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• And 20 months later, no better authority in the nation than Mark Zuckerberg agreed, as he just shut down

Bills: SCR7

Keywords: legislature, adjournment, permissions, Texas Constitution, session, legislative authority, 1185, senate, all

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• It's missing the mark of the process on how we go through it.
• ><01:11:20.080> it's<01:11:20.239> missing<01:11:20.480> the<01:11:20.640> mark
• campaign trail but it's missing the mark campaign trail but it's missing the mark of<01:11:20.960
• of the process It's missing um the mark of the process on<01:11:25.120> how<01:11:25.280>
• Um and it's also<01:11:27.199> missing<01:11:27.440> the<01:11:27.679> mark<01:11

Keywords: 981, all

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• This year marks 100 years since the Grand Ole Opry first introduced audiences around the world to country
• This moment marked the deepest postseason run in the history of UB basketball, men's or women's.
• This moment marked<00:31:59.919> the<00:32:00.159> deepest<00:32:00.799> postseason<
• run in the marked the deepest postseason run in the history<00:32:02.880> of<00:32:03.200>
• I have not had a chance to ask her at the half-decade mark where we are to becoming fully zero-emission

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Honolulu Community College has made its mark with robust apprenticeship programs partnering with local
• <00:19:26.280> with College anahu has made its Mark with College anahu has made its Mark with
• just a lot of money, even though it's, of course, hugely important, and we all know if we miss the mark
• we get what we got if we miss the Mark we get what we got which<04:51:16.718> was<04:51:16.878
• becomes um inedible and we are marking becomes um inedible and we are marking them<06:10:17.440>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Committee held an informational briefing with the University of Hawaiʻi, led by new President Wendy Hensel and Vice President for Budget and Finance Calbert Young. Hensel outlined the university system’s scope, student demographics, research activity, and campus missions, emphasizing four strategic priorities: serving Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi, student success, workforce development, and economic diversification through innovation and research. She highlighted the system’s enrollment, research funding, and the roles of Mānoa, Hilo, West Oʻahu, the community colleges, and specialized institutions such as JABSOM and the Cancer Center. Young then reviewed the budget request, focusing largely on making prior one-time appropriations permanent and supporting recurring needs. Items included funding for Mānoa athletics, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology, K-12 teacher education, Pamantasan Council support, Hilo programs, Windward’s mental health technician certificate, Maui’s practical nursing bridge program, and student support positions such as financial aid and admissions counselors. He also described workforce-related requests tied to nursing expansion at Mānoa and West Oʻahu, as well as facilities support at West Oʻahu. A major portion of the testimony addressed the university’s two Kakaʻako medical facilities. Young explained that declining tobacco settlement and cigarette tax revenues are no longer sufficient to cover debt service for JABSOM and the Cancer Center, so the governor’s budget includes general fund support to supplement those obligations. He also described a regents-approved request not included in the governor’s proposal: expanding the Hawaiʻi Promise financial aid program to the four-year campuses, estimated at about $11–12 million. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

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• But that's why the creation of the wireless emergency alert, or WEA, system in 2012 marked a significant
• Today marks the fourth time this body will vote on a resolution to end President Trump's hostilities
• <06:52:10.240> May<06:52:10.558> 20th<06:52:11.040> marks<06:52:11.440> the
• May 20th marks the space exploration.
• Speaker, this week marks the 40th anniversary of the Hughes Amendment, which is a stark reminder of how

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Did I miss my tick mark here? Very good. All right.
• I guess I missed a tick mark here. Very good. Representative Muns. Representative Kelly.
• I guess I missed a tick mark here. Very good. All right.
• there<01:22:44.800> are<01:22:45.520> um<01:22:46.080> 50,000 high water mark
• , there are um 50,000 high water mark, there are um 50,000 shorefront<01:22:48.000> properties

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• While President Truman's Executive Order 9981 in 1948 marked a crucial step toward integration, despite
• Throughout this resolution, the General Assembly marks the anniversary and expresses its appreciation
• Throughout this resolution, the General Assembly marks the anniversary and expresses its appreciation
• In fact, we mark the third-largest declining population in the nation by birth."
• In<04:11:04.880> fact,<04:11:05.840> we<04:11:06.479> mark<04:11:06.800> the<

Keywords: 981, all

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• ><00:50:05.280> to<00:50:05.520> do<00:50:05.680> something to convince their mark
• to do something to convince their mark to do something that<00:50:06.480> might<00:50:06.720>
• Now we will call Mark. Can't read the writing. Laru maybe. Can't read the writing. Laru maybe.
• My name is Mark Lacroy. You were close. Okay. Thank you. And I live in Concord.
• My name is Mark Lacroy. You were close. Okay. Thank you. And I live in Concord.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The flight from Indianapolis to Dublin on Aer Lingus marked the start of daily non-stop service to this
• The flight from Indianapolis to Dublin on Aer Lingus marked the start of daily non-stop service to this
• June 17 marks the 10th anniversary of that horrific act by a white supremacist.
• This July will mark the 62nd annual Trans Tahoe regatta.
• This July will mark the 62nd annual Trans Tahoe regatta.

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

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• And, you know, that's what Cost Plus RX does with Mark Cuban, and that's what the Trump RX is trying
• the really expensive drugs, the $200,000, $300,000, million-dollar drugs, and how much those get marked
• So is it the markup, or is it just the cost of the pharmaceutical even before it's marked up?
• There are certain things that mark up the bill depending on what site you're at.
• We have prohibited some of that surprise billing, but it's still an issue where you have marked billed

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• privatization that has made government a profit margin or a profit center and has made taxpayers the mark
• privatization that has made government a profit margin or a profit center and has made taxpayers the mark
• 01:47:18.560> made<01:47:18.800> taxpayers<01:47:19.360> the<01:47:19.600> mark
• center and has made taxpayers the mark. center and has made taxpayers the mark.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And it also marks the first system that Form Energy will be deploying to power a data center, which demonstrates
• date.<00:08:11.360> And<00:08:11.520> it<00:08:11.759> also<00:08:12.000> marks
• And it also marks the first system date.
• And it also marks the first system that<00:08:13.280> form<00:08:13.520> energy<00:08:13.840
• He said the slides were marked confidential in a footnote, and he had not noticed it because it was in

Bills: HF4059, HF76

Keywords: climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, financing, sustainability, environmental policy, renewable energy, Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority, earned incentive release credit, release credits, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, sentence reduction, good time, prison time, incarceration, violent offenses, murder, criminal sexual conduct, sex offenses

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• Mark Delagall, Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, waves against the amendment.
• There is one appearance form: Mark Jeffries from Orange County waves in support.
• Mark Jeffries from Orange County waves in support. Is there any debate on the amendment?
• Mark Delagall, Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, for two minutes.
• There's one appearance form: Mark Delagall, Safety and the House of the Alliance. Not yet.

Bills: S0036, S0620, S0796, S0934, S1080, S1096, S1366, S1536, S1548, S1580, S1588, S1620, S1756, S7034, S7044

Keywords: nursing title, advanced practice registered nurse, advertising, professional standards, disciplinary action, candidate qualifying, federal office, election integrity, regulatory compliance, political candidacy, veterinary medicine, telehealth, veterinary professional associate, animal health, public safety, access to veterinary services, payment bond exemption, Habitat for Humanity, Florida Forever Act, land acquisition

Summary: The committee first took up SB 354, the “Blue Ribbon Projects” bill, which creates a framework for large planned communities on at least 15,000 contiguous acres with 60% reserved area and a streamlined local review process. Senator McLean presented the bill and a strike-all amendment, and members raised concerns about local control, conservation enforceability, data centers, concurrency, multi-county projects, and whether reserve lands could later be converted. Audubon Florida and 1,000 Friends of Florida opposed the bill, arguing the conservation protections were not permanent enough and that the reserve areas could be changed later; small-county representatives also worried about tax-base impacts. Supporters argued the bill would better manage growth, preserve green space, and provide a more orderly alternative to sprawl. After debate, the committee voted to report the bill favorably. The committee then approved SB 620 on candidate qualifying, which requires candidates for federal, state, county, district, judiciary, school, and school board offices to disclose any non-U.S. citizenship. Amendments added disclosure about whether federal candidates intend to trade stock if elected and adjusted 2026 congressional qualifying procedures in the event of redistricting, including a new qualifying window and petition rules. The bill was reported favorably after brief support from a member of the public and discussion about candidate vetting. The committee also reported favorably CS/CS/CS/SB 1452, a Department of Financial Services bill with amendments addressing My Safe Florida Home notices, condo pilot eligibility, firefighter hiring, unclaimed property, and related financial-services provisions. Next, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1620, a school board members’ bill of rights. A substitute amendment narrowed the bill to access to records, fiscal transparency, and nondisclosure agreements, while preserving board members’ rights to timely documents, budget information, and public comment, and setting deadlines for records requests. Superintendents and a school board member testified in support, saying the bill clarifies roles and prevents board members from being frozen out. The committee also passed CS/HB 245, which replaces the term “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material”; one senator supported the terminology change but warned about preserving legal precedent and avoiding appellate issues. The committee then reported favorably SB 1548, an update to the Live Local affordable housing law expanding eligible sites and clarifying setbacks, airport proximity, and fair-housing protections. Finally, the committee took up the veterinary medicine bill creating veterinary professional associates. The bill allows trained master’s-level VPAs to perform limited veterinary services under a veterinarian’s supervision, and an amendment tightened the standard to immediate supervision on premises. Supporters said the measure would expand access to care, especially in rural areas with vet shortages, while opponents argued it added unnecessary regulation. After testimony from veterinary educators and others, the bill continued with support expressed by committee members, including praise for the direct-supervision amendment.

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• I'm the chair, Mark Hashem, and to my left is the vice chair, D. Maria Pawa.
• I just want to note that while the defueling of Red Hill marked an important step there, you know, we
• defueling<01:02:56.240> of<01:02:56.319> Red<01:02:56.640> Hill<01:02:57.440> marked
• <01:02:57.760> an defueling of Red Hill marked an defueling of Red Hill marked an important

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on February 3, 2026, and heard testimony on several bills, with the chair emphasizing a two-minute limit and noting that bills would die if the hearing ran past noon. For HB 1848, the Commission on Water Resource Management and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development both supported the measure with technical, non-substantive amendments. Testimony focused on requiring early consultation about water availability in district boundary amendment petitions, with water officials explaining that the petitioner should submit a written statement reflecting consultation and that the goal was to identify water constraints earlier in the development process. The Land Use Commission’s representative opposed the bill, arguing that water availability is already addressed through existing environmental review and agency consultation, that the issue had been raised and rejected before, and that the proposal could create unnecessary delay or litigation. The committee then heard HB 1728 on rainwater catchment systems. The Commission on Water Resource Management said it acknowledged the bill’s intent but deferred to counties and other regulatory agencies, including the Department of Health, on regulatory implications. Hawaii Realtors testified in support. No vote was taken during the portion of the hearing shown. For HB 1652 on storm water management systems, the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association opposed the bill, arguing it would weaken protections created by Act 281 (“Sharkey’s Law”) and increase drowning risk for children by exempting certain water features from safety requirements. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii supported the bill, saying the language clarifies and better balances child safety with practical green stormwater infrastructure, including depth-based limits and exemptions for certain agricultural ponds. The Hawaii Farm Bureau also supported the agricultural pond exemption, saying such ponds are used for irrigation, livestock, and fire control and are generally away from the public. A private testifier, Allison Schaers, opposed the bill and described her daughter’s drowning in a detention basin, arguing that poor maintenance can turn stormwater features into dangerous hazards. The hearing ended without any recorded committee action or vote in the excerpt provided.

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• directly from data centers between that same time frame grew by 74%, and again that's before the high marks
• before<00:20:47.280> the<00:20:47.520> high<00:20:48.400> uh<00:20:48.640> marks
• <00:20:48.960> that<00:20:49.120> we're before the high uh marks that we're before
• the high uh marks that we're seeing<00:20:49.600> now<00:20:50.400> to<00:20:50.960>
• Tony, our CEO, has definitely done a great job by leaving a mark in Washington.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:10 Approval of Minutes 00:01:19 Helping Power Kentucky's Growth (LG&E/KU) 00:01:39 Update from Kentucky's Electric Cooperatives 00:47:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the previous meeting, and then heard a presentation from LG&E and KU representatives Caroline Clark and John Bevington on economic development, energy demand, and the utility’s role in supporting Kentucky’s growth. Bevington described the company’s service territory, generation fleet, and recent economic development activity, including 76 projects supported in 2024, more than $2.8 billion in private investment, and over 3,000 new jobs. He emphasized that data centers are now the dominant driver in the pipeline, with 22 data center projects representing about 8.7 of the 9.7 gigawatts of potential demand, alongside other manufacturing and commercial projects. A major focus was how data centers choose sites and how utilities respond. Bevington explained that hyperscale data centers typically approach utilities first because they need transmission-level access, and that utilities then conduct internal analyses, estimate infrastructure needs, and require financial security before proceeding. He said the company is working through formal transmission studies and long-lead infrastructure planning, and noted that Kentucky’s sales tax exemption for data centers helped attract interest. He also outlined the economic benefits of data centers, citing an announced Louisville project of 525 megawatts and about $11 billion in investment, with an estimated $500 million in new tax revenue over 10 years, plus broader job and GDP impacts. Members asked about whether data centers could generate their own power, the reliability of the pipeline numbers given confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, and cybersecurity concerns. Bevington said the company does not assume all pipeline projects will materialize in Kentucky and instead assigns probabilities to avoid overbuilding. He also said he was not the right person to address cybersecurity in detail but offered to return to a committee focused on IT or security. In response to questions about future supply, he said LG&E and KU are adding generation through a 120-megawatt solar facility in Mercer County, a 120-megawatt solar purchase in Marion County, and a 645-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle plant in Louisville, with PSC approval recently granted for additional generation and related system upgrades.

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• Um, and then tomorrow, folks, we are going to mark up our omnibus bill.
• Um, and then tomorrow, folks, we are going to mark up our omnibus bill.
• 02:13:02.800> to then tomorrow, folks, we are going to then tomorrow, folks, we are going to mark
• <02:13:05.199> And<02:13:05.440> so<02:13:05.760> with mark up our omnibus bill
• And so with mark up our omnibus bill.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This month marks 14 years as a state employee.
• This month marks 14 years as a state employee.
• you. rehabilitation services or vrs this rehabilitation services or vrs this month<01:28:58.320> marks
• 59.280> as<01:28:59.400> a<01:28:59.520> state<01:28:59.719> employee month marks
• 14 years as a state employee month marks 14 years as a state employee I<01:29:00.600> have<01

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This month marks one full year in a job that I absolutely love.
• This month marks one full year in a job that I absolutely love.
• One youth said, “This program marked the beginning of my dream to be a biologist.
• One youth said, “This program marked the beginning of my dream to be a biologist.
• One youth said, “This program marked the beginning of my dream to be a biologist.

Bills: HF2582, HF2266, HF2518, HF2039, HF1941

Keywords: child care, grants, appropriation, workforce development, families, YWCA Minneapolis, job training, child development, economic assistance, WomenVenture, economic development, entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurs, business training, financial support, youth programs, funding, employment, Minnesota, American Indian

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• I'm told that Mark Bruner also wishes to present some testimony. Mr.
• I'm told that Mark Bruner also wishes to present some testimony. Mr.
• :26.760> that commissioner blissenbach I'm told that commissioner blissenbach I'm told that Mark
• 28.880> also<00:38:29.200> wishes<00:38:29.640> to<00:38:30.000> present Mark
• Bruner uh also wishes to present Mark Bruner uh also wishes to present some<00:38:30.520> testimony

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Minnesota, and they could charge it out in Florida where it happened, and then it would still be marked
• Minnesota, and they could charge it out in Florida where it happened, and then it would still be marked
• it happened and then it would<00:32:02.840> still<00:32:03.000> be<00:32:03.120> marked
• /c><00:32:03.440> on<00:32:03.639> the<00:32:04.000> criminal would still be marked
• on the criminal would still be marked on the criminal history<00:32:04.960> as<00:32:05.200><

Bills: HF1662, HF1224, HF1836, HF1367, HF1168, HF1999, HF1792, HF102, HF2127, HF104

Keywords: veterans, veterans affairs, State Soldiers Assistance Program, Veterans Stable Housing Initiative, MAXIS, human services data, data sharing, eligibility verification, informed consent, private data, benefits coordination, veteran housing, veteran assistance, Department of Human Services, Children Youth and Families, state benefits, federal benefits, privacy, public assistance, foreclosure