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• delegation who have joined congressional delegation who have joined us<00:04:03.519><c> today.
• To address that, I began providing regular updates to the governor, the legislature, our congressional
• delegation, and to our congressional delegation, and to our force.<00:06:55.120><c> Transparency</c>
• </c> opportunities that support long-term opportunities that support long-term success<00:11:13.519><
• It is not limited to voting or debate or belief.

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• who are going to be concerned about longer-term risks, including but not limited to your governance,
• term don't care about them."
• term don't care about them."
• term don't care about them.
• </c> to a limited extent a dictator. to a limited extent a dictator.

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• It has a very, very limited time to put stuff together to be able to get the money out on time.
• So I'm just wondering about the feasibility of long-term stamina to do it, and...
• So I'm just wondering about the feasibility of the long-term stamina to do it and if that might get in
• funds, And so we've given up what's called UPL funds, upper payment limit funds, with the hope that
• So it's really, we're voting on something that's a result of a congressional bribe, except they don't

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

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• So to that end, how much, do you have an idea in terms of total cost in close primaries?
• So there will be no congressional general in December.
• And so that's what is... ...there will be no congressional general in December.
• There are, you know, time limits involved, and so...
• care and the long-term cost for our veterans, that would be great.

Committee: House Appropriations

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• Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip is limited to 5 minutes
• </c> Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District,<01:07:33.599><c> who
• </c> in Missouri's fourth fifth congressional in Missouri's fourth fifth congressional district<02:30
• </c> throughout the 19th Congressional throughout the 19th Congressional District<07:17:41.840><c> of
• </c> the 31st Cong Congressional District. the 31st Cong Congressional District.

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• SJR 1510 on homestead property exemption and assessment limitations.
• And also, I ditto the comments of President Passidomo in terms of the...
• This will be a property tax exemption on assessment limitation on long-term leased property by Senator
• This amendment just includes congressional members to it. That's the amendment. Okay.
• I'm going to limit, we're going to have to limit speaking time to about a little under a minute.

Committee: Senate Community Affairs

Summary: The committee took up several claims bills and tax-related measures. It reported favorably SB 20, providing $400,000 in relief to J.N., a minor injured on a Hillsborough County sidewalk, and SB 14, providing $1.7 million to the estate of Pineal Januier after a drowning at a Miami Beach youth center pool. It also approved SB 674, which would let property appraisers, like tax collectors, budget for hiring and retention bonuses with Department of Revenue approval. In each claims bill, the sponsor described the underlying incident, the settlement amount, and the remaining payment sought under sovereign immunity limits; there was no opposition on the claims bills. The bonus bill drew support from property appraisers who said it would help them compete for specialized staff without requiring new appropriations. The committee then considered SJR 1510 and its implementing bill, which would create a new homestead-like property tax benefit for owners who lease a non-homestead property for more than six months as residential rental housing. Supporters said it was intended to encourage more affordable rental housing by extending a $50,000 exemption and Save Our Homes-style assessment cap to qualifying properties. County and city representatives, the Florida League of Cities, and the Florida Association of Counties opposed the proposal, warning of major revenue losses, reduced public safety funding, and tax shifts to other property owners and businesses. Several senators also raised concerns about density, parking, and whether landlords would actually pass savings on to renters. Despite the opposition, both the constitutional amendment and the implementing bill were reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for CS SB 268, as amended to include congressional members, creating a public-records exemption related to certain residential information for elected officials. The First Amendment Foundation opposed it, arguing the bill lacked a sufficient public purpose and could hinder transparency, while senators supporting it cited real threats and harassment against themselves and their families. SB 100, which bans government display of flags representing political viewpoints and allows active or retired military members to use reasonable force to stop desecration of the U.S. flag, also passed after extensive debate. Opponents argued it was vague, unconstitutional, and aimed at pride and other identity-related flags; supporters said government buildings should not display political messages and that the bill protects neutrality. Finally, the committee approved CS/SB 1664, which would require voter reapproval every eight years for local discretionary taxes such as tourist development taxes and local option taxes, with exceptions for pledged bond revenues. Cities, counties, tourism groups, and the restaurant/lodging industry opposed it, saying it would create uncertainty, threaten tourism and infrastructure funding, and complicate long-term planning; Senator Sharief and others said the measure would disrupt existing surtax-backed projects and revenue streams.

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• </c><00:10:54.720><c> Always</c><00:10:55.040><c> guided</c> two terms in the Senate.
• Always guided two terms in the Senate.
• With that in mind, congressional member.
• </c> treasured as a champion for limited treasured as a champion for limited government,<02:06:24.560
• </c><02:27:21.200><c> of</c> in terms of in terms of going<02:27:23.040><c> to</c><02:27:23.280><c> another

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• </c> everyone in the 13th Congressional everyone in the 13th Congressional District,<00:10:52.480><c>
• So, we need BDC's to course limited.
• 03.440><c> the</c><04:41:03.760><c> financial</c> were not limited to the financial were not limited
• ><c> value,</c><04:41:37.680><c> but</c> This model creates long-term value, but This model creates long-term
• Ultimately, uh and limited liquidity.

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• WE'RE LOSING CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION.
• There was a line, the third congressional seat.
• There was a line, the third congressional seat.
• There was a line, the third congressional seat.
• There was a line, the third congressional seat.

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the journal, and then moved through a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills for third reading. The chamber also received and accepted a Finance Committee report on nominations for Kathleen Mosier as Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Terrence O’Leary as Commissioner of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, and John Kagia as Executive Director of the Office of Cannabis Management. All three nominees were confirmed, with Mosier and O’Leary confirmed unanimously and Kagia confirmed 57-1, with Senator Walczyk voting no. The Senate adopted previously approved resolutions recognizing June 2026 as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and mourning the death of Susan Irene Wright of Harlem. Senators Brisport and Bottcher spoke at length in support of Pride Month, emphasizing LGBTQ+ history, resilience, and ongoing threats to the trans community. On the Susan Wright resolution, Senators Cleare, Bailey, and Bottcher praised her community leadership, philanthropy, and family legacy, and Assembly Member Jordan Wright was recognized in the chamber. The body then considered and passed many bills on the calendar, including measures on insurance, environmental conservation, public health, education, business law, labor, social services, highway law, and local tax exemptions. Several bills drew brief explanations of vote, including a measure to end higher insurance premiums for widows, a bill to prohibit correctional facilities from denying visitation because of menstrual products or IUDs, and a Medicaid-related bill to expand access to blood pressure monitors for pregnant people. Most bills passed with broad support, though some had notable opposition from a small group of senators. Late in the session, the Senate took up a proposed constitutional amendment on redistricting. Senator Stewart-Cousins sponsored the measure, and Senator Walczyk questioned it extensively, arguing voters had previously approved an independent redistricting process and objecting to changes that would remove the Legislature’s two-thirds map-approval requirement and alter the commission’s role. The sponsor said the changes were needed in response to aggressive partisan redistricting in other states and would still require voter ratification in future sessions. The transcript ends during that debate, with no final vote on the amendment shown.

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• limits, Commerce with amendments.
• limit for the Office of Governor, providing for a lifetime term limit.
• Speaker, this bill seeks to amend the state constitution to limit a governor to two terms per lifetime
• Speaker, term limits is one of the big issues in our state.
• When legislative term limits were brought up in 1995, 76% of the state voted for this amendment.

Bills: HR188 , HR189 , HR190 , HR191 , HR179 , HR180 , HR181 , HR182 , HR183 , HR185 , HR186 , HR187 , HCR75 , HCR76 , HCR77 , HCR78 , HCR79 , SCR24 , SCR36 , SCR39 , SB64 , SB107 , SB152 , SB185 , SB217 , SB232 , SB278 , SB290 , SB294 , SB320 , SB321 , SB419 , SB424 , SB436 , SB440 , SB468 , SB470 , SB476 , SB482 , SB489 , HCR32 , SCR11 , HB12 , HB42 , HB205 , HB222 , HB267 , HB324 , HB325 , HB350 , HB478 , HB610 , HB617 , HB679 , HB745 , HB749 , HB797 , HB807 , HB821 , HB896 , HB979 , HB992 , HB1000 , HB1024 , HB1050 , HB1166 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1193 , HB1207 , HB1218 , HB1223 , SB256 , SB180 , HR1 , HR17 , HCR5 , HCR4 , HCR47 , HB59 , HB74 , HB159 , HB330 , HB364 , HB414 , HB458 , HB525 , HB568 , HB786 , HB1008 , HB1033 , HB1034 , HB1041 , HB1062 , HB1070 , HB1079 , HB1112 , HB1118 , HB1139 , HB1151 , HB1176 , HB1182 , HB1196 , HB1214 , HB1241 , HB87 , HB115 , HB162 , HB368 , HB433 , HB441 , HB447 , HB466 , HB481 , HB741 , HB1242 , HB362 , HB893 , HB990 , HB1007 , HB1153 , HB1243 , SB162 , SB349 , SB350 , SB382 , SB383 , SB127 , SB244 , HB615 , HB864 , HB1103 , HB1175 , HB31 , HB225 , HB608 , HB664 , HB897 , HB977 , HB1003 , HB1160 , HB1180 , HB911 , HB306 , HB366 , HB1161 , HB1230 , HB181 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HB284 , HB393 , HB459 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB614 , HB682 , HB733 , HB772 , HB773 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1058 , HB1082 , HB1113 , HB1189 , HB1234 , HB1240

Keywords: hunting dogs, field trials, working dogs, dog training, greyhound protection, Farm Bill, federal overreach, sportsmen, sportswomen, wildlife management, conservation, rural communities, Louisiana hunting, hunting tradition, animal welfare, dog breeders, dog owners, outdoor recreation, Kathy Taylor, musical achievements

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• It provides for a lifetime term limit on governor of two terms.
• Some of us wouldn't even be in this building right now if not for term limits.
• You can serve two consecutive terms, but there's no limit on coming back after sitting out a term and
• It started in the 90s in Orleans with the city council term limits.
• It started in the 90s in Orleans with the city council term limits.

Summary: The Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee met on May 20, 2026, with a quorum present and no minutes available for approval. The committee first heard HB 181, which would let the legislative auditor review income tax data to verify eligibility for Medicaid and, at LDH’s request, SNAP. The auditor said the work would be limited to internal data testing under sharing agreements and not disclosed to third parties. After questions about privacy and duplication, the bill was reported favorably to the floor without objection. The committee then took up HB 906 on presidential preference primaries and party nominating petitions. The Secretary of State and bill author said the measure would let major parties decide whether unaffiliated voters may participate in their primaries, with 180 days’ notice to the state, and would keep party rules consistent within presidential years so elections can be programmed properly. Several senators raised concerns that the bill would disenfranchise no-party voters and give parties too much control, but supporters said both major parties had approved the approach. The committee voted 4-3 to report the bill favorably. Members also advanced HB 398, which would require the judiciary to use the federal GSA meal per diem rate instead of the current higher state judicial rate; HB 1052, which strengthens confidentiality protections for child abuse investigations handled by child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams; HB 1245, which protects witness criminal history records from unintended public release in clerk of court records; HB 202, which requires state civil service or hiring agencies to notify applicants when a vacancy is filled or they are rejected; HB 540, which requires disclosure of paid digital election advertising; HB 9, designating stuffed shrimp as a Louisiana specialty; HB 1057, extending the validity of absentee-by-mail applications for military voters from one year to two; HB 225, proposing a constitutional amendment to limit governors to two lifetime terms; HB 177, allowing retired court reporters to contract with former public employers; and HB 459, requiring disclosure when campaign materials use AI, with amendments adopted after discussion of First Amendment and campaign finance concerns. The committee also rejected an amendment to HB 1057 that would have expanded Sunday early voting in certain parishes. After the bills, the committee held confirmation hearings for James Kelly and Charles Wilkinson to the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, both of whom described education and workforce development backgrounds and were favorably received.

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• Founded in fifth congressional district.
• </c><00:27:31.520><c> letters,</c> diplomatic tool, congressional letters, diplomatic tool, congressional
• This bill limits the mining operations.
• It's not complex in terms of what the Mexican government did here.
• We're not abiding by any contractual terms or any other terms. We're just taking it.

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• I am a limited voting not elect.
• Under the Long-Term Leasing Act, tribes are generally limited to lease terms of 25 years with an option
• Under the Long-Term Leasing Act, tribes are generally limited to lease terms of 25 years with an option
• The lack of access to higher education limits workforce development, economic growth, and long-term stability
• The lack of access to higher education limits workforce development, economic growth, and long-term stability

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• But in no event limited to five minutes.
• </c> for Missouri's fourth congressional for Missouri's fourth congressional district,<02:51:03.120><
• In Colorado's<03:16:59.520><c> fourth</c><03:16:59.760><c> congressional</c> Colorado's fourth congressional
• Congressional<04:44:41.360><c> Democrats</c> Congressional Democrats Congressional Democrats made<04:
• </c><06:50:35.680><c> seat</c> later, the the fourth congressional seat later, the the fourth congressional

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• But minority whip limited to 5 minutes.
• </c> suddenly cancelled this congressionally suddenly cancelled this congressionally authorized<02:11
• Pursuant to congressional action, district judges are limited to the plaintiffs before them that have
• That's not limited to problem.
• Isa, an illegal third term.

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• </c><00:54:32.319><c> of</c> disability ratings uh when in terms of disability ratings uh when in terms
• </c> administration and so many congressional administration and so many congressional Republicans.
• </c> acts as a new president for a new term acts as a new president for a new term of<02:51:50.319><c
• This was not his first term, his<02:51:53.040><c> second</c><02:51:53.279><c> term.
• His first act his second term.

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• We must put a stop to Donald Trump and congressional Republicans' attack on women's health care."
• Congressional Republicans and the President keep saying H.R. 1 won't hurt rural hospitals.
• And you have heard that in the most personal terms from so many of our colleagues.
• That happens very regularly with a very high degree of frequency in the most personal terms.
• Four years later, he ran for recorder-clerk and went on to serve six elected terms.

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• </c><00:15:31.680><c> on</c> the workforce and the assumed limits on the workforce and the assumed limits
• </c> growth over the longer term growth over the longer term technological<00:19:50.640><c> advances<
• , it is focused on the near term.
• </c> doesn't assume sort of longer term doesn't assume sort of longer term saving<00:25:13.279><c> any
• <c> that</c><00:25:14.520><c> may</c> saving any longer term savings that may saving any longer term

Summary: Minnesota Management and Budget presented the February 2025 budget and economic forecast, with Commissioner Aon Campbell, State Economist Anthony Becker, and Budget Director Anam Mingi outlining updated revenue, spending, and long-term balance projections. The state’s FY 2026-27 general fund outlook remains positive but weaker than in November, with an ending balance of $456 million, down $160 million from the prior forecast. Looking ahead, the planning years FY 2028-29 show a projected deficit of just under $6 billion, driven largely by spending growth outpacing revenues. Officials emphasized that discretionary inflation is a major factor in the forecast, but also noted that those amounts are not automatically appropriated and would require legislative action. Becker said the national outlook has changed since November, with higher expected inflation, higher interest rates for longer, and slower growth in later years. He highlighted uncertainty around tariffs, trade policy, immigration policy, federal spending, and possible changes to tax and debt-ceiling policy, all of which could affect Minnesota’s economy and revenues. Minnesota’s labor market remains tight, with low unemployment and rising wages, and the revenue forecast was revised upward overall for FY 2026-27, including higher income and sales tax receipts, though corporate tax revenue was slightly lower than previously projected. Mingi said projected general fund spending is up $79 million in FY 2026-27 and $960 million in FY 2028-29 compared with November. The largest increases are in education and health and human services, especially due to inflation, higher pupil counts, special education costs, long-term care, and higher Medical Assistance spending. She noted that higher utilization of weight-loss drugs also raises Medicaid costs, and that a smaller assumed bonding bill helps offset some debt service costs. The commissioner and staff repeatedly warned that federal policy changes, especially possible Medicaid reductions, pose a major risk; they said Minnesota could face billions in lost federal funding, including a potential $2.4 billion hit if the enhanced Medicaid match for adults without children were eliminated. No votes or legislative actions were taken in the presentation.

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• It said you actually violated congressional requirements.
• I also want to distinguish between short-term and medium and long-term implications.
• That's where I'm distinguishing between the immediate term.
• Also, in terms of manufacturing, his policies have been very clear.
• And just in terms of transparency, I mean, that's the thing that we want to highlight.

Committee: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Keywords: legislation, housing affordability, financial regulation, public testimony, accountability, oversight

Summary: The meeting involved significant discussions around key legislative proposals, primarily focusing on various bills such as HB2 and SB5. The committee examined the implications of these bills on issues like housing affordability and financial regulation. Notable members engaged in debates, providing differing perspectives on the potential economic impacts of the proposed bills. The meeting witnessed public testimony, which included a call for accountability in government actions and oversight of current financial policies. Members echoed concerns about following through on commitments to address critical issues affecting everyday Americans.

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• I understand groundwater supplies within Elmore County are limited and are presently inadequate to meet
• the long-term needs of water users.
• Groundwater supplies are limited and are presently inadequate to meet the long-term needs of water users
• Our transition to surface water will help ensure the long-term viability of groundwater reserves for
• An additional 20% is covered by Congressional Grant Fiscal Year 26 Transportation, Housing and Urban

Committee: House Transportation and Defense