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• It ensures that the housing trust board members are selected pursuant to their joint powers agreement
• Chloe Shea, on behalf of California Environmental Voters, in support.
• But first I have to reach an agreement with that company, so I have to tell my deputy police chief slash
• But first I have to reach an agreement with that company, so I have to tell my deputy police chief slash

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• However, as we work through this with our stakeholders, and we make agreements that the records in the
• Agreement with you every two years.
• You have the ability to change that partnership agreement that we operate under, and you often do so
• and will today, oil field theft is... significant concern and impact from a financial and even environmental

Bills: SB552 , SB1099 , SB1124 , SB1208 , SB1372 , SB1506 , SB1667 , SB1804 , SB1806 , SB1870 , SB1936 , SB1937 , SB2180 , SB2405 , SB2569 , SB2570 , SB1646

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Keywords: community supervision, criminal justice, illegal alien, deferred adjudication, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, SB 1099, undocumented immigrant, unauthorized immigrant, immigration status, felony sentencing enhancement, criminal penalty increase, Texas Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, affirmative finding, judgment finding, deportation, public safety, immigration enforcement, sentencing reform, felony offense

Transcript Highlights:

• Just want to confirm that there is an agreement that has been reached as far as the director for that
• that has been reached as far agreement that has been reached as far as<02:34:12.479><c> the</c><02:34
• And we were tasked with forming three agreements, uh, in order to get the release done.
• So it was three separate agreements worked on in order to get the release.
• So it was three separate agreements worked on in order to get the release.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The agreement before us would not have been possible without her leadership.
• And beyond those steps, we signal that there is a path for the House and the Senate to find agreement
• There is the willingness... ...to find agreement to reform the rules.
• I just want to say the new joint rules are a bipartisan agreement that improves how the Massachusetts
• This legislation authorizes future capital spending for the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate first adopted three congratulatory resolutions recognizing the retirements of Dolores Hayes, Lisa Audet, and Kate Fitzpatrick. It then handled several procedural matters, including suspending Joint Rule 12 to refer a sick leave bank bill for a Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office employee to the Committee on Public Service and referring House petitions to their respective committees. The chamber also adopted a conference report on the joint rules for the 2025-2026 session after remarks from Senators Creem, Tarr, Lovely, and Fattman emphasizing transparency, public access, recorded votes, longer notice for hearings and conference reports, remote participation, and periodic review of the rules. The report was accepted by a 40-0 roll call. The Senate then took up the bill strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth, Senate No. 2538, commonly described as Shield Act 2.0. Senator Friedman and others argued the bill was needed to protect reproductive and gender-affirming care from out-of-state and federal interference, to limit disclosure of sensitive information, to create a state-level EMTALA-style protection for emergency care and active labor, and to strengthen privacy and licensing protections for providers and institutions. Senators Cyr, Lovely, and Fattman also spoke in support, framing the bill as a response to recent federal and state threats and as an extension of Massachusetts’ prior shield-law work. The chamber considered numerous amendments. Several were rejected, including amendments by Senators Finegold and Keenan and multiple Tarr amendments on topics such as medical records, consistency with existing law, and public health data collection. Some amendments were adopted, including a Montigny amendment on health-connected data disclosure, a Brownsberger amendment further protecting privacy for reproductive and gender-affirming care, a Rauch amendment clarifying protections for patients in active labor, a Tarr amendment removing an exemption for data from personal tracking devices, and a Rodrigues corrective amendment. After the amendments, the Ways and Means substitute was adopted, the bill was ordered to a third reading, and it then passed to be engrossed by a 37-3 roll call. At the end of the session, the Senate adopted a memorial adjournment in honor of former Senate Majority Leader Louis P. Bertinazi. The Governor also filed a message submitting a bill to build resilience for Massachusetts communities, authorizing future capital spending for energy and environmental affairs, which was referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. The Senate then adopted an order to meet again the following Monday at 1 p.m. and adjourned.

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• the state-owned facilities, for example, programs supporting inmate reintegration into society, environmental
• But in the agreement that we have with those private facilities, certain items are covered under the
• agreement that is held with those facilities.
• My question is: So private prisons have an agreement with the state of Florida that costs that exceed
• that fraudulent entries are an act of noncompliance for which a landlord may terminate a rental agreement

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• House about a member who was on the City Council of San Antonio at the time it signed sister city agreements
• representative mentioned that there was no warning that the people on the other side of those sister city agreements
• “There was no warning that the people on the other side of those sister city agreements were Chinese
• bill does require the plaintiff to provide to the defendants all letters of protection, kickback agreements
• There is that other environmental aspect to this that we do need to go down and explore.

Bills: SB1540 , SB2225 , SB2284 , SB2382 , SB2487 , SB2514 , SB2595 , SB2876 , SB2877 , SB3031 , SB2753

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, spirit beverages, alcoholic beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, distribution, taxation, firearms, local regulation, archery equipment, weapons, voter registration, statewide list, county requirements, election integrity, computer services contracts, mental health

Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs heard Senate Bill 3031, which would expand aggravated assault to cover certain road-rage shootings involving a person in or traveling to or from a motor vehicle, when a firearm is discharged and causes injury, property damage, or fear of serious bodily injury. Senator Schwertner laid out the bill for the author, described it as closing a gap in the law, and there was no public testimony; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2514, a measure by Chairman Hughes aimed at creating a DPS unit to identify, investigate, and monitor hostile foreign influence operations and to require ethics training for state employees. Supportive invited testimony from Dr. Jacqueline Deal, Ambassador Kelly Curry, and Michael Lucci emphasized threats from the Chinese Communist Party, transnational repression, cyber intrusion, and state-level influence efforts, and argued Texas should take a leading role. Public testimony included opposition from speakers who raised concerns about free speech, privacy, and potential overbreadth. The bill was left pending after testimony closed. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 30 as pending business and discussed a committee substitute. Senator Schwertner explained that the substitute would limit admissible medical expense evidence to amounts paid or up to 300% of Medicare, clarify treatment of provider testimony and attorney-referred providers, remove a requirement that plaintiffs use available health insurance to mitigate damages, strike a unanimous-verdict requirement for non-economic damages, and delete a remittitur provision. Senators questioned the impact on sexual assault and child abuse survivors, the use of Medicare as a benchmark, and whether the bill would still allow fair compensation. After discussion, SB 30 was left pending and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• Both the board of this MUD and the landowner, the sole landowner of the property, are in agreement.
• They have an agreement that the leaving tract will pay its share of the pro rata share of the current
• You know, one thing in looking at this agreement is I just wonder, ethically and legally, if you can
• make some kind of agreement five years ago to be binding on the legislature.
• The two chairmen that did the agreement aren't here anymore, and it was all related to The agreement,

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 5695, which would create the Sayers Ranch Municipal Utility District in Bastrop County between Elgin and Bastrop. Representative Gurdis said Bastrop County commissioners unanimously supported the district. There was no public testimony, the bill was left pending, and later reported favorably to the full House on an 8-0 vote. The main debate centered on Senate Bill 291, which would require condemning entities to pay landowner attorney’s fees if they fail to provide 10 years of appraisal reports with an initial offer in an eminent domain case. Supporters, including Rita Beving and Charles Maley, argued the bill would add an enforcement mechanism and better protect landowners in a process they described as intimidating and lopsided. Opponents, including Tom Zabel and Lisa Kaufman, said current law already provides a remedy through abatement and attorney’s fees under Section 21.047 of the Property Code, and warned the bill could create inconsistency, delay public infrastructure projects, and increase costs. The bill was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 5699, a simple MUD boundary change in Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 405 that would allow a tract to leave one district and join another. Representative Schofield said the landowner and district agreed to the change and to pay the tract’s share of debt. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably on an 8-0 vote. Later, the committee considered House Bill 5489, which would impose a four-year moratorium on impact fees. Representative Dyson framed it as an “active study” to test whether impact fees raise housing costs. College Station officials and other opponents argued impact fees help fund infrastructure for growth and that local governments should retain control; supporters said the fees are regressive and add to housing prices. The bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 292, which would update the Landowner Bill of Rights to add information on surveys, require separate offers for property not sought in condemnation, and require the rights document to be delivered with the initial offer. Supporters said it would improve transparency and fill gaps in the current document, while opponents said it was unnecessary because the law already exists and warned against revisiting a 2021 compromise. The transcript ends during that discussion.

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• energy efficiency things that are adding way more additional cost than you're going to get an environmental
• We've put this... ...agreement here on the floor, Mr. President.
• Because we've had good bipartisan agreement on keeping families together.
• So, yeah, we could have broad agreement that it is better to keep families together, but it is not always
• Are we willing to say no to the collective bargaining agreements next year because we just don't have

Bills: SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6170 , SB6176 , SB6182 , SB6335 , SB5647 , SB6047 , HB2367 , HB2606 , SB5998 , SB6005 , SB6003 , SB6129 , SB6225 , SB6228 , SB6231

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, contracting rules, state highway construction, procurement limits, state regulations, infrastructure funding, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law

Summary: The Senate met on February 23, 2026, opened with the usual roll call, pledge, prayer, and approval of the previous journal. Members then adopted Senate Resolution 8698 recognizing piano teachers, with several senators sharing personal remarks about their own teachers and the role of music education in families and communities. Guests from the Washington State Music Teachers Association and the National Guild of Piano Teachers were recognized in the gallery. The chamber then moved into budget debate, considering a series of amendments to the operating budget. Several proposals focused on housing costs, local planning, utility rates, and state spending restraint. Amendment 0772, which would have created a housing-related task force and increased funding, was rejected after debate over housing affordability and regulatory costs. Amendment 0785, restoring growth management planning funding for local governments, was also rejected. Amendment 0791, directing the Department of Commerce to study the effects of climate and clean energy laws on utility costs, and Amendment 0769, related to grid capacity and clean energy investments, were both adopted. Other amendments drew sharper partisan debate. Amendment 0798, which would have reduced the Supreme Court from nine justices to five and redirected savings to public defense, failed. Amendments 0794 and 0795, seeking funding for ballot measure costs tied to initiatives, also failed. Amendment 0799, intended to redirect Pacific Tower lease savings to developmental disability services, was rejected after discussion of the building’s current public uses. Amendment 0773, capping state spending growth and tying it to median wage growth, failed on a roll call vote, while Amendment 0777, addressing concurrent use of paid family and medical leave and sick leave by state employees, also failed after extended debate. Later, Amendment 0776 on tort liability reporting was adopted, as were Amendment 0758 creating a DSHS work group on community-based services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and Amendment 0786 was introduced to reduce cash and food assistance work-related funding, with debate beginning before the transcript ends.

Transcript Highlights:

• Having us come to this agreement, having us come to this deal, and having this be one part of our property
• So right now, our governor is required to either negotiate an agreement with another state to provide
• SB 565 by Perry relating to the compliance agreement for the suspension of an enforcement action against
• is a cleanup of HB 3232 from last session, which gave TCEQ the option to enter into a safe harbor agreement
• SB 2037 by Sparks, relating to permit application review and contested cases for environmental permits

Bills: SB4 , SB23 , SB3 , SJR2 , SJR85 , SB34 , SB60 , SB75 , SB706 , SB1814 , SB1220 , SB523 , SB565 , SB1253 , SB840 , SB764 , SB2383 , SB2155 , SB1535 , SB1405 , SB1423 , SB1566 , SB1804 , SB1728 , SB1816 , SB1952 , SB1948 , SB2037 , SB2068 , SB1455 , SB213 , SB243 , SB627 , SB646 , SB670 , SB896 , SB917 , SB1184 , SB971 , SB1255 , SB1261 , SB1283 , SB1358 , SB991 , SB1733 , SB21 , SB231 , SB739 , SB1252 , SB1371 , SB664 , SB40 , SB9 , SJR1 , SB687 , SB1332 , SB458 , SB482 , SB927 , SB984 , SB651 , SB1620 , SB2124 , SB2448 , SB841 , SB843 , SB402 , SB2662 , SB2053 , SB2332 , SB2112 , SB745 , SB1247 , SB1789 , SB27 , SB207 , SB2938 , SB1901 , SB1227 , SB1248 , SB912 , SB1321 , SB2143 , SB2145 , SB1497 , SB1239 , SB2180 , SB1388 , SB1662 , SB1951 , SB1537 , SB493 , SB378 , SB1020 , SB1018 , SB992 , SB958 , SB920 , SB1350 , SB1762 , SB552 , HCR109 , SB2185 , SB4 , SB23 , SB3 , SJR2 , SJR85 , SB34 , SB60 , SB75 , SB706 , SB1814 , SB1220 , SB523 , SB565 , SB1253 , SB840 , SB764 , SB2383 , SB2155 , SB1535 , SB1405 , SB1423 , SB1566 , SB1804 , SB1728 , SB1816 , SB1952 , SB1948 , SB2037 , SB2068 , SB1455 , SB213 , SB243 , SB627 , SB646 , SB670 , SB896 , SB917 , SB1184 , SB971 , SB1255 , SB1261 , SB1283 , SB1358 , SB991 , SB1733 , SB21 , SB231 , SB739 , SB1252 , SB1371 , HB2970 , HB 109 , SB2308

Keywords: property tax, homestead exemption, school funding, state aid, constitutional amendment, elderly, disabled, ad valorem taxation, school district funding, SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption

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• Yes, Senate Bill 346 changes the Environmental Appeals Board. If there's no questions, roll call.
• This bill, we worked very hard on with the other party, and we thought we had an agreement.
• that they signed, not us as a body, not us, but the governor's office signed that port development agreement
• We were forced to allocate the money the minute they signed that development agreement.
• We were forced to allocate the money the minute they signed that development agreement.

Keywords: 1064, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, thank you. ...because this is also an environmental issue.
• And then it reorganizes agreements.
• </c><01:57:17.440><c> And</c><01:57:17.920><c> I</c> and other environmental funds.
• And I and other environmental funds.
• </c> included in the final uh agreement included in the final uh agreement before<02:24:25.359><c> that

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Higher Education Finance and Policy Conference Committee met publicly to compare House and Senate positions on the higher education budget, with the chairs emphasizing transparency and alternating gavel control. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through a spreadsheet of differences across the Office of Higher Education and Minnesota State, including major items such as state grants, childcare grants, work study, tribal college grants, emergency assistance grants, hunger-free campus grants, student parent support, direct admissions, paramedic scholarships, and several medical residency and fellowship programs. The House and Senate also differed on administrative funding, campus sexual assault reporting, and a House FY25 cancellation that would be carried forward. Members discussed several of the larger policy and funding choices. The Senate explained its increase for Minitex as support for operating costs and statewide access to information. The House explained its cuts to student parent support and other items as necessary to work within a zero target and to prioritize direct aid to students, while the Senate said it focused on direct appropriations and access-related programs. On hunger-free campus grants and emergency assistance grants, the Senate said it was changing the distribution method and direct appropriations rather than reducing the overall money, while the House noted differences in whether nonprofit institutions remained included. The committee also reviewed Senate-only additions and reductions in Minnesota State, including free course materials, Lake Superior College remediation, and changes to the Kids on Campus appropriation. A representative from Lake Superior College testified that the PAS remediation funding would help address contamination issues at an emergency training site near Lake Superior and that the money was shifted from the Kids on Campus initiative. No final conference agreement or vote was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee continued discussing differences and testimony.

Transcript Highlights:

• while<00:30:41.440><c> we</c><00:30:41.600><c> all</c><00:30:41.760><c> in</c><00:30:42.000><c> agreement
• that uh items while we all in agreement that uh items and<00:30:44.159><c> I'll</c><00:30:44.480><c>
• </c> But I think there was also agreement But I think there was also agreement that<03:12:49.920><c>
• The thing that I'm just, we're all in agreement that this needs to be mandated at some particular level
• </c><03:56:20.080><c> that</c> just just we're all in agreement that just just we're all in agreement

Committee: House Public Works and Highways

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I want to thank the Work Comp Advisory Council members for their work to get to this agreement.
• </c><00:25:55.120><c> The</c> their work to get to this agreement.
• The their work to get to this agreement.
• </c><00:26:02.000><c> I</c><00:26:02.240><c> also</c> agreement with meaningful change.
• I also agreement with meaningful change.

Bills: HF4862 , HF4598

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: apprenticeship, education, teacher training, grant program, labor and industry, workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician

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• ,</c> and explicitly excludes environmental, and explicitly excludes environmental, social,<00:28:40.720
• Uh, you know, when you retire, you get your agreement. This is what you're going to get.
• So, um, I think that—and yes, there are a number of data-sharing agreements that happen.
• </c><05:24:41.920><c> I</c> agreements um that um that happen. I agreements um that um that happen.
• Yes, it seems that there's agreement to that.

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• </c> while reducing its environmental while reducing its environmental footprint.<00:29:35.600><c> Making
• The authority has failed to meet even the most basic terms of its federal grant agreements.
• The authority has failed to meet even the most basic terms of its federal grant agreements.
• The authority has failed to meet even the most basic terms of its federal grant agreements.
• </c> submitted by the Environmental submitted by the Environmental Protection<07:17:37.360><c> Agency

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This is an amendment to Department of Energy and Environmental Quality. Yes.
• , or form their own agreements?
• And without agreements, that cannot happen. We had Act 919.
• They can still come together and make those agreements. But in certain cases, that has failed.
• If they already have a signed and executed agreement—" "If they already have a signed and executed agreement

Committee: All JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is endorsing Taiwan's participation in the bilateral trade agreement.
• However, we have entered into agreements with countries such as Israel, and that would probably be the
• There was strong community support, and Israel is the only country that we have an agreement with.
• </c> be paramount in the, uh, the agreement. be paramount in the, uh, the agreement.
• </c><00:52:26.240><c> with</c><00:52:26.559><c> New</c> wise to enter into an agreement with New wise

Committee: House Economic Development & Technology

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several resolutions focused on economic development, tourism, technology, and related policy issues. Testimony generally came from state agencies and industry groups, with DBED, HTDC, and others mostly supporting measures that would create working groups, promote advanced manufacturing and cybersecurity, encourage a Michelin Guide for Hawaii restaurants, support Taiwan’s international participation, and explore import substitution. One measure on a tourism and gaming working group drew strong opposition from the prosecutor’s office, which argued it would signal support for gambling and could worsen social harms, while other witnesses supported it as a way to gather data before any policy decisions. The committee also heard support for relocating the Pearl City Post Office to improve traffic and safety, and for a resolution to focus HTDC on advanced manufacturing and cybersecurity. Several items were amended before action. The committee agreed to amend the tourism and gaming working group resolution to narrow and clarify its purpose, and to amend the Taiwan resolution to add the president of the Republic of China as a recipient. The import-substitution resolution was also amended to add a definition, include language about avoiding new import dependencies such as LNG, and direct state and utility purchasing power toward substituting imports. A resolution on HCR 211/HR 203 was rewritten to address lowering fire insurance rates and mitigating fire risk in Puna lava zones, but decision-making on that item was deferred to a later hearing so the new language could be posted publicly. The committee voted to adopt several measures, including HCR 57/HCR 152, HCR 156/HR 151, HCR 19/HR 115, and HCR 33/HR 32, with some passed as amended and others passed as is. HCR 192 was adopted with amendments despite reservations from some members, and HCR 209/HR 2011 was adopted with amendments. The committee also recessed for decision-making during the hearing and later adjourned after completing action on the agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• We address the social, emotional, and environmental barriers that impact learning.
• We address the social, emotional, and environmental barriers that impact learning.
• We address the social, emotional, and environmental barriers that impact learning.
• We address the social, emotional, and environmental barriers that impact learning.
• We address the social, emotional, and environmental barriers that impact learning.

Bills: HF3653 , HF2717 , HF3451 , HF3857

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: education finance, safe schools revenue, school safety, charter schools, funding, safe schools, school security, school levy, pupil units, safe schools aid, cooperative units, intermediate school district, school resource officer, peace officer liaison, sheriff liaison, drug abuse prevention, gang resistance education, violence prevention, suicide prevention, mental health services

Summary: The committee first adopted the March 3rd minutes by voice vote after Representative Lee moved them and there was no discussion. Members then reviewed hearing rules on decorum, safety, and participation before taking testimony from Dr. James Densley and Dr. Jillian Peterson of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center at Hamline University. The presenters summarized research on mass shootings and K-12 school shootings, drawing on a database of homicides in school settings from 2000 to 2025 and a smaller set of 15 K-12 mass shooting cases. They said school shooters are usually insiders, most often current or former students, and typically young males. They described common patterns including a noticeable crisis before attacks, perpetrators viewing the shooting as a final act, studying prior shooters online, and “leakage” in which most tell someone in advance. They also emphasized that many perpetrators use unsecured firearms from family members and argued that prevention should combine reporting systems, behavioral threat assessment, counseling, mentoring, secure storage, and other layered interventions rather than rely on a single solution. The presenters also discussed broader violence trends in the Twin Cities, saying much school violence is spillover from community violence and that pandemic-era disruptions and weakened trust in institutions contributed to serious violence. They cited a national survey finding that exposure to gun violence is associated with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and fear of public spaces, especially among young people. During member questions, Representative Wam asked for clarification on the data set and the rural/small-town share of the survey sample.

Transcript Highlights:

• We were finally able to get an agreement from the department with the use of the assessor's valuations
• Now that we got the agreement for them to use the assessor's valuation, I know there are two specific
• We're now at the phase where they're going to enter into the assessment. purchase and sale agreement
• All of the others are collaboration agreements and leases that we work with other agencies.
• With an example of Murphy Lake in our trilateral agreement, there was a high hazard dam at Murphy Lake

Committee: House House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• operations, and liabilities within a single LLC through designated series established by operating agreement
• them on complex litigation before state attorneys general on antitrust, consumer protection, and environmental
• a separate contract with them to work at an hourly rate, and that's not part of the contingency agreement
• So saying that those things are exclusive, you can't do the TRO unless they've signed the agreement to
• that saying that those things are exclusive, you can't do the TRO unless you, they've signed the agreement

Committee: House Commerce

Keywords: 959, house, all