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KY
Transcript Highlights:
- lady for us, and so we've finally corrected this oversight and we're going to be doing a special project
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So, <00:26:52.080>I project when I get back home. - So, I project when I get back home.
- We also have a new bridge<00:33:49.720>
being <00:33:49.960>constructed <00:33:50.560>- > in<00:33:50.680>
Marion bridge being constructed in Marion bridge being constructed in Marion - > in<00:33:50.680>
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Next, in agency 27, State Construction<00:08:56.320>
Department, <00:08:57.200>the <00:08 - :57.519>
Senate <00:08:57.920>has Construction Department, the Senate has Construction - Section 313 was deleted entirely, and that dealt with a cost-benefit analysis of grants and projects
- costbenefit analysis of um grants with a costbenefit analysis of um grants and<00:26:03.279>
projects - or loans as approved by or and projects or loans as approved by or as<00:26:05.840>
requested
Keywords:
911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 16 (1-29-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and So, with this proposal, it creates a program to assist our disabled veterans with the construction
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installation <00:10:07.920>of with the construction installation of - with the construction installation of ramps<00:10:09.200>
for <00:10:09.519>their <00:10 - >> To communicate with the body. >> Yes, sir. >> The capital bonds and capital projects and bond oversight
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oversight <00:25:52.320>committee projects and bond oversight committee projects and
Keywords:
Convene 00:00
Senate Message 04:45
Calendar/2nd Readings 05:20
Report of Committees 07:05
Orders of the Day 08:23
HB 214 08:33
HB 416 12:26
HB 281 16:20
HB 134 18:13
Motions, Petitions, and Communications 21:08
Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 37:01
Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 39:15
ConC/Rules Report 42:29
Floor Amendments 44:27
Correction to Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 46:14
Adjournment 46:40, 958, all
Summary:
The House convened, heard an invocation focused on recovery from a recent storm, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. A quorum was established with 94 members present, absent members were excused, and the rules were suspended to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The journal was approved, and the clerk reported a Senate message transmitting Senate Joint Resolution 23 for concurrence.
The chamber then received second-reading reports on a wide range of bills covering pharmacist reimbursements, grooming a minor, local government liability, water fluoridation, solid waste, highway markings, fiduciary bonds, motor vehicle titles, hearing aid coverage, eating disorder coverage, public safety, pedestrians, cigar bars, backyard chickens, and county law libraries. Committee reports also advanced several bills, including measures on elections, local government, state-operated mental health facilities, prescription drugs, Alzheimer’s services, electric generating unit decommissioning costs, reemployment of retired police officers, and the Kentucky Communications Network Authority. Those favorable reports were treated as first readings and placed on the calendar.
The House passed several bills unanimously by roll call, including House Bill 214 on a program to help disabled veterans obtain and install home wheelchair ramps, House Bill 416 on educator preparation and early assessments, House Bill 281 on streamlining food donations by churches and nonprofits for shelters and disaster victims, and House Bill 134 on sexual assault nurse examiners, creating a statewide coordinator, registry, and regional access plan. In each case, sponsors explained the bills and members voiced support; floor amendment 1 to House Bill 416 was adopted before passage. Clinchers were applied after passage of the bills.
The House also adopted House Resolution 33 recognizing cancer patients, survivors, and families and designating January 29, 2026 as Suits and Sneakers Day, and adopted House Resolution 43 recognizing the economic and cultural partnership between Kentucky and Japan. Members offered additional citations honoring Newport Central Catholic High School and the YMCA, and the chamber observed a moment of silence for Boone County Sheriff Michael Helmig after a citation honoring his service and legacy. Announcements included committee meetings after adjournment, birthday wishes, and the introduction of numerous new bills and resolutions, including measures on kindergarten, bridges, revenue, retirement benefits, concealed deadly weapons, local taxes, motor vehicles, fiscal reporting, SNAP, families and children, vision testing, and a balanced budget amendment application.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Sep 2nd, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2023, it was $321 billion, and now in 2025, it is projected to be $337 billion.
- I looked at the three largest construction projects in one of my districts.
- The third largest construction project is another multi-purpose center for a different high school.
- Signatures to support political projects.
- "Shall" means mandatory under the Texas Code Construction Act. The Constitution imposes a duty.
Bills:
HB18, SB 54, SB 10, HR 76, HR 77, HR 78, HR 82, HR 83, HR 88, HR 89, HR 93, HR 94, HR 95, HR 98, HR 101, HR 102, HR 104, HR 105, HR 107, HR 108, HR 109, HR 110, HR 111, HR 112, HR 113, HR 123, HR 125, HR 79, HR 80, HR 81, HR 84, HR 85, HR 86, HR 87, HR 90, HR 91, HR 92, HR 96, HR 97, HR 100, HR 103, HR 106, HR 114, HR 115, HR 116, HR 117, HR 118, HR 119, HR 120, HR 121, HR 122, HR 124, HB 18, SB 54, SB 10, HB 8
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- So just also looking at this, it also, can you define push button and task work order projects?
- Similar to somebody who's trespassing on a posted construction site has the same penalty.
- I want to see a live-local project in my district built.
- Do any of you have a live-local project being built in your district? Additional debate.
- As a farmer, a teacher, a construction worker, a dishwasher, he believed the best way to lead was to
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests, students, advocates, and a resolution honoring the late USF men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. Senators also observed moments of silence for victims of recent campus violence and for former FSU President John Thrasher. The chamber then moved to special order bills, with several members explaining measures and, in some cases, substituting House companions before final passage.
Among the bills passed were measures updating child care and early learning provider regulation; strengthening penalties and cost recovery for false reporting and swatting; extending protections against extraordinary medical debt collection; expanding hazardous walking condition criteria for schoolchildren; creating young adult housing support for foster and homeless students; and requiring private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to disclose which accommodations they will provide. The Senate also passed a bill adjusting interest rules for trust accounts funding legal aid, after extended debate over the impact on legal aid funding and banking practices, and a transportation package that was heavily amended to address issues such as school bus camera hearings, beach vehicle use for equipment removal, flooded-street wake restrictions, expectant mother parking permits, micromobility regulation, and traffic signal modernization.
The chamber also approved public-records exemptions for Agency for Health Care Administration investigators, Judicial Qualifications Commission employees, and appellate court clerks; a municipal water and sewer rate bill affecting Miami-Dade residents near a plant; motor vehicle offenses involving impersonating law enforcement and obscured license plates; trespass penalties at law-enforcement-controlled locations and large ticketed venues; refund requirements for patient overpayments; stem cell therapy authorization with source and consent limits; and insulin administration authority for direct support professionals and relatives in group homes. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including cardiac emergencies, chemicals and consumer products, and motor vehicle manufacturer/franchise dealer legislation. Most measures passed with strong bipartisan support, though the trust fund interest bill drew notable opposition and passed 28-10, and the Family Empowerment Scholarship bill passed 37-1.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- He serves as a project coordinator at the Rutgers Center for Gambling Studies, where his work focuses
- And then we're going to see the construction phase, the economic impacts of the construction phase, and
- then the of the construction phase, and then the operating and then but we have we need to have an idea
- side, we're going to have the financing cost, cost, we're going to have the opportunity cost of this project
- much taxes are going to be generated, and what is the investment that the state is putting into the project
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And since then, we've completed 11 projects, nine of them... workforce and affordable apartment communities
- And since then, we've completed 11 projects, nine of them. Florida.
- And since then, we've completed 11 projects, nine of them throughout the state of Florida.
- We have five more under construction in Florida, and four more we're going to start construction by the
- of this year, we will have four Florida, 18 affordable communities, either completed or under construction
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education convened with a quorum and first took up CS for SB 1694 on technology education. The bill would require technology-integrated postsecondary general education core courses to include digital literacy and competency instruction, including use of artificial intelligence tools, and would encourage high school computer science courses that include AI to teach how AI systems use data, their benefits and limitations, and responsible use in academic and personal settings. The bill sponsor and several supporters emphasized preparing students for an AI-driven workforce while teaching critical evaluation and ethical use; one speaker raised concerns about overreliance on AI and the need to preserve real-world skills. Senator Davis supported the measure and suggested introducing similar instruction earlier, possibly in middle school. The committee voted the bill favorably, with Senator Leak later recorded in the affirmative.
The committee then heard a large block of confirmations for higher education boards, including appointees to Tallahassee State College, the University of South Florida, the University of North Florida, Palm Beach State College, the College of the Florida Keys, Hillsborough College, Miami-Dade College, Florida A&M University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, New College of Florida, Florida Polytechnic University, and the University of Florida. The appointees generally highlighted backgrounds in education, health care, law, business, technology, and public service, and described priorities such as student success, workforce alignment, affordability, fiscal responsibility, and institutional growth. One nominee to Tallahassee State College was asked about low NCLEX pass rates and said the college had a plan approved by the Florida Board of Nursing. Another nominee discussed Florida Poly’s STEM mission, and several members praised the nominees’ community ties and professional experience.
After hearing the appointees, the committee voted to report the block of confirmations favorably to the Ethics and Elections Committee. The committee then received a high-level overview of the higher education budget, totaling $11.9 billion, with major emphasis on workforce training and development. Highlights included increases for school district workforce education, the Florida College System, workforce development capitalization, a rural educator recruitment program, funding for the USF Center for Nursing, preeminent research universities, UCF’s community school grant program, UF’s literacy and math initiatives, UF’s autism and neurodevelopment center, and a postsecondary guardian program for campus security. Members asked a brief question about a workforce fund transfer, and the chair explained it was a transfer of an existing program with new funds added. No public comment was offered, and the meeting adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 30th, 2026 at 11:09 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Their projects run from picking up trash, helping organizations like the Lions and Kiwanis clubs, partnering
- You have on your desk some information about the New Mexico Historic Women Marker Project and a brownie
- an act relating to water, increasing the annual transfer from the New Mexico Irrigation Works Construction
- Senator Compos, an act making an appropriation to the Department of Game and Fish to design, plan, and construct
- Higher Education Department to supplement reduced or terminated federal funding for existing research projects
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 25, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- uh penitentiary capital construction uh penitentiary capital construction account.<00:10:27.760>
- I got a little project back on the SIPA.
- So this has been an evolution, convolution. investment project account and then investment project account
- right now is that a lot of the projects right now is that a lot of the projects we<00:27:26.159>
- There will be a lot more volume of projects going through the Wyoming DUNA.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I am the government relations director for the Land Stewardship Project.
- on acreage and crops and price projections.
- on acreage and crops and price projections.
- on acreage and crops and projections on acreage and crops and price price price projections.<00:50:15.280
- And she didn't say how many projections.
Bills:
HF2446
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 41st Legislative Day Jun 25th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I think it, by the time Garvin got done with it, we had three projects because they were so expensive
- and road projects.
- But there isn't a safeguard for the projected revenue coming in.
- It's defined under federal law, maritime flare guns, or construction tools.
- It changes the definition of transfer. flare guns or construction tools.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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With decking, housing, and construction. - With decking, housing, and construction.
- constructed beginning in 2025.
- constructed beginning in 2025.
- Many of these projects were bringing new technologies online.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tax Expenditure Review Commission 6/17/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The MID has an estimate of annual revenue loss of $49.4 million in fiscal year 2024 and is projected
- <01:05:59.520>
to <01:05:59.600>increase year 2024 and is projected to increase year - 2024 and is projected to increase to<01:06:00.320>
74.9 <01:06:01.560>million <01:06:02.040 - Louis finds that the home mortgage interest deduction encourages the purchase and construction of larger
- encourages the purchase and construction encourages the purchase and construction of<01:12:11.560
Summary:
The Tax Expenditure Review Commission met on June 17, 2026, approved the January 20, 2026 minutes, and then adopted updated commission procedures. The procedural changes, presented by Legislative Budget Office Director Christian Larson, required a quorum of voting members to complete evaluations before a formal recommendation vote, and allowed members to bundle or unbundle tax expenditures for voting. The commission approved the revised procedures by roll call vote, with five ayes and four excused.
The commission then reviewed member evaluation summaries for tax expenditures presented in December 2025 and January 2026. It first considered the alcoholic beverage tax credits for small brewers and microdistilleries, and after discussion voted to recommend repeal of those two expenditures, while leaving the small winery credit for a later meeting because it lacked enough member responses under the new procedures. The vote on the repeal recommendation passed 4-1, with Commissioner Marquart voting no.
The commission next approved the lawful gambling bundle, which included bingo, raffle, and related exemptions. Larson reported that most members recommended continuation for each item, and the commission voted to recommend continuing all six lawful gambling expenditures. It then reviewed the residential utility services bundle—residential heating fuels, residential water services, and sewer services—where members generally favored continuation but several noted possible modifications or caps for higher-income users; the commission voted to recommend continuation of the bundle.
Finally, the commission reviewed the data center equipment sales tax exemption, which Larson said had an estimated annual revenue loss of $95 million and was intended to create jobs in construction and data center industries. Members raised questions about its effectiveness and whether the exemption should be modified or capped, but the commission ultimately voted to recommend continuation. The meeting concluded with these recommendations set to be included in the commission’s 2026 annual report.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Finance (Part II) Jan 29th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Last are the projects removed from the capital budget rider, primarily due to completion of the projects
- Last are the projects removed from the capital budget rider, primarily due to completion of the projects
- I hope that there are more projects.
- This was the project that was completed last summer.
- “Projects include two things: increased data center services and funding for the Hazelwood project.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard budget presentations for the Texas Historical Commission, the Pension Review Board, the Employees Retirement System (ERS), Social Security and benefit replacement pay, the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System (TESSRS), and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The Legislative Budget Board outlined recommendations and major changes for each agency, including reductions tied to one-time projects at the Historical Commission, continued funding for courthouse grants, heritage trails, and Holocaust/genocide education, as well as new or modified riders and capital items. For the pension-related items, LBB described funding changes for PRB, ERS, Social Security, and TESSRS, including ERS health plan cost growth driven largely by pharmacy costs, the status of pension funding reforms, and TESSRS’s request for additional state support to address its unfunded liability and staffing needs.
Members asked extensive questions about the Historical Commission’s one-time funding, unexpended balance authority, courthouse preservation, the Presidio La Bahia and National Museum of the Pacific War projects, and coordination of Texas history messaging across sites such as the Alamo, San Jacinto, Washington on the Brazos, and other heritage locations. The Historical Commission chair emphasized heritage tourism, economic development, and the need for continued investment in historic sites, staffing, IT modernization, and vehicles. On the pension items, senators discussed PRB oversight of local systems, including the Dallas police and fire pension situation, and ERS investment returns, benchmark comparisons, and rising health costs. ERS officials said the plan remains well funded overall, noted a 2021 cash balance reform and a planned supplemental legacy payment, and explained that GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro are a major driver of pharmacy spending; they also said the agency is working with the Texas Pharmacy Initiative and that rebates are contractually returned to ERS.
For TESSRS, LBB and agency staff said the system serves volunteer and part-paid emergency personnel, is facing an infinite amortization period, and is requesting additional appropriations, staffing, and IT funding, along with a statutory change to allow an actuarially determined state contribution. The agency said it may otherwise need to cut benefits for volunteer firefighters. For CPRIT, LBB reported about $600 million in recommended funding for the biennium and a 10-FTE increase, while the agency described its $6 billion voter-approved program, $3.75 billion in grants awarded to date, and $10.4 million in revenue sharing since 2011. CPRIT’s only exceptional item was a request for a 10% salary increase for two exempt positions. No committee votes or formal actions were taken in the transcript.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 18th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is a little bit about the Semilla project and the project for next year And this is what we are
- But thank you again, and to the Asimio Project.
- Gulf Water Pipeline Project, an area that we can look at investing.
- So those were the top priorities, but there are projects across the board.
- And so, this is an ongoing project.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee Jun 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- One is a budget, $12 million one-time funding for the Garment Worker Center pilot project.
- And I'm proud that in this budget, we have $12 million for this Garment Worker Center project.
- There were many big issues that we continue to work on for this Garment Worker Center project.
- These measures are essential for the overall strategy to complete the high-speed rail project.
- Thank you so much for restoring the funding to the California Reducing Disparities Project.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Committee heard opening remarks on the 2025 Budget Act, which will be amended into AB 101 and SB 101 for floor consideration. Committee leaders described the budget as a difficult compromise shaped by a $12 billion deficit, federal funding uncertainty, wildfire impacts, and rising out-year costs, while emphasizing a balance between compassion and fiscal responsibility. Each budget subcommittee chair then summarized major actions in their areas, including health care, human services, education, climate and transportation, housing and state administration, public safety, and oversight/transparency.
Key policy items included delaying or narrowing some of the Governor’s proposed cuts, especially in Medi-Cal and other safety-net programs; preserving funding for dental care, women’s health, family planning, hospice, long-term care, IHSS, and services for undocumented Californians; and maintaining or expanding child care, foster care, food banks, and CalWORKs-related supports. Education actions included additional Proposition 98 settle-up, reduced deferrals, support for TK-12, teacher recruitment, literacy, mental health, preschool slots, and restored funding for UC and CSU. Other major items included housing and homelessness investments, wildfire and disaster response funding, transit loans and greenhouse gas reduction fund support, Proposition 36 and VOCA-related public safety funding, and oversight measures on federal impacts and state efficiency.
Department of Finance and Legislative Analyst staff said the package makes some of the same savings moves as the May Revision but relies more on internal borrowing and fewer reductions, leaving a smaller reserve than the administration’s plan but still maintaining roughly $11 billion in the rainy day fund. Members from both parties largely supported the package while raising concerns about long-term sustainability, Medi-Cal costs, reserve use, and the need for future revenue and program review. The committee adopted the subcommittee actions by roll call, 18-6, with the roll held open for absent members and additional comments continuing after the vote.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Investments and Pensions Oversight Oct 8th, 2025
Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Can you tell us if there was a disparity found as we're trying to construct this letter?
- As we're constructing this letter, I'd say, are we looking to have an action in the letter to ask for
- We could go back to the Manhattan Project. And see our legacy of applied physics.
- For those of you who don't know, DARPA is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
- How much is the NSA going to be involved in the development of a commercial-scale project that we are
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC) Jun 19th, 2026
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Transcript Highlights:
- Two, approved waiver requests from school districts for cooperative purchasing and construction services
- rules, and two, approved waiver requests from school districts for cooperative purchasing and construction
- It has a $14 million projected contract.
- The subcommittee heard testimony from the Arkansas State Crime Lab regarding the construction and the
- timeline for the new crime lab that is under construction.
Summary:
The Arkansas Legislative Council met and first adopted the previous meeting minutes, then honored Lori McDonald of the Department of Human Services for nearly 28 years of state service. Members read a resolution recognizing her legislative, constituent, and leadership work at DHS, and the council adopted it unanimously. McDonald thanked members for their support, and the Senate also presented her with a citation, a flag flown over the Capitol, and a commemorative coin.
The council then received the May 2026 revenue report, which showed gross adjusted collections of $7.76 billion year-to-date, up 4.4% from the prior year, and net available for distribution of $6.36 billion. The Bureau of Legislative Research noted collections were running above last year and that the updated forecast reflected a surplus. The Executive Subcommittee report was adopted after members were told it had approved captive insurance premiums and deductibles, a claims administration contract, emergency DHS rules, waiver requests, committee fund allocations, and the cancellation of the regular July ALC meeting in favor of only meeting for urgent matters.
Several subcommittee reports were then adopted, including Administrative Rules, Game and Fish and State Police, Hospital/Medicaid/Developmental Disabilities, Lottery Oversight, Occupational Licensing Review, Peer Review, Review, State Insurance Programs Oversight, and Personnel. During the Administrative Rules discussion, members questioned the Department of Education about delays and vendor performance under the ClassWallet contract; department officials said they were meeting regularly with the vendor, keeping expense review in-house, and would consider other options if needed. In Personnel, the Department of Commerce clarified that a reallocation request was part of a broader departmental realignment and shared services move, not the Arkansas Workforce Connection waiver. The council also reviewed and took action on several communications, including filing retirement system investment summaries as reviewed, approving rural community grant funding, giving favorable advice for state park acquisitions/expansion, approving special maintenance funding for state parks, and filing proposed Office of State Technology service rates as reviewed before adjourning.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC) Jun 19th, 2026
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Transcript Highlights:
- rules; and two, approved waiver requests from school districts for cooperative purchasing and construction
- rules, and two, approved waiver requests from school districts for cooperative purchasing and construction
- It has a $14 million projected contract.
- The subcommittee heard testimony from the Arkansas State Crime Lab regarding the construction and the
- timeline for the new crime lab that is under construction.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Sep 11th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So the numerous water projects no longer have funding that covers the numerous water projects for full
- We found Some very successful projects.
- You can do one to three projects a year. We're losing ground.
- And there's actually a dot on the map for each project, so you can just click on projects that way too
- But there's a green hydrogen project in the works.