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• Chairman, members, are there... ...that he is being protected. So, Mr.
• It protects whistleblowers so that people can speak up without fear.
• They should be protected by the system itself.
• For 10 years, I have come here to help write laws to protect children.
• It's a problem out there, and it's Protected you for years. Thank you.

Bills: HB2014, HB2111, HB2156, HB2165, HB2202, HB2305, HB2321, HB2399, HB2403, HB2416, HB2418, HB2446, HB2601, HB2615, HB2620, HB2812, HB2939, HB2940, HB2955, HB2957, HB2960, HB2992, HB4026, HB4049

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, driver license, examinations, motorcycle awareness, public safety, traffic laws, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, agriculture, veterans, state parks, admission fees, military exemption, recreation access

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• the way of protecting our communities. the way of protecting our communities.
• It will stop staffing cuts and closures and protect your privacy and your data, and protect the proud
• . consume.
• time as I may consume. time as I may consume.
• diplomacy, prevention, and protection. diplomacy, prevention, and protection.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• How do I protect her? And am I going to get sued? Is Taco Bell going to get sued?
• So, yes, I want to protect. Protect the people that are around me.
• I don't want to be sued for not adequately protecting them.
• Yeah, it's left me thinking about how do we not only protect survivors but also...
• Consumers wanted a product, and we couldn't get it.

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• lead agency on this since we provide biosecurity and are charged by you, the legislature, with protecting
• The second piece being to protect the U.S. Border at all costs. Third, maximize our readiness.
• So we can immediately protect those high-fenced deer and a lot of the low-fenced deer.
• You try and measure how much an animal might consume, but a whitetail deer may consume more or less than
• We appreciate your time, your leadership, and your commitment to protecting Texas. Thank you, sir.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• protection districts. protection districts.
• nation in title protection. nation in title protection.
• Wyoming remains only one of two states in the United States that does not have laws to protect consumers
• Wyoming remains only one of two states in the United States that does not have laws to protect consumers
• Um, and by reporting fraud, it is certainly, uh, obviously an important consumer protection tool that

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The chairman opened by explaining that the committee would hear proposed interim topics and then rank them by written submissions rather than debating them one by one. The Public Service Commission presented two topics: an educational session on small water utilities, citing maintenance needs, water-quality compliance, and difficulty accessing capital, and a review of civil penalties for pipeline safety violations because Wyoming’s statutory penalties are far below federal levels and could affect compliance and funding. Members and outside presenters then outlined a range of additional topics. Representative Campbell proposed work on fire protection districts and EMS districts, focusing on financial stability, mill levies, and possible county authority to combine districts and levies. He also raised public records at meetings, corporate filing fees, and fraudulent corporate filings. The Community College Commission proposed updating annexation statutes so communities can join community college districts more easily, especially where current mill-levy rules create funding issues. Senator Crago supported the fraudulent corporate filings topic and noted related technology-based solutions and overlap with blockchain issues. Other proposals included CPA “Pathways” licensing changes to address a shortage of accountants, a review of public meetings and public records laws, continuation of the electricity study with emphasis on grid reliability and large-load capacity constraints, and a broader review of the public meetings and records act. Ashley Harpstreith of the Wyoming Association of Municipalities supported extending municipal audit deadlines and described a statewide shortage of auditors and CPAs. Healthy Wyoming proposed studying health coverage options for low-income working adults, including state-sponsored or cooperative models. Representative Chestek proposed making most nonpartisan county offices elected on a nonpartisan basis. No votes or final selections were taken in the portion provided; the committee mainly heard testimony and discussed whether topics should be assigned to this committee or another one.

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• WHAT ARE WE DOING ACROSS THE BOARD TO PROTECT US ON THE INFORMATIONAL SIDE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ACCURACY
• THAT WE NO ONE IN THE FULFILLMENT CENTER KNOWS WHAT THAT THAT IS THE WAY AMAZON PROTECTS PRIVACY.
• LET THEM SEE WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY CAN ACTUALLY DO AND THEN GET IT TO THEM EVERYONE CONSUMES KNOWLEDGE
• THEY NEED TO CONSUME IT.
• ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS THAT IS CROSS FUNCTIONING ACROSS ALL OF THESE TO GET PEOPLE TO CONSUME STUFF

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• THEN FINALLY AS THE LAST SERIES OF THE ECONOMIC CONFERENCES IS CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS.
• AS CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS OR SENTIMENT TENDS TO GO UP WE DON'T SEE A DIRECT CORRELATION TO MUCH WITH WHAT'S
• WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS COME DOWN PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY'RE COMING DOWN STRONGLY
• SO WE'RE SEEING THAT WE CONTINUE TO STAY AT VERY LOW LEVELS OF CONSUMER PERCEPTION.
• OR CONSUMER SENTIMENT AND AS WE GO FORWARD WE ARE NOT THINKING SENTIMENT IS GOING TO MOVE ABOVE THE AVERAGE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <00:24:46.480> states market signals and protecting states market signals and protecting states
• <00:35:20.000> New cost effective and protecting New cost effective and protecting New Hampshire
• Um Hampshire um consumers which is good.
• . affordable for lowincome consumers.
• > can<01:13:01.600> afford that low-income consumers can afford that low-income consumers

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• that lower costs for eligible consumers. that lower costs for eligible consumers.
• <00:09:00.480> businesses protect families and small businesses protect families and small
• way that is not consumer intelligible. way that is not consumer intelligible.
• <00:21:06.320> sometimes burden on consumers because sometimes burden on consumers because
• consumers across the board. consumers across the board.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So I’ll skip over the bifurcated economic outlook, the stable consumer spending, why consumer sentiment
• Fifty percent of that strong consumer spending is occurring by just the top 10% of earners.
• And in the presentation, it says protecting Arizona's border. Protecting it from what?
• And in the presentation, it says protecting Arizona's border, protecting it from what?
• By protecting Arizona's border. So is there a problem at the border?

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee met to review the governor’s fiscal 2027 budget presentation, with the chair repeatedly asking members to keep questions brief and avoid speeches. The discussion focused first on the overall revenue and spending outlook, including concerns from members that the executive forecast was more optimistic than the JLBC baseline and that the budget appeared to front-load revenue and expenditure growth. The governor’s budget team said the forecast was close to JLBC’s, that the budget was structurally balanced, and that differences were roughly $100 million per year on ongoing revenue. Members asked for follow-up calculations in writing, including the total multi-year gap and the amount of revenue enhancements above base revenues. A major portion of the meeting centered on tax and fee proposals tied to data centers, water use, and sports betting. The governor’s team defended eliminating the existing data center tax incentive as the removal of a loophole rather than a new tax, arguing the incentive had already succeeded in attracting major investment. They also described a proposed Department of Water Resources fee-setting authority for data centers to support a new Colorado River Protection Fund, and said the proposal would apply to existing and future facilities without a grandfather clause. Members raised concerns about fairness, competitiveness, and whether the changes would require a supermajority vote. The team also discussed increased sports betting fees, saying the revenue forecast did not include dynamic behavioral effects. The committee then moved through major spending areas, including corrections, public safety, border security, cybersecurity, K-12 education, Medicaid, and developmental disabilities. The governor’s budget includes ongoing funding to prevent correctional officer pay cuts, money to comply with prison health care court orders, probation funding, body-worn cameras, law enforcement staffing, fentanyl task forces, and cyber readiness grants. Members questioned the lack of funding for a prison oversight committee and asked for corrections spending totals over the administration. On border security, the executive said it was seeking about $759.7 million in federal reimbursement for border-related costs and that the governor had met with federal officials, including Secretary Noem and Tom Homan, about the request. In education, the budget proposes renewing Prop. 123, adding K-12 base funding, and issuing $1.5 billion in school facilities bonds over three years; members debated whether the proposal was appropriate and whether Prop. 123 revenues could support the debt service. The meeting also covered AHCCCS cost growth and federal HR1 impacts, with the executive warning of major coverage losses and hospital funding reductions, and DDD funding, where the governor’s team said the budget fully funds services and includes about $120 million in supplemental needs. No votes were taken; the meeting was a presentation and question-and-answer session only.

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• My concern, uh, in terms of consumer protection, is if this is going to be a regular basis and this is
• My concern uh in terms of consumer My concern uh in terms of consumer protection protection protection
• those costs all belong on the consumer? those costs all belong on the consumer?
• HB 1539 protects electrical customers, Considering this, it is important that state enact policies protect
• ,<01:53:44.639> prolonged costs for our consumers, prolonged costs for our consumers, prolonged

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I could bore you with all of the legal reasons—equal protection, commerce clause, anti-donation, all
• I could bore you with all of the legal reasons, equal protection, commerce clause, anti-donation, all
• So, Madam Chair, I might yield to someone with Animal Protection Voters just on the...
• It applies to... it's not charged to distributors, retailers, or consumers.
• Maybe someone here with Animal Protection Voters or the veterinary board has a specific answer.

Bills: SB38, SB46, SB18

Keywords: SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, SB46, organic waste, solid waste, waste diversion, composting, compost feedstock, waste characterization study

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• a way that protects you know protects<01:04:03.760> us<01:04:04.000> from<01:04:04.720>
• ramifications<01:04:05.599> from protects us from ramifications from protects us from
• And I think a lot of these protections that are in state law is to protect the interests of that child
• And I think a lot of these protections that are in state law is to protect the interests of that child
• And I think a lot of these protections that are in state law is to protect the interests of that child

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'd also note that there have been a number of studies, including Consumer Reports, saying that this
• bill won't increase cost for consumers.
• I'd also note that there have been a number of studies showing including consumer reports saying that
• this bill won't increase cost for consumers.
• they won't be allowed to continue to use that flexible plastic that they use for food safety and to protect

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The New York State Senate Finance Committee met with Senator John Liu presiding for Chair Liz Krueger, joined by members of the majority and minority. The committee considered a broad agenda of bills covering agriculture, public health, technology, taxation, corrections, education, housing, transportation, and civil rights. Among the measures discussed were a youth agriculture entrepreneurship summer employment program, a Bronx asthma study commission, a statewide multi-factor authentication requirement for governmental entities, a tax on noise emissions from certain helicopter and seaplane flights, a requirement that state events serving alcohol include New York-produced alcohol, a veterans and service members alternative resolution program, packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure legislation, limits on certain debt-collection practices involving foreign sovereign debt, commissary rules in correctional institutions, school energy performance contract recovery periods, a senior rent cap tied to income, a dental health demonstration project, farm succession planning, Operation SNUG gun violence prevention grants, expanded breast cancer screening coverage, direct Medicaid billing for creative arts therapists, a vacant storefront registry, academic credit for volunteer firefighters and EMTs, a plan to expand wheelchair-accessible vehicles outside New York City, STAR exemption notification, restrictions on certain tropical hardwoods in state contracts, a PSC guidebook on gas and electric rate making, gender-affirming care coverage and anti-discrimination provisions, and state leave for Civil Air Patrol members on airport-assigned missions. Most of the meeting focused on the packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure bill, which drew extended debate. Supporters said the bill had been revised after months of discussion with industry, included waivers for food safety and federal-law conflicts, and could save local governments money through producer responsibility funding. Opponents argued it would raise costs, harm food packaging flexibility, threaten food safety, and hurt manufacturers and small businesses, citing examples from dairy, meat, and coffee businesses. The sponsor’s representative said the bill had been updated and that some small businesses would be exempt, while acknowledging not all concerns were resolved. The committee also discussed the fiscal impact, with testimony that upfront state costs would be reimbursed and localities could see savings. Several other bills prompted brief policy discussion, including the helicopter/seaplane noise tax, where staff explained it would be assessed per ticket or up to $200 per flight and exempt quieter aircraft meeting DOT standards, and the sovereign debt/claims bill, where a senator warned it could drive financial activity out of New York. The committee also heard concerns about the packaging bill’s effect on New York food manufacturers and the availability of waivers. After discussion, the committee voted to report the bills; the transcript indicates the measures passed, generally with some members recorded as without recommendation or opposed, and all listed bills were moved to the floor before the meeting adjourned.

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• and laughter, for the gift of faith, family and freedom, and for the men and women. who fight to protect
• And finally, omnipotent Father of mercy and grace, place your mighty. right hand of protection upon these
• The Inspectors Protecting Workers at the EPA, the public servants safeguarding our food, our air, and
• judges are explicitly instructed not to defer to the expertise of state agencies. adopt rules to protect
• We would undertake a cost-benefit analysis and they would make sure that this works for all the consumers

Bills: HB10, HB 12, HB147, HB1522, HB422, HB675, HB204, HB748, HB912

Keywords: regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel

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• The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, and Energy will come to
• On behalf of the Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, we wanted to support issue 172 for the Safer Consumer
• behalf of the breast cannabis prevention partners, we wanted to support issue 172 for the safer consumer
• With limited oversight, no direction from the Legislature, and no documented benefits to consumer affordability

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• If we close Walpole, the people, consumers, just buy in a different location.
• if we close Walpole the people consumers if we close Walpole the people consumers just<01:30:36.040
• Any consumer can file a complaint and then we could look into it.
• record and that's the time consuming record and that's the time consuming part<04:32:00.399>
• Maybe in 1975, $60 was cost prohibitive and protected against frequent filing.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first reviewed House Bill 1, focusing on the legislative branch budget, especially the Senate and House lines. Members discussed that the Senate’s fiscal year 2025 adjusted authorized amount was higher than 2024 actual spending, largely due to personnel, benefits, and travel, and one member proposed a $500,000 annual cut. Staff explained that any reduction would need to be allocated across specific line items such as personnel, benefits, and travel, and noted that the Senate budget is entirely General Funds. After discussion of how the adjusted authorized figures were calculated and why the branch no longer staffs some joint committees as it once did, the committee moved on without taking a vote on that section. The committee then heard a detailed presentation from the New Hampshire Retirement System. NHRS officials described their statutory administrative budget, which is funded through the retirement trust rather than the General Fund, and said the FY 2026-2027 increase is driven by IT modernization, cybersecurity, a new strategic plan, and additional staff positions. They also reviewed the system’s funding progress, clean audit opinions, investment performance, and changes to asset allocation, while noting that several recent pension-related laws required major database changes. Members questioned the large increase in salaries and benefits, the need for new employees versus contractors, the purpose of training costs, and the source of the Group Two benefit funding. NHRS said the governor’s budget includes General Funds for Group Two benefit changes, with $5 million in FY 2026 and $27.9 million in FY 2027, and that the figures reflect the governor’s recommendation and related HB 2 provisions. Committee members also asked about employer and employee contribution rates for Group Two police and fire members, which NHRS said were not included in the budget document but were about 31.2% for police and 30.35% for fire, with employee shares around 11.55% and 11.8%. The committee did not make a decision on the NHRS budget during this exchange and indicated it would review the details further before returning to it later. The committee then heard from the Community Development Finance Authority on the State Treasury Department budget line for the required state match to administer the federal Community Development Block Grant program. CDFA explained that its $280,000 annual request for FY 2026 and FY 2027, totaling $560,000, supports administration, technical assistance, contracting, and monitoring of roughly $19 million in annual federal CDBG funds. Members asked about the leverage of the state match, oversight of projects, staffing, and grant prioritization. CDFA said it has 18 employees, uses public hearings and a scoring system to prioritize awards, and conducts both desk and on-site monitoring, with annual audits to ensure compliance. No vote was taken on the CDFA item in the portion provided.

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• House File 4188, a bill for an act relating to commerce, modifying consumer protections for insurance
• Rest's expansion of the consumer protection restitution account from $5 million up to $10 million into
• Rest's consumer protection restitution account so people...
• Johnson for getting some protections and...
• Johnson for getting some protections and...

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The gentleman is may consume.
• <00:26:23.919> the loud when he said that protecting the loud when he said that protecting
• the unborn and protect mothers.
• protect the unborn and protect protect the unborn and protect mothers.<01:46:31.920> Kathy
• promised security guarantee to protect promised security guarantee to protect Kee<01:52:18.639><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• He has been a and protect with honor.
• We can be protecting Social Security and Medicare, protecting Medicaid, finding affordable child care
• > protecting<02:38:01.560> Medicaid,<02:38:02.560> finding Medicare, protecting
• We must protect tax absolutely not.
• <05:16:32.560> by consume by consume by interest.<05:16:34.520> Remember<05:16:35.520><

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