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• THIS BILL IS NOT AN ASK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR ALLOCATED DOLLARS.
• WE ARE COMPETING WITH MIAMI, COMPETING WITH ATLANTA, PHOENIX, HOUSTON FOR FEDERAL FUNDING, FOR TRANSPORTATION
• FROM HOME TAX CREDIT PROGRAM WHICH IS FUNDED UP TO $5 MILLION PER FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR
• PROGRAM.
• ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OUR FAMILIES URGE YOU ALL TO IMPLEMENT TAX POLICY THAT ACTUALLY FUNDS

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I heard the funding.
• Find out about all the different programs that can help our kids, you know, a good program like Bridge
• We are a non-federally recognized tribe, and we don't hold federal status, which means that everything
• Also, I'm advocating for additional funding for the American Indian programs.
• Also, I'm advocating for additional funding for the American Indian programs.

Summary: The Select Committee on Native American Affairs held a historic hearing at Table Mountain Rancheria focused on tribal education, culture, resilience, leadership, and trust. The opening prayer and remarks emphasized the significance of holding the first committee hearing on tribal land. Members said the hearing was intended both to hear testimony about ongoing problems in schools and to identify next steps for legislation and policy, especially as the session neared its end. The committee also referenced recent efforts supporting Native students’ right to wear regalia at graduation and broader concerns about representation in education and state institutions. The first panel centered on Native students’ experiences in public schools. Bella Garcia described a two-year fight with Clovis Unified over wearing tribal regalia at graduation, including a restrictive approval form and administrators who she said denied Native identity and made her feel invisible. Morningstar Ghali connected those experiences to the legacy of boarding schools, racial profiling, suspensions, and the “boarding school to prison pipeline,” and called for culturally responsive education, Native educators, counselors, Native studies, and restorative justice. Janet K. Bill, from the Attorney General’s Office of Native American Affairs, described her own path from tribal Head Start to Stanford, law school, tribal council, and state service, and said education, justice, and sovereignty are linked. Members asked about restorative justice, representation, and how to build pipelines into leadership and education roles. The second panel focused on solutions. Chairwoman Michelle Heredia Cordova urged a reimagined education system that is more personalized, experiential, culturally grounded, and balanced with land-based learning, while also recruiting Native teachers and creating stronger tribal partnerships. Chairman Leo Sisku said schools should educate educators, stop tokenizing Native students, and create accountability and consequences for discriminatory behavior; he also supported stronger tribal-school partnerships and more positive outreach. Chairman Fred Bean emphasized consistent engagement from tribal leaders at every level of schooling, stronger transitions from elementary to college, and programs that prepare Native youth for leadership, trades, and higher education. Chairman Shaineto of Tule River argued that schools and administrators should face consequences for violating Native students’ rights, and that Native people should not have to keep educating institutions about basic cultural respect. Committee members responded by discussing possible statewide solutions, including regional tribal boards, better enforcement of existing laws, stronger pipelines into teaching and leadership, and improved representation on boards and in state agencies. Several members raised the need to implement existing laws, fill vacant Native appointments, and consider broader protections for Native regalia and cultural expression. No formal vote was taken in the transcript, but the hearing concluded with a clear call for continued collaboration, accountability, and legislation driven by Native voices.

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• It is a federal obligation.
• Most of California's wildland is owned federally, is managed federally.
• County, who's been abdicated any federal funds, is not moving quick enough and isn't doing enough while
• they're not getting the federal funds that they need.
• When you cut a community off, While they're not getting the federal funds that they need, when you cut

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer and pledge, and then moved through a largely ceremonial floor session with multiple guest introductions and recognitions. Members honored the retirement of long-serving committee secretary Marisa Lancaster, recognized Assemblymember Rubio’s parents on her mother’s 80th birthday, welcomed school and agency guests, and celebrated Crescenta Valley Water District’s 75th anniversary. The body also adopted several resolutions recognizing Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day and California FFA, with strong bipartisan support and co-author additions. The main policy item was AJR 27, a resolution urging federal disaster aid for Los Angeles-area wildfire recovery, especially the Palisades and Eaton fires. Supporters from both parties emphasized the need for immediate, unconditional federal assistance for displaced residents, businesses, and communities still rebuilding, while some Republicans argued the state and local governments should move faster on permitting, recovery, and mitigation and criticized state spending priorities. After debate, the resolution was opened for co-authors and then adopted on a 68-0 roll call vote. The Assembly also adopted ACR 133 on Girl Day by voice vote after 70 co-authors were added, ACR 138 honoring FFA with 73 co-authors and voice adoption, and ACR 136 on Engineers Week with 69 co-authors and unanimous consent on the consent calendar. The chamber then heard adjournment-in-memory tributes for Juan Antonio Pacheco and Paul L. McAiley, and adjourned until Monday, March 2, at 1 p.m.

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• , and ensuring infrastructure funds are made eligible for all the transportation-related programs.
• Because you are consolidating programs, and these programs are allocated funds, we want to make sure
• to show that we are not trying to change the These programs are allocated funds.
• undersubscribed programs to oversubscribed programs.
• The program is eliminated if federal is eliminated if federal law or Supreme Court decision gives the

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 1904, which would classify intentionally released helium balloons as litter and create criminal penalties for balloon releases. The author and supportive witnesses argued that balloon releases harm wildlife, livestock, waterways, and infrastructure, and that the bill would close a loophole in current litter law. Several members questioned whether criminal penalties were appropriate, and the author said he was willing to work toward civil penalties and fines instead. No vote was taken, and HB 1904 was left pending. The committee then took up several pending bills and reported them favorably to the full House, including HB 3249, HB 3866, HB 4112, HB 1768, HB 1499, HB 573, and HB 464. These measures dealt with topics such as TCEQ contested-case procedures, outdoor storage containers, high-level radioactive waste, concrete plant permitting and grants, unannounced concrete batch plant inspections, and a scrap tire grant program. Most were adopted with substitutes and passed on recorded votes, generally with unanimous or near-unanimous support. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 3997, which would create expedited permitting timelines for LNG facilities and related wastewater permits. Industry witnesses said the bill would provide certainty for multibillion-dollar projects without eliminating public participation, while environmental groups opposed parts of the bill that they said could limit contested-case participation and be unrealistic for SOAH timelines. TCEQ staff described the current wastewater permitting process and said some of the bill’s timing provisions could be workable, especially with an expedited fee. The bill was left pending after the author said he would continue working on committee substitute language. The committee also heard HB 1237 on extending the renewal window for expired TCEQ occupational water licenses, and HB 4519, a TERP consolidation bill that would combine several clean transportation grant programs into fewer programs. HB 1237 was left pending without testimony, while HB 4519 drew broad support from environmental and industry witnesses who favored simplifying the program, though some asked for stronger emphasis on particulate matter and hydrogen funding. The committee withdrew the substitute on HB 4519 and left it pending. Finally, HB 5033, which would eliminate the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program if federal authority changes, drew opposition from environmental and inspection-industry witnesses who warned it would weaken air-quality protections and could remove an important enforcement tool. The author said the bill was intended as a trigger mechanism and would be refined, and HB 5033 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 1227 on municipal solid-waste franchise fees and private-provider access; the author said he would bring a substitute after hearing concerns from cities, and the bill was left pending.

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• We are already, as a state, not capitalizing on federal funding programs.
• Because even though there's federal law, you know, federal laws on— Because even though there's federal
• We're not talking about federal law.
• There's a federal program.
• As you may know, reservations are federal land, and it was the federal government who put them there

Bills: SB1152, SB1156, SB1157, SB1213, SB1232, SB1268

Keywords: immigration, public benefits, asylum, verification, Arizona Revised Statutes, appropriation, public safety, detention, unauthorized aliens, local government funding, border security, fencing, appropriations, southern border, local government, immigration enforcement, probation, law enforcement, court notification, civil rights

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• of the county to establish county programs or to fund other programs that are necessary to meet the
• of the county to establish county programs or to fund other programs that are necessary to meet the
• of the program funding, the eligibility requirements to receive funding, and the total dollars awarded
• Could you maybe provide a description of the types of programs that are funded through the FMR program
• we do not need to walk away from federal funding or any funding, especially in this day and age when

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• fund and grant fund task force. fund and grant fund task force.
• fund and currently the funds added this fund and currently the funds were<01:24:06.480> used<
• under the statutes there or whether there's federal programs available that they could get together
• they federal programs available that they federal programs available that they could<01:50:32.000
• The funding that's currently allocated for that program is specifically for mitigation of exotic aquatic

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• > programs Without these funds, those programs Without these funds, those programs close<01:16
• But why is our sheet here not showing any federal funds?
• sheet here not showing any federal sheet here not showing any federal funds?
• c> um<02:25:00.800> we those federal funds also, unless um we those federal funds also, unless
• here, 8.87 in both general and federal here, 8.87 in both general and federal funds<02:56:41.840

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division 3 work session focused largely on amendment 1176 to HB 2, which would have incorporated the substance of HB 548FN, a House-passed bill creating a direct-pay or membership-based model for health care facilities. Representative Mlan described the proposal as a way to increase competition in health care by extending the direct-care model used in primary care to facilities, arguing it could encourage innovation and that concerns about widespread harm to critical access hospitals were overstated. He pointed to Oklahoma’s long-standing Surgical Center model as evidence that the approach had not spread broadly or displaced hospitals there. Several members and witnesses raised concerns. Representative Stringham questioned whether the model would shift profitable services and patients away from existing hospitals, potentially worsening their finances and affecting Medicaid-related funding. David Ross, speaking for county nursing homes, opposed the language because it also removed moratoriums on nursing home, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, and self-pay beds, warning that it could increase pressure on Medicaid rates and undermine community-based care. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association said the proposal appeared to create a separate regulatory framework for direct-pay facilities and raised concerns about patient safety, CMS participation rules, and a separate patient bill of rights. The chair concluded that, because HB 548 was already moving through the Senate, the HB 2 process was not the best vehicle for the policy and that the issue should be left to the Senate’s more deliberative committee process. Representative Ferski moved to not accept or remove amendment 1176 from the agenda, and the committee approved the motion by roll call, 9-0, withdrawing the item from HB 2.

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• Importantly, a foreclosure mediation pilot program was enacted in 2024.
• Let's allow that program to generate data and insights first.
• , which is what they need set up, to administer this program.
• Thankfully, the foreclosure mediation program came into effect.
• It's a federal court for that case.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Committee on Financial Services heard testimony on several bills focused on consumer debt, mortgage regulation, credit unions, and foreclosure prevention. The Attorney General’s Office strongly supported the Debt Collection Fairness Act (S. 735/H. 1275), saying it would curb abusive debt collection, prevent stale claims, limit civil arrest warrants, modernize wage garnishment rules, and reduce judgment interest rates. Senator Eldridge and legal aid advocates echoed that support, while the Massachusetts Bankers Association and the Massachusetts Mortgage Bankers Association supported bills on credit union mission/competition, consumer privacy in mortgage applications, subprime loan definitions, UCC updates, and protections for vulnerable adults, but opposed foreclosure mediation proposals and several credit union expansion measures, arguing they would distort competition and add unnecessary burdens. A large portion of the hearing focused on foreclosure prevention bills (S. 765/H. 1090), with testimony from homeowners, housing organizers, and legal advocates describing predatory lending, confusing servicing practices, health harms, and displacement caused by foreclosure. Supporters said a statewide pre-foreclosure mediation program would give borrowers and lenders a chance to reach alternatives such as loan modifications or repayment plans, and cited local experience in Lynn where mediation reportedly produced high rates of foreclosure alternatives. Opponents from the banking industry argued Massachusetts already has strong foreclosure protections and that a new mandatory process could delay resolution without added benefit, though they also noted a 2024 pilot should be evaluated first. The committee also heard strong support for H. 1282/S. 684, which would update the Massachusetts Uniform Commercial Code. State Street and a bankruptcy attorney said the changes are needed to keep commercial law current with electronic transactions, tokenized assets, and blockchain technology, and to maintain competitiveness with other states. The hearing concluded after public testimony, with no bill votes taken during the session; the chair thanked speakers and the committee voted to adjourn.

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• : the Historical Texas Cemetery designation program.
• language education methods, with a focus on dual language immersion programs.
• Senate Bill 217 creates the historical Texas-Freedmen Cemetery designation program.
• I move to suspend the regular order of business. program.
• The federal government does not preempt the regulation of fuel depots.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation by Pastor Jim Harris of Tilden Baptist Church, followed by remarks from Senator Zaffirini recognizing his service and retirement as an agricultural teacher. The chamber also received a message from the governor on appointments to the Coastal Water Authority Board of Directors. Senators then adopted SR 434 honoring Goodwill Industries of San Antonio’s 80th anniversary, with Senators Gutierrez, Menendez, and Zaffirini praising its workforce training and second-chance employment mission; SR 435 recognizing Dr. Christine Ramos Camacho as Doctor of the Day; and a group of additional resolutions adopted by voice vote. Senator Zaffirini also introduced the McMullen County Day delegation, and Senator Gutierrez introduced the Doctor of the Day. The Senate then took up and passed several bills. SB 1951 addressed penalties for late property rendition filings and removed a financial incentive for appraisal districts; SB 1261 related to financing water supply projects in the state water plan; SB 1620 created a Texas Forensic Analyst Apprenticeship Pilot Program; SB 530 updated higher-education accreditation rules; SB 2183 standardized fireworks sales periods statewide; SB 2368 strengthened the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act and added foreign-affiliation safeguards for electricity market participants; SB 1398 limited children without placement (CWOP) practices and added community-based care transparency; and SB 1960 established digital replication rights for voice and visual likenesses. Each of these bills advanced through suspension of the regular order, passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage, with recorded votes generally showing strong support and some opposition on a few measures. The chamber also debated SB 825, which would require an annual study of the economic, environmental, and financial impacts of illegal immigration. Senators Middleton, Hinojosa, Gutierrez, and Eckhardt debated whether the study should include positive as well as negative impacts; an amendment to require that broader analysis failed, and the bill was left pending after passage to engrossment. Other measures passed included SB 2010, prohibiting political subdivisions from operating guaranteed income programs; SB 546, requiring reporting and continued implementation of school bus seat belts; SB 586, establishing the Historical Texas Cemetery designation program; SB 1150, requiring inactive oil and gas wells to be plugged or returned to production under a compliance plan; SB 1184, lowering the minimum age of wine eligible for sale by wine collection sellers; SB 2185, clarifying bilingual education allotment funding; SB 1923, making child support follow the child in certain temporary placements; SB 2252, expanding early literacy and numeracy supports and screening tools; SB 1870, barring local decriminalization of drugs; and SB 2405, the major TDCJ sunset bill, which included facility planning, parole and rehabilitation reforms, and an amendment protecting parole board discretion. Most of these bills were adopted after floor amendments and passed with recorded votes, often along party-line or near-party-line divisions.

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• But then the department also utilizes the Clean Water Fund for some really excellent programs, as you
• I was happy to see that this funding increased this year, and I hope to see this program continue at
• I was happy to see that this funding increased this year, and I hope to see this program continue at
• I was happy to see that this funding increased this year, and I hope to see this program continue at
• I was happy to see that this funding increased this year, and I hope to see this program continue at

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• , critical shortage in terms of funding, critical shortage in terms of funding, federal<01:19:04.000
• 05.360> um<01:19:05.520> the The federal funding, which has been the majority of our funding
• We are at a critical shortage in terms of funding, federal funding which has been the majority of our
• The tumor registry, which has been a victim of federal fund cuts.
• <01:23:07.840> government funding cuts from the federal government funding cuts from the federal

Bills: HB1183, HB1656, HB1658, HB1661, HB1663, HB1664, HB1859, HB2116, HB2271, HB2276, HB2335, HB2360, HB2387, HB2472, HB1805, HB2469, HB1815, HB1860, HB2117, HB2118, HB2437, HB2438, HB2604, HB1590, HB2156, HB2268

Keywords: retirement, pension, law enforcement, public safety, Hawaii Revised Statutes, indebtedness, salary recovery, employee compensation, deductions, financial management, collective bargaining, employee relations, impasse procedures, arbitration, public employment, HB1661, cafeteria plan, Section 125, Internal Revenue Code, flexible spending account

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• Senate Bill 2895, opera programs and funds, direct transfer of certain available and unexpended funds
• of federal funds, federal grant authority.
• <00:55:05.600> funds<00:55:06.520> federal uh restoration of federal funds federal
• uh restoration of federal funds federal restoration<00:55:07.560> federal<00:55:07.840> grant
• We had federal fund authorization for some natural resource training or education funds for $70,000,

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 12 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, opened with prayer and the pledge, and then dispensed with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. The chamber also recognized several guests and groups, including the doctor of the day, visitors from Quebec, the Sumrall High School boys soccer team, Starkville public safety officials, and the Hattiesburg High School choral arts program. A resolution honoring the long-standing partnership between Quebec and Mississippi was read and adopted, and Ms. Nathalie Rivard of Quebec addressed the Senate about historical ties and economic cooperation between Quebec and Mississippi. The Senate then moved through a series of procedural actions on the calendar, including multiple motions to table reconsideration on medical cannabis and ARPA-related bills, and several motions to not concur and invite conference on workforce and budget measures. Among those were Senate Bill 2294, the Mississippi Future Innovators Act, Senate Bill 2288 on workforce training, Senate Bill 2401 on workforce development, Senate Bill 2189 on budget transfers, Senate Bill 2895 on ARPA funds, and Senate Bill 2917 on appropriations transfers. These motions were adopted, sending the measures to conference or otherwise advancing them as noted. A major portion of the meeting focused on appropriations bills. House Bill 1935, the Education Department appropriation, was explained in detail and adopted after a strike-all amendment; the bill includes funding for the student formula, teacher and assistant pay raises, special education supplements, school attendance officers, testing contracts, early learning coaches, and CTE instructor raises, with offsets from reduced or eliminated line items such as school safety platforms and certain vendor programs. The Senate also adopted strike-all amendments and passed House Bills 1936 and 1937 for Mississippi Public Broadcasting and the Library Commission, and then moved on to House Bill 1933 for the Bureau of Building. The Senate recessed until 2:30 p.m. and announced an appropriations meeting shortly after recess, while leadership noted that many supplemental appropriations bills would be considered later with attention to whether they contained reverse repealers and would go to conference or final passage.

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• our we can have federal funds coming to our we can have federal funds coming to our state.<00:21:
• government cancels or withholds payment of federal funds that pay the federal portion of the Housing
• the federal government cuts off funding the federal government cuts off funding which<00:35:38.720
• name onto that funding program, that police<00:55:34.000> training<00:55:34.440> program.
• Uh so there programs could seek funding.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• funds.
• ...and which funding sources or program cuts would be first in line if federal aid declines.
• and 12 million of federal funds.
• So it really was sort of a seminal program. of the seminal program.
• And that has engendered candor programs or communication resolution programs—programs that are endorsed

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• <00:35:50.480> and program fund to assist immigration and program fund to assist immigration
• A special fund to be designated as the Law Enforcement 287G Program Fund is created within the State
• <01:07:42.840> fund program fund program fund that ICE has a $10 billion annual budget and a $75
• uh to this program fund instead of in a general fund.
• <01:11:31.840> to<01:11:32.000> give 287 program fund can get them to give 287 program

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 12 February, 2026; 9:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, dispensed with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles, and heard an invocation and pledge. The early portion of the meeting focused on recognizing recipients of the 2026 Governor’s Arts Awards. The Senate adopted resolutions honoring Greg Harkins for excellence in traditional craft, Jesse Robinson for lifetime achievement in blues music, Heather Christian for excellence in music composition, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra for excellence in performing arts, and Dorothy “Dottie” Armstrong for excellence in art education. The executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission briefly thanked the senators and invited them to the evening awards ceremony. The chamber also received several announcements and introductions, including recognition of the Mississippi Society of Radiologic Technologists’ Capitol Day and visiting students from several radiologic science programs. There was also mention of an out-of-order resolution commemorating the 155th anniversary of Alcorn State University, though no action on it was detailed in the excerpt. On the calendar, the Senate took up Senate Bill 2915, which concerns alcoholic beverages, native wine retail permits, and festival permits. The bill was explained as a measure to support Mississippi’s native wineries by allowing free-standing tasting rooms in different parts of the state while maintaining tax collection; a committee substitute and a friendly amendment were adopted, and the bill passed by use of the morning roll call. The Senate then began consideration of Senate Bill 2828, the Money Transmission Modernization Act, which would impose transaction fees, create a Law Enforcement 287G Program Fund, provide an income tax credit for fees paid, and revise licensing and control definitions. After objections to the usual motion, the bill was read at length, but the excerpt ends before final action on that measure.

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• federal funds which is gets 75% of their federal funds which is far<03:09:39.920> less<03:09:40.160
• <03:09:47.120> funding courts that if you are federally funding courts that if you are federally
• First of all, the coalition gets millions of dollars of federal funding to operate the same program,
• <03:50:47.840> funds intent of state and federal funds intent of state and federal funds awarded
• 4E,<05:23:39.520> the of federal funding in title 4E, the of federal funding in title 4E,

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• is how will the program be funded? is how will the program be funded?
• <00:26:54.040> their<00:26:54.160> program their legislature to fund their program
• And that could go to your insurance program to help fund...
• And that could go to your insurance program to help fund...
• And that could go to your insurance program to help fund...

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This bill will update the Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program to ensure that the program is meeting
• when we are helping to fund the rest of the nation.
• Senate Bill 1191 extends the sunset date for the California High-Cost Fund A and B programs by five years
• programs continue to be necessary for rural communities.
• programs.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This program has existed without this fund, and it will continue without this fund.
• program<01:02:47.200> at<01:02:47.520> a funding this grant program at a funding this
• This program has existed without<01:03:39.200> this<01:03:39.520> fund<01:03:39.839>
• <02:42:53.280> in federal programs that are already in federal programs that are already in
• So I want to start with if passed, this legislation will put at risk $395 million in federal funding

Keywords: 1189, house, all