and once they get it tested, they got to go
• of life, powering our grid, our homes, our cars, our manufacturing facilities, and serving as raw materials
• of life, powering our grid, our homes, our cars, our manufacturing facilities, and serving as raw materials
• to revise and extend their remarks and to submit<07:23:30.680> extraneous<07:23:31.240> materials

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

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• Please state your name for the record and begin your test."
• Begin your test. I'm Jeremy Olsen, Begin your test.
• And I believe and begin your test.
• And if I can get the test fires Witty.
• And let's not wait test effectiveness.

Bills: HF3492, HF3493, HF3494, HF3495, HF3602

Keywords: school safety, grants, education funding, Northern Lights Express, security improvements, rural schools, safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, safe schools aid, school security, mental health support, Tribal schools, cybersecurity, funding, mental health, evidence-based plans, public safety