Video & Transcript Research : 'testimonials'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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Good and present your testimony. Good and present your testimony. - continue our testimony. continue our testimony.
- and present your testimony. and present your testimony. Uh<00:41:36.120>
Mr. - Thank you for your testimony.
- your testimony. your testimony. Thank<01:42:59.400>
you, <01:42:59.480>Mr.
Keywords:
workplace regulations, employee rights, meal breaks, rest breaks, exemptions, medical assistance, data matching, eligibility, reporting, human services, assisted living, health regulations, inspection authority, vulnerable adults, local government, program integrity, high-risk providers, enrollment requirements, fraud prevention, compliance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- with your testimony. Thank you. with your testimony. Thank you.
- Thank you for the testimony.
- Thank you for the testimony. for that. Thank you for the testimony.
- with your two-minute testimony. Mr. with your two-minute testimony. Mr.
- with your testimony. with your testimony.
Keywords:
student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, HF2238, Minnesota, workforce development, construction trades, youth skills training, youth apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, construction training, career and technical education, CTE, child labor laws, minor labor, labor exemption, workforce pipeline, skilled trades
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- to uh our testimonial Tina England. to uh our testimonial Tina England.
- and proceed with your testimony. and proceed with your testimony.
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and record, proceed with your testimony, and record, proceed with your testimony - your testimony. your testimony.
- If you could wrap up your testimony, we can...
Keywords:
HF45, Lake Benton, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Public Facilities Authority, public infrastructure, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, utility replacement, U.S. Highway 75, road reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, local government grant, Minnesota bonding, capital appropriation, food insecurity, prepared meals
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll now open floor to public<00:05:21.919>
testimony. public testimony. public testimony. - Thank you for your testimony.
- Chair. >> Thanks for your testimony.
- So yes. testimony because I' I've seen um testimony because I' I've seen um firsthand<01:30:15.600>
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that I heard throughout the testimony that I heard throughout the testimony - <01:35:46.159>
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there any other public testimony on Senate File 58?
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from <00:53:34.240>307 There is extensive testimony from 307 There is extensive testimony - Additional public testimony.
- Any other public testimony?
- Any other public testimony? I >> Thank you. Any other public testimony?
Keywords:
pari-mutuel wagering, simulcasting, historic horse racing, HHR terminals, horse racing, gaming commission, Wyoming Gaming Commission, local control, city approval, county approval, municipal approval, permit renewal, gaming permit, wagering regulation, racetrack, live pari-mutuel event, district court appeal, public notice, land use, public safety
MN
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you both for your testimony. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr.
- I want to thank you so much both of you for your magnificent testimony.
- Chairman, I appreciate y'all being here and your testimony.
- Thompson: Thank you for your testimony.
- T: Thank you for your testimony. Let me ask you a question.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/19/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
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table come up up here to the testimony table come up up here to the testimony - Darly is on the list for testimony as well. Do come forward.
- your testimony. your testimony. >> Thank<00:37:13.280>
you, <00:37:13.440>Mr. - Well, thank you for the testimony here.
- Well, thank you for the testimony >> Okay.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Elections Committee Aug 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We just heard both testimony from the author. We haven't even heard all the testimonies.
- It's my testimony. Okay. We have a motion to recess. We'll, again, yes.
- I meant it more toward the testimony was wrong; it was incorrect.
- That's what the testimony was. If you don't mind, there were some changes.
- We're very thankful to the witnesses and the testimony and support.
Summary:
The Assembly Elections Committee met on August 19, 2025, to consider ACA 8, SB 280, and an informational hearing on AB 604. The meeting began with several failed motions to adjourn, to read public comments into the record, and to recess so members could review the roughly 16,000 public comments submitted through the committee portal. The chair emphasized the hearing’s expedited format, transparency measures, and rules limiting witness testimony, and noted a letter from Speaker Rivas authorizing Assemblymember Berman to present ACA 8.
ACA 8, described by supporters as the “Election Rigging Response Act,” would place before voters a temporary congressional redistricting plan tied to AB 604 and triggered only if another state, especially Texas, adopts a partisan mid-decade redistricting. Supporters, including Assemblymember Berman, labor groups, CTA, Planned Parenthood affiliates, SEIU, and other allied organizations, argued the measure was a response to partisan gerrymandering elsewhere and a defense of democracy, with voters having the final say in a November 4, 2025 special election. Opponents, including current and former redistricting commissioners, good-government groups, business and taxpayer organizations, and many members of the public, argued the proposal undermines California’s independent redistricting model, was rushed without adequate public review, could cost roughly $200 million or more, and would invite litigation and partisan manipulation.
The committee also debated a proposed amendment that would bar legislators who voted for ACA 8 from later running for Congress in districts adopted under the measure. After extended procedural disputes, the committee voted to lay the amendment on the table. The hearing then continued with extensive public testimony, overwhelmingly divided between strong support and strong opposition, but the transcript provided does not show a final committee vote on ACA 8 or SB 280 before the excerpt ends.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for the testimony. Do any members of the public wish to testify on this bill?
- Swanson, please identify yourself for the record and begin your testimony.
- If you can identify yourself for the record and begin your testimony.
- That's their testimony today, and I think that it's important that that's there for the record, that
- That's their testimony today, and I think that it's important that that's there for the record, that
Keywords:
garnishment, wage garnishment, earnings levy, bank levy, execution, judgment debtor, judgment creditor, exemption notice, exempt property, bank account freeze, financial institution levy, employer disclosure, garnishee, writ of execution, debt collection, consumer debt, collections, bankruptcy exemptions, public benefits, means-tested benefits
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/09/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and I'll finish up my testimony Um, and I'll finish up my testimony there.<00:16:23.759>
- So, we will move into testimony Okay.
- testimony as well, we do use this data. testimony as well, we do use this data.
- I do appreciate the fact that testimony.
- , but as you were doing your testimony, but as you were doing your testimony,<04:15:04.880>
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Summary:
The committee heard House Bill 1331, which would allow the town of Derry to incorporate the Derry Cooperative School District as a department of the town through a charter amendment. The prime sponsor and several supporters argued the change would increase local control, streamline overlapping town and school functions, and potentially help align school spending with Derry’s tax cap. Supporters also said Derry is large enough to warrant a structure more like Manchester or Nashua, and one witness cited a 2018 nonbinding Derry ballot question that passed 597 to 547 in favor of seeking authorization for this change.
Opposition came from NEA New Hampshire President Megan Tuttle, who said the association and the Derry Education Association opposed the bill because schools are not simply another municipal department and because Derry voters had already rejected merging the district into town government. She argued the state should respect local control and the community’s prior decision. Committee members asked about the scope of the proposed charter change, the role of the school board, and the reported prior vote, and the sponsor clarified that the amendment would be limited to this specific purpose rather than opening the entire charter.
The hearing then moved to House Bill 1374, which would change the procedures for withdrawing from a cooperative school district. Representative Mary Murphy said current law gives other cooperative towns too much control over a withdrawing town’s decision, and her bill would remove the requirement for approval by the other towns while raising the withdrawing town’s approval threshold to a supermajority. She pointed to Francis Town’s 2024 withdrawal vote and said the bill was intended to protect students and local decision-making. The sponsor asked for an ought to pass recommendation, and committee members asked follow-up questions about the prior withdrawal vote and the number of voters involved.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/18/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- Those providing testimony will be given specific time limits, which must be strictly observed.
- Please identify yourself for the record and proceed with your testimony.
- Please identify yourself for the record and proceed with your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony, former Representative Banyan.
- Thank you for your testimony. And >> Yep. Thank you for your testimony.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- Our committee has received testimony, and I've received many emails and have had conversations with a
- , and for the committee to form testimony, and for the committee to form a<00:14:58.000>
conclusion - <00:15:51.040>
and Our committee has received testimony and Our committee has received testimony - One piece of written testimony in particular struck me in this process.
- After a deep dive into her record, reviewing the testimony and conducting two interviews with her, I
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll proceed to testimony. Thank you. Thank you. The chair calls Brenda Barrio.
- Thank you for your testimony. Is there anyone else who wishes to testify?
- We'll proceed to testimony and reserve your right to close. Yes. The chair calls Dr.
- Okay, if there's no further questions, we will proceed to testimony. Thank you. Dr.
- No further questions, we'll proceed to testimony. The chair calls Tim McDonald.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Apr 10th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Seeing no questions, do we have testimony? Mooney. Thank you.
- Seeing no questions, do we have testimony? Seeing no testimony? Is there debate? Is there debate?
- We do have some other testimony, but they are to the General Board of Trustees.
- We do have some other testimony, but they are to the General Board of Trustees.
- Do we have any testimony? No. Thank you so very much.
Summary:
The committee first heard CS/SB 1458 on apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs. The bill sponsor said it would add consistency and transparency by requiring local education agencies and training providers to define their roles and funding shares in contracts, cap an LEA’s share at 10% when it serves only an administrative role, and require public meetings and published work papers for the district workforce education funding steering committee. Several industry and business groups appeared in support, and the bill was reported favorably without debate.
The committee then took up CS/CS/SB 1726 on higher education, which was substantially revised by a delete-all amendment. The amended bill addressed presidential searches, trustee eligibility, interim presidents, polling by universities, mission reviews, and other governance issues. Members asked about the requirement that final presidential candidate groups include at least three applicants, the qualifications for interim presidents, trustee residency/alumni requirements, and limits on candidate polling. Senators Leek and Smith offered contrasting views, with Leek warning about candidate withdrawals and Smith supporting the bill as a way to depoliticize higher education governance. The bill, as amended, was reported favorably.
The remainder of the meeting was devoted to confirmation hearings for university and college boards of trustees. Several appointees and reappointees from FAMU, UNF, Pensacola State College, UF, and UWF described their ties to their institutions and goals such as student success, workforce alignment, military support, research, and regional access. The UWF nominees drew the most scrutiny over their votes for former board chair Scott Yenor, whose public comments about women and other groups were criticized by senators and public commenters. Some nominees said they were unaware of the full scope of those remarks and would not have voted for him with that knowledge; others defended their votes as based on his education-reform views. Public testimony also raised concerns about UWF board members’ lack of higher-education experience and local ties. The committee confirmed the non-UWF nominees in a block vote and then began individual votes on the UWF nominees, with debate centered on Yenor-related concerns.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General John D. Caine (Retired), to be general and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense. Apr 1st, 2025 at 08:30 am
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel
Transcript Highlights:
- I thank you and I look forward to your testimony. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
- General Kane, we will now hear your testimony. You're recognized.
- Will those witnesses and briefers be protected from reprisal for their testimony or briefings?
- Testimony that we've had at numerous hearings is it's inadequate.
- Thank you for your work and I yield back. witness for his testimony.
Keywords:
national security, military readiness, Kane nomination, defense budget, China threats, Russia, collaboration, modernization
Summary:
The meeting centered on the nomination of retired Lieutenant General Dan Kane for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delving into various security concerns and the strategic environment facing the U.S. today. Testimonies highlighted the growing threats from adversaries such as China and Russia, with discussions around the necessity of maintaining and modernizing military capabilities to address these challenges. The need for agility in military operations and enhancing collaboration among various defense agencies was underscored. Further, concerns were raised regarding the defense budget and the importance of a strong national defense strategy were prevalent throughout the discussions. The committee members collectively emphasized the need for superior readiness and modernization to keep pace with global threats.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/26/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- We're also going to be hearing testimony from a number of these folks.
- these folks um also U all the testimony these folks um also U all the testimony I<00:01:30.680><
- through this testimony really appreciate the<02:09:08.040>
testimony <02:09:08.480>and - Thank you all for your testimony today and for your work on it. We are adjourned.
- Thank you all for your testimony today and for your work on it. We are adjourned.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (01/27/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Because two of our our testimony agree?
- Thank you very much for your testimony. testimony. testimony. >> Thank<02:08:15.440>
you. - . testimony. testimony.
- consistent with a lot of the testimony consistent with a lot of the testimony in<02:25:39.120>
- going to close my testimony. going to close my testimony. >> Thank<02:32:07.359>
you. - going to close my testimony. going to close my testimony. >> Thank<02:32:07.359>
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (01/13/2026)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, and thank you for your testimony.
- Senator Altschiller has given me copies of her testimony.
- Chair, can we have you summarize the testimony?
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This testimony should be summarized. This testimony should be summarized. - The testimony that we just heard includes an appeal to local control.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Please come to the table, state your name, and begin your testimony.
- Please state your name and begin your testimony."
- The testimony that you just heard from Mr.
- <01:19:38.679>
on submitted separate written testimony on submitted separate written testimony - <01:26:21.199>
from note that we have written testimony from note that we have written testimony
Keywords:
HF770, Rural Finance Authority, RFA, capital investment, state bonds, general obligation bonds, bonding bill, agricultural loans, farm loans, beginning farmer, new farmer, seller-sponsored loans, loan restructuring, agricultural improvement loans, livestock expansion, modernization loans, rural development, Minnesota agriculture, farm credit, chapter 41B